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Portsmouth Harbor dredging complete
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District and Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting have officially wrapped up maintenance dredging contract in Portsmouth Harbor, NH. The authorized Federal Navigation Project (FNP) for Portsmouth Harbor consists of five 35-feet-deep segments along the P
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Love is in the air – Happy Valentines Day!
Even these long reach excavators are feeling the love today forming a love heart in the sky for all to see! Happy Valentines Day from Dredging Today team!
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Royal Niestern Sander: TSHD Charlock ready for the next job
After 4 weeks of intensive collaboration, Van den Herik’s dredger Charlock is ready to go again, Royal Niestern Sander said. “With the majority of our work centered around substantial steel repairs, we’re proud to say it’s been a job well done,” the Dutch shipyard said. Royal Niestern Sander is a 10
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Annual dredging at West Bay and Lyme Regis
To maintain the safe depths for the navigational channels and water ways in the area, Dorset Council (UK) will be dredging at West Bay and Lyme Regis. Every year the accumulated sediment that has deposited over the last twelve months is removed from the navigational channels and used to build up the
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Dredge Stuyvesant pumping sand Melbourne Beach, FL
The Dutra Group’s Hopper Dredge Stuyvesant is dredging material from a designated borrow area offshore of Cape Canaveral. This material is transited to Melbourne Beach where it is offloaded through approximately 4,500’ of subline. The material is being used to build a stockpile approximately 26’ hig
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Fernandina Beach nourishment project almost done
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has begun the last phase of the Fernandina Beach (FL) nourishment project. According to the City, GLDD was contracted through the Corps of Engineers to place sand on the Fernandina beaches. The contractor is on the north end now and will finish up next we
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ERDC researchers assess TOYR for James River dredging
Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) are conducting field studies along the lower James River in Virginia to assess the environmental impacts of dredging and if they continue to justify the existing time-of-year restrictions (TO
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WEDA accepting applications for 2024 Safety Excellence Awards
The WEDA Safety Commission is accepting nominations for the annual 2024 Safety Excellence Awards. The awards will recognize individual organizations or project teams for outstanding contributions to meeting the goals of the Western Dredging Association and for exceptional safety performance that exh
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New Damen CSD to perform dredging at the Island of Kalimantan
Immediately after completion at the Damen Dredging Equipment yard, the first-of-series cutter suction dredger (CSD) 600 has been sold to an Indonesian customer, PT. Dua Samudera Perkasa. The dredger is part of a complete dredging package, which includes ship transportation, training of the crew on l
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Lowestoft dredging to commence next month
Building and civil engineering contractor McLaughlin & Harvey has made some great progress at the Port of Lowestoft project lately. The company is working for the client Associated British Ports on the development of Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) – a major ABP investment project on Lowest
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Big coastal restoration projects on the way in Louisiana
The Louisiana Wildlife Federation haws just announced that the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is accepting feedback on the Draft Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Plan, a 3-year outlook of projected revenues and expenditures, project activities, and implementation schedules. The $1.68 bil
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Gloucester Docks dredging project enters final stages
Land & Water has been working closely with Canal and River Trust to overcome the logistical challenges and environmental constraints associated with dredging large volumes of silt from Gloucester Docks. The docks need regular dredging and the crews have been working together to provide ever improvin
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Ward Creek dredging in full swing
Clearing and snagging of approximately 3.3 miles of channel at Ward Creek is underway, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans District said. The main goal of this work is to remove vegetation and debris from the channel to increase capacity and promote more efficient flow. Ward Creek is part
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Dutra’s CB Harry S working at Morehead City
The Dutra Group’s CB ‘Harry S’ has started working at Morehead City, North Carolina, for the Army Corps’ Wilmington District. The work will entail dredging 558,000 cubic yards of material with placement at the Morehead City Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS). The Port of Morehead City, a b