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Dredging part of the Sunset Marina improvement project
The Rock Island City Council has approved $3.6 million in funding for the much-needed Sunset Marina improvements, including dredging, replacement of a primary dock and electrical upgrades. Funding includes $1,422,284 from a FEMA grant, $800,000 from ARPA funds and $1.4 million from a city inter-fund
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Tankerton Jetty maintenance dredging project
Parks Victoria has advised mariners that it will be undertaking maintenance dredging works within the access channel to Tankerton Jetty. The project is part of Parks Victoria’s ongoing dredging program to ensure the continuation of safe boating access within Port Phillip and Western Port. This dredg
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Liebherr HS 8200 dredging in Greenland (VIDEO)
Not far from the North Pole, where temperatures are low and living conditions are challenging, many goods for the residents of Greenland arrive by ship or plane. To enable larger aircraft to land in Ilulissat in the future, the runway must be expanded. To prevent settling, the thick layer of clay se
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Southwind Construction wins $6.9M Atlantic IWW dredging deal
The USACE Jacksonville District awarded a $6.9 million contract last week to Southwind Construction for maintenance dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) federal navigation channel in the vicinity of Sawpit Creek, Nassau County, Florida. The contract calls for the dredging of approxim
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Port of Suape wraps up dredging work on external channel
The Port of Suape achieved an important milestone last week with the successful dredging of its external channel, deepening it to 20 meters. According to the port authorities, this development heralds the commencement of a new phase, involving the channel’s marking system and the approval of its new
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19 dredging projects included in the CPRA Annual Plan
Gov. Jeff Landry and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) yesterday commended the Louisiana Legislature for unanimously passing the agency’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Annual Plan. The Annual Plan, which is required by the Louisiana Legislature to be updated each year, details projecte
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Mechanical issue forces USACE to stop Oceanside dredging
The City of Oceanside, California, has just announced that the annual Army Corps’ dredge of the Harbor entrance has been put to a hold. Dredging of the entrance to the Oceanside Harbor began the week of April 22, 2024 with dredged sand being pumped onto the beach. Yesterday, the City was informed th
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VIDEO: Oosterweel project makes significant progress, DEME says
Oosterweel, one of Belgium’s most ambitious infrastructure projects, is making significant progress on both sides of the Scheldt River. Following preparatory dredging works, construction has now officially kicked off on the Canal Tunnels, said DEME. These tunnels, consisting of four tubes stacked in
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PHOTO UPDATE: FRPD 309 dredger at Seaspan’s Vancouver Drydock
The FRPD 309 dredger, owned by FRPD – Fraser River Pile and Dredge, stopped at Seaspan’s Vancouver Drydock for steel and mechanical repairs recently. “Now that our team has replaced several of the bulkheads, bottom hatches, and the propeller blades, it’s looking better than ever,” said Seaspan in it
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Port of Los Angeles: $58 million for harbor maintenance works
Port of Los Angeles will receive an estimated $58 million in federal funding this year for maintaining its harbor channels and repairing its wharves, USACE said. “We started this fight in 2011 with my amendment in the Transportation Committee to provide relief to donor ports, such as Los Angeles and
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Werribee River entrance dredging campaign
Parks Victoria is about to begin next Werribee River maintenance dredging campaign which will ensure safe boating access at key sites within Port Phillip and Western Port. Over time sand naturally fills in boating access channels like Werribee River entrance. For the last 20 years, dredging is being
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Congressman Scalise announces funding for Southeast Louisiana coastal projects
Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise said that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fiscal Year 2024 Work Plan includes critical hurricane protection, coastal restoration and navigation priorities in Southeast Louisiana. “I have worked for months with the Corps to include critical funding for flood prot
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Dredger Sospan Dau kicks off capital dredging in Lowestoft
Boskalis hopper dredger Sospan Dau has commenced capital dredging operations in the Outer Harbor at the Port of Lowestoft. The start of capital dredging of the Outer Harbor and channel approaches represents significant milestone in the construction of the Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF). TS
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Test dredging underway for Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm extension
Suomen Hyötytuuli conducted test dredging off the coast of Pori at the Sea of Bothnia – the site of the Tahkoluoto offshore wind farm extension project – earlier this month. In this area (located between 4 and 22km off the coast), the company plans to build a 600+ MW expansion to the existing 44.3 M