The state’s revised 50-year comprehensive Coastal Master Plan to protect and restore Louisiana’s endangered coast, was heard by the Louisiana Senate Natural Resources committee, along with the Fiscal Year 2018 annual plan for project expenditures in the upcoming state fiscal year. Both plans were ap
The start of the Ocean County storm damage reduction project has been delayed due to late completion of a Weeks Marine project in Florida. According to the report from the Toms River Council latest meeting, the Ortley Beach replenishment has been delayed for late May. The landing pipe and transfer p
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure last week held a subcommittee hearing entitled “Water Resources: The Role of the Public and Private Sectors.” During the hearing, Senator Edward J. Markey, of Malden, Massachusetts, discussed the dredg
The Shoreham Adur Tidal Walls Scheme will play host to a number of industry visits this spring/summer, starting with a delegation from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) later this month, reports Mackley. A number of ICE Student Committee members are currently on secondment at Gatwick Airport
Borough of Stone Harbor has just released the latest update on the Avalon and Stone Harbor Beach Fill Project, saying that over 830,000 cubic yards of sand have been placed on the 20th Street beach in Avalon with only 100,000 cubic yards remaining in this main area of the project. There are only two
The Environment Agency has just announced that it will hold two public drop-in events to discuss the Oxford flood alleviation scheme project. According to EA, the project is aimed to reduce flood risk to over 1,200 homes and businesses in Oxford. The team, currently finalizing detailed design of the
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced last week the commencement of a cash tender offer, subject to the terms and conditions described in the Tender Offer Documents, to purchase any and all of the $275 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 7.375% Senior Notes due 2019. GLDD
After Robbins Technology Group (RTG) joined forces with Royal IHC in November 2015 and strengthened its position on the West Coast of Australia last year, IHC Robbins has now become a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. This move proves IHC’s commitment to the mining industry, and further confir
On the heels of record-breaking container volumes in March and April, South Carolina Ports Authority yesterday celebrated another milestone with the arrival of the biggest container ship ever to call the US East Coast. “The deployment of 13,000 twenty-foot equivalent (TEU) vessels to East Coast port
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (May 8-14, 2017). Caterpillar to Power the World’s Largest Split Hopper Dredger Caterpillar Marine has just announced that the world’s largest split hopper dredger is being built with a complete Cat® engine and pr
The city of Naarden, located in the municipality of Gooise Meren in the west of the Netherlands, will be the host of the 19th International Conference on Marine Geology and Wave Erosion. The main aim of ICMGWE 2017 conference is to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research
East Devon District councilors have given the go ahead for the production of a beach management plan for Seaton. “A preferred supplier – CH2M – has already been identified, following a rigorous and competitive tender process,” the official press release stated. CH2M are coastal flooding experts who
Work will start next week on a major maintenance program at the Mildura South Wetlands to ensure they continue to function properly, the Mildura Rural City Council just announced. The wetlands are designed to collect storm water from surrounding urban areas which is filtered and cleaned by the wetla
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) from Oak Brook, Illinois, has won a $7.7 million contract for Atchafalaya River bay and bar channel dredging, according to the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) latest announcement. Bids were solicited via the Internet with four received, DoD said. Work will
