Coastal Protection
Coastal Protection
ASBPA announces 2025 Best Restored Beaches
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) has presented the annual awards of the nation’s Best Restored Beaches. The award-winning projects this year are the Canaveral Harbor Sand Bypass Project, Cape Canaveral, FL; Encinitas and Solana Beach Storm Damage Reduction Project, Encin
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BREAKING NEWS: Van Oord continues vital beach nourishment works in Lincolnshire
Van Oord has signed a new, 3-year contract with the UK Environment Agency to continue beach nourishment works along the Lincolnshire coastline. During the course of the contract, 3 annual campaigns of beach nourishment will be undertaken between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point. “As a result of this aw
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Terrebonne Parish, USACE officials tour Morganza to the Gulf project
Representatives from Terrebonne Parish, together with Major General Jason Kelly, Major General Kimberly A. Peeples, and Colonel Jones of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, toured the Morganza to the Gulf project yesterday. “This visit provided an opportunity to showcase the progress Terrebonne has ma
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Time for the next Surfers Paradise beachfill campaign
The recent Tropical Cyclone Alfred event caused severe beach erosion and significant loss of sand in the northern beach areas of the Gold Coast. This event has highlighted the ongoing vulnerability of key sections of the coastline, foreshore areas and the importance of maintaining a sufficient sand
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Higgins announces USACE funding for South Louisiana projects
Congressman Clay Higgins said that South Louisiana waterway projects will receive robust funding in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY 2025 Army Civil Work Plan. “Maintaining our ports and waterways is an investment in our future,” said Congressman Higgins. “My office will continue to work closely
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EXCLUSIVE: DEME kicks off Livorno dredging program
DEME Group took part in the first stone laying ceremony yesterday for the dredging and coastal defense works that mark the start of the Piattaforma Europa project at the Port of Livorno. This ambitious upgrade is set to transform Livorno into an even more powerful logistics hub for Tuscany, with 3 k
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Time for the next Lincolnshire beach nourishment campaign
Van Oord crews have returned to Lincolnshire for another round of beach replenishment works. Over the next 4 to 5 weeks, around 200,000 to 500,000 cubic meters of sand will be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point. This will reduce the risk of flooding for 20,000 homes and busin
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Cape to Cape resilience project – Inverloch on-ground works
DEECA – Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria) has published their latest update about the Cape to Cape Resilience Project. The Cape to Cape Resilience Plan has identified dune reconstruction and beach nourishment as the first action in the adaptation pathway to maintain the
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Norfolk Dredging wins Carolina Beach and Kure Beach CSRM contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District has awarded a $23.5 million contract to Norfolk Dredging for dredging and beach nourishment works in North Carolina. Overall, the Carolina Beach and Kure Beach work will include dredging, transporting, placing, planting and shaping beach fill and
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Spotlight on maritime infrastructure project in Nui, Tuvalu (VIDEO)
One of Tuvalu’s coral atolls, Nui, depends on maritime transport for food, supplies and access to essential services. To enable safer and more efficient operations when transporting passengers and cargo to and from Nui, Hall Contracting constructed a range of facilities including a wharf, boat harbo
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Mid West Ports to commence sand bypass campaign in Geraldton
Mid West Ports Authority today issued an important notice regarding the Northern Beaches Stabilization Program. In the notice, the authority said that the start of Sand Bypass Campaign in Geraldton, with sand stockpiling at Pages Beach is set for tomorrow, Friday, 9 May. “Main works and trucking wil
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USACE Jacksonville District hosts Industry Day, spotlight on dredging plans
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, hosted an Industry Day recently to brief the dredging industry of four upcoming dredging projects to be advertised and awarded in 2025. The projects are located in St. Lucie and Martin Counties and include Fort Pierce Harbor, Fort Pierce Shore
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DPWH reinforces coastal protection of Siruma and Tinambac
Two flood control structures were recently constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to safeguard coastal areas in the fourth district of Camarines Sur Province. DPWH Region V Director Virgilio C. Eduarte, in his report to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, cited the completion
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Volusia County dredging/beachfill project kicks off
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District recently kicked off maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channels and intracoastal waterways in Volusia County. Since mid-April, USACE crews are actively dredging the shoaling within the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) and Ponce de Leon I