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Curtin Maritime gets major dredging project in Puerto Rico
Curtin Maritime Corp. of Long Beach, California, has won a $56.7 million USACE contract for San Juan Harbor construction and maintenance dredging. According to the Army Corps, the work consists of construction and maintenance dredging in designated areas of the Federal navigation channel and Puerto
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Weeks Marine wins BIH Channel dredging project
Weeks Marine has won a $10.3 million Army Corps contract for the Brazos Island Harbor Channel dredging work. According to the Galveston District, the work includes maintenance dredging of the Brazos Island Harbor (BIH) Jetty and Entrance Channels and beach replenishment operations. The maintenance d
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Launch of the innovative Mud Bay Living Dyke project
The City of Surrey is leading the way in B.C. in testing an innovative, green approach to coastal flood protection known as a ‘living dyke’ with the Mud Bay Nature-based Foreshore Enhancements Project. Surrey has partnered with the City of Delta and Semiahmoo First Nation on the project which is val
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SCDNR presents the South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative
After nearly three years of development, a comprehensive plan to protect salt marsh along the coast from North Carolina to east-central Florida has finally come to fruition. In South Carolina, a coalition of over 75 individuals, including those from the Coastal Conservation League, the South Carolin
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Mandurah entrance channel dredging starting this week
The City of Mandurah and the WA Department of Transport are set to begin annual maintenance dredging of the Mandurah Ocean Entrance. Starting this week, around 150,000 cubic metres of sand will be excavated from the beach at Halls Head and pumped to the beaches immediately north of the entrance chan
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USACE to dredge Cumberland Dividings area of the AIWW
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District has proposed to conduct maintenance dredging of shoaled areas within the Cumberland Dividings area of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) in Camden County, GA. The proposal calls for the maintenance dredging of the Cumberland Dividings reach
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Leadership change at the CPRA
Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced that Chip Kline will resign effective July 3, 2023, as director for Coastal Activities and Chairman of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). He named Bren Haase to serve as chair of CPRA. Haase is currently serving as the executive directo
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Dredging to improve access through the Gold Coast Seaway
The Gold Coast’s multibillion-dollar tourism, recreational and marine industries depend heavily on access through the Gold Coast Seaway. That’s why the Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) has commenced a project that will see between 20,000–30,000 cubic metres of material removed from a sand shoal
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21 dredging projects get green light in Louisiana
The Louisiana Legislature has unanimously passed the 2023 Coastal Master Plan and the Fiscal Year 2024 Annual Plan, according to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). The projects identified in the 2023 Coastal Master Plan will restore and maintain over 300 square miles of Louisia
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Another busy season ahead for dredge Jadwin
The Dredge Jadwin departed Vicksburg Harbor yesterday morning to begin the 2023 dredging season. The Vicksburg District Commander Col. Christopher Klein attended the annual crew breakfast and awarded commander’s coins to personnel who assisted last year’s stellar season. These efforts included detai
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USACE announces wrap up of five Long Island Inlet dredging projects
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has announced the recent completion of dredging in five south shore inlets. According to the Corps, the projects have all been dual-purposed, restoring safe depths for navigation, and beneficially using all dredged sands for coastal storm risk resi
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Manson bags $49 million USACE dredging contract
Manson Construction Co. has won a $49 million contract from the Army Corps of Engineers for dredging services in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. According to the Mobile District, the contract calls for a 30” pipeline dredge and attendant plant to be used for maintaining harbors, rivers, waterways
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$1M plus funding for SA coastal protection projects
Ten South Australian councils and six community groups will receive almost $1.1 million to help them undertake coastal protection projects. The projects include building coastal protection structures, studies to assess hazards, beach replenishment and planning for flood emergencies. Coast Protection
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Local leaders celebrate completion of the Spanish Pass Project
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), along with local and state officials, have celebrated the completion of the largest ridge and marsh restoration effort in Louisiana – the Spanish Pass Project. “We’re standing on what was once open water and is now nearly 2,000 acres of