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Dredging work underway in Annagassan Harbour
Working on behalf of Louth County Council and together with Anthony D Bates Partnership LLP, O’Connor Sutton Cronin is undertaking the design, tender and supervision of maintenance dredging at the Annagassan Harbour, Ireland. The harbour comprises an approach channel, quay walls, vessel berths, slip
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Dredging starts at Puerto Rico’s biggest and most important seaport
The USACE Task Force Virgin Islands Puerto Rico (TF-VIPR) Commander, Col. Charles Decker, USACE TF-VIPR Deputy for Programs & Project Management, Jacqueline Keiser, and members from TF-VIPR attend the First Bucket Ceremony for the San Juan Harbor Dredging and Deepening Project yesterday. Under the p
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Dredging works finished at Clifton Springs
The City of Greater Geelong (VIC) has completed maintenance dredging of the Clifton Springs boat harbour. Dredging to clear the harbour channels near the entrance took place between 20 and 31 March 2024. Clifton Springs boat harbour is relatively shallow, particularly after storms when sand and seag
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Luhr Crosby wins Cairo, Illinois, dredging contract
Luhr Crosby of Columbia, Illinois, has won a $10 million US Army Corps contract for dredging work in Cairo. Under the contract, Luhr Crosby will provide dredging of shoals found between Cairo, IL and Markland Lock and Dam along the navigation channel Ohio River miles 981–531, Upper Mississippi River
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Dredging at Neah Bay entrance complete
The Makah Tribe is making it easier for a Neah Bay-based response vessel to help distressed or disabled boats in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Northwest Treaty Tribes said. In partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the entrance to Neah Bay was dredged this winter to deepen and widen the ba
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Beneficial use of dredged sediment by USACE (VIDEO)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredges millions of cubic yards of sediment annually from the Delaware River and Bay to provide for safe maritime navigation. A construction contractor is removing up to a million cubic yards of this sediment from USACE’s Fort Mifflin Dredged Material Disposal site i
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Royal IHC inks contract with Eastern Shipbuilding for new hopper dredger
Royal IHC has signed a contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. for the construction of a medium class hopper dredger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). “We’re very pleased to be working with Eastern Shipbuilding Group to build a highly automated, state-of-the-art hopper dredger tha
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Boskalis’ giant Magnor wraps up work in Southampton
Boskalis’ backhoe dredger Magnor has successfully wrapped up a major navigation channel widening project in Port of Southampton. Dredging of the Western Docks will enable the largest container vessels to pass the biggest cruise ships berthed in the Port. The first significant channel-widening projec
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Cape Town: Dredging initiative moves ahead on Lower Silvermine Wetland
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is moving forward with Phase Two of the Lower Silvermine Wetland dredging initiative. As part of the current phase, approximately 79 000m2 of wetland will undergo dredging to remove silt, alien vegetation and reeds. The dredging started from t
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GLDD kicking off Sea Isle dredging/beachfill campaign
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has commenced work on the Sea Isle (NJ) dredging and beach nourishment project. The hopper dredge “Liberty Island” arrived in the City of Sea Isle earlier this week to begin the beach filling operations. Over the next two months, the dredge will place a million cubic yards
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Dredging underway at Rye Boat Ramp
Dredging is underway at Rye Boat Ramp, VIC, Australia, to provide better access for boaters on the peninsula. Thanks to the boating registration and license fees, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council recently scored a grant to dredge at Rye and Mornington’s Fishermans Beach. According to the Better Bo
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Van Oord’s CSD Biesbosch and TSHD Vox Apolonia busy in Maasvlakte
Van Oord’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Biesbosch and trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Apolonia are teaming up to dredge the Prinses Amaliahaven located on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A consortium of Van Oord, HOCHTIEF and Ballast Nedam has constructed 2.4 kilometres of new q
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Hall Contracting’s backhoe Woomera sets sail from Townsville
Hall Contracting’s backhoe dredge Woomera is joining various tugboats in ceremonially marking the last bucket of material dredged as part of the Port of Townsville Channel Upgrade project. Since commencing capital dredging in early 2022, Hall team has removed 3.4 million cubic meters of material fro
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Aberdeen’s South Harbour project progressing to Stage 2
Port of Aberdeen is a step closer to becoming a strategic hub for floating offshore wind, with its proposed South Harbour upgrade project progressing to Stage 2. The significant upgrade involves a capital dredge project to deepen 750m of quayside to -14.5m chart datum, providing suitable depth for t