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Treatability: An important asset in Environmental Dredging
J.F. Brennan Company recently posted an interesting blog post on Treatability: An Important Asset in Environmental Dredging. Treatability testing uses bench-scale demonstrations and analysis to determine if a material can be effectively treated with a specific chemical or process. At Brennan, they u
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AIE fined $15K for alleged murky water discharge
The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Australian Industrial Energy Pty Ltd (AIE) $15,000 for allegedly discharging a plume of turbid water the size of a football field from its Port Kembla Gas Terminal into the Port Kembla Outer Harbor last September. The discharge occurred during
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UKD BLUEFIN engaged in dredging operations in Southampton
UK Dredging have been hired to conduct maintenance dredging of the ESSO Fawley and BP Hamble facilities in Southampton. The trailing suction hopper dredger UKD BLUEFIN will be engaged in dredging operations in the vicinity of Esso Fawley and BP Hamble for a period of approximately 10 days, the Port
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Another successful Topsail Beach nourishment project
Norfolk Dredging has completed their work dredging the channel and placing sand on the beach in Topsail Island, NC. According to the Town, the contractor finished another successful dredging/beach nourishment project on February 26. Over the next few weeks, the crews will be working to demobilize eq
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Preparations underway for Cotuit Bay dredging
The Town of Barnstable said that the County Dredge and the Town’s contractor, Dig-It Construction, will begin mobilizing equipment in preparation for the Cotuit Bay Entrance Channel Dredging Project in the following days. This project will consist of dredging the approach channel into Cotuit Bay. Ac
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DCA welcomes the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024
The Dredging Contractors of America announced today that the House and Senate have reached deal on the first set of appropriations bills including Energy & Water. In their announcement, DCA showed support for the bipartisan bipartisan package of appropriations bills agreed to by the U.S. House of Re
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USACE VIDEO: Dredging at the Port of Morgan City
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans District has just released this very interesting video named ‘Dredging at the Port of Morgan City’. In the video, Col. Cullen Jones, commander, New Orleans District, Michael Stack, Operations Division chief and Mac Wade, executive director, Port of Morga
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Manasquan Area Channels dredging project wins award
New Jersey Department of Transportation team has won a National Recognition Award in the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 2024 Engineering Excellence Awards competition for the Manasquan Area Channels Maintenance Dredging Project. The $7.2 million project restored eight channels in M
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Port of Coos Bay dredging project set for this summer
Port of Coos Bay, Oregon, recently welcomed a handymax bulk carrier at the GMA Garnet dock. The vessel is the second ship to call at river mile 15 in the last 12 months. Prior to last year’s call, it had been over 20 years since a deep draft vessel transited and moored at River Mile […]
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Boskalis widening Southampton’s Western Docks Channel
Boskalis Westminster Ltd recently commenced work on a capital dredging project within the Port of Southampton. The project, being undertaken on behalf of Associated British Ports (ABP), will widen a section of the existing navigation channel within the port’s Western Docks by up to 46m over a length
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Michels Construction making great progress in Wells, ME
Michels Construction has been busy lately performing dredging of the Wells harbor under the Federal Navigation Project. So far, the contractor has removed over 60,000 cubic yards of sand from the harbor and built up over 1,100 feet of beach. The overall goal for the Federal Navigation Project, is to
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Van Oord’s TSHD HAM 318 busy at Krishnapatnam Port, India
Van Oord is carrying out dredging works in the Port of Krishnapatnam, India. The depth of the port channels has to be restored after a severe cyclone, said Van Oord. To dredge the navigation channel of the port to the required depth again, the Dutch giant is deploying trailing suction hopper dredger
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Land & Water: Dredging underway on Worcester and Birmingham Canal
Recent heavy rainfall created a significant challenge for the Canal and River Trust at Dunhampstead Tunnel on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, where the towpath at the tunnel approach had slipped into the canal causing a footpath and navigations closure. Land & Water were contracted at short noti
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Work on new customized Damen CSD500 in full swing
A Damen crew is busy working on a new customized CSD500 in Nijkerk this morning. The new CSD has been designed for dredging compacted soils. “Its powerful cutter unit and dredge pump ensure a continuously high dredged mixture production. The robustly constructed dismountable dredger can be transport