Dare County recently announced that Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company completed beach nourishment operations in the Town Southern Shores on august 6th and is now focusing efforts in the town of Kitty Hawk. According to the latest video update, GLDD is pumping south from the subline landing located
Mercator Ltd, one of India’s diversified conglomerates with interests in coal, oil and gas, shipping and dredging, is considering dividing its shipping and dredging business into two separate entities. “On 12th August 2017, the Board of Directors of Mercator initiated a study to explore the possibil
The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) will be holding its fourth public information meeting on sea level rise vulnerability and adaptation on Thursday, August 17, 2017, the State of Hawaii said in its latest release. This meeting is one of a series of public information meetings being
The docks have been rebuilt, rip-rap replaced in two areas, and the dredging of the Muscatine Municipal Boat Harbor has begun, according to Nick Gow, Park Maintenance Superintendent for the City of Muscatine, IA. “I haven’t seen the water this low for the last two or three years,” Gow said. “I don’t
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just revealed another nominee for its Safety Award 2017, the DEME – Worldwide Safety Stand Down. Launched in 2015, the IADC Safety Award is intended to encourage the development of safety skills on the job, rewarding people and companies dem
Sander Dekker, sustainability manager at Van Oord, has confirmed his participation to our first Dredging Today Conference (DTC). During the event, Dekker will take part in the session ‘Climate Change and Its Impact on Dredging’. DTC, set to take place on 9 and 10 October 2017 at Amsterdam RAI, will
The town of Surfside Beach, SC, has just released the latest update on their beach fill project, saying that the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) is now beyond the northern limits of the town and will proceed north to the Myrtle Beach City limits. This should take approximately 20-25 days,
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (August 7-13, 2017). Second Dredge for Buxton Beach Nourishment Weeks Marine has resumed Buxton Beach Nourishment operations after two days of being shut down due to weather, reports Dare County. Rotterdam Offsh
IADC – International Association of Dredging Companies – has just announced the 2nd IADC Safety Award 2017 nominee: Boskalis’ Mooring Actuator. Secured to a backhoe’s bollards with heavy lines, a barge assists with the transport of material dredged by the backhoe. Conventionally, two crew members mu
Roches Beach has been identified as the most vulnerable site in Tasmania to coastal erosion and inundation, according to the Clarence City. After a major storm in 2011, the council rebuilt dunes and constructed timber access steps. The council has decided to take a pro-active approach to protect the
Weeks Marine has resumed Buxton Beach Nourishment operations after two days of being shut down due to weather, reports Dare County. According to the update, the contractor resumed pumping sand yesterday around 9:30. The current marine forecast looks favorable for pumping the next several days. “The
The Suisun City has issued a Notice to Contractors inviting qualified contractors to provide proposals for the Suisun Marina Dredging and Pierce Island Levee Rehabilitation Project. The work to be done, in general, consists of supplying all labor, materials, tools, equipment, implements and methods
The restoration work on the Caillou Lake Headland barrier island, also known as Whiskey Island, is in full swing with approximately 20% of the project already completed. The restoration of Whiskey Island is located along the south central coastline of Louisiana and is being constructed with funds fr
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, awarded a $8.6 million contract on August 9 to Eastman Aggregate Enterprises, LLC of Lake Worth, Florida, for the Sunny Isles Beach shoreline renourishment project. Under the contract, which is part of the Miami-Dade County Beach Erosion Contr
