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Island building and habitat restoration – the Pigs Eye Lake project VIDEO
Island building and habitat restoration have significant environmental benefits, improving aquatic and land-based ecosystems. Working under LS Marine and alongside Ramsey County, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Saint Paul District, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, J.F. Brennan Co
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USACE to dredge Kaskaskia River
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District is about to begin dredging operations at the mouth of the Kaskaskia River near Modoc, Illinois in Randolph County. The dredging is intended to remove sediment from the river mouth, ensuring the channel remains open for commercial navigation. Durin
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EXCLUSIVE: Boskalis’ CSD Helios arrives at Dhuba, ready for NEOM job
The Boskalis’ mega cutter suction dredger (CSD) Helios arrived at Dhuba, Saudi Arabia, on October 16, 2023. Located in Oxagon – the home of advanced and clean industries in NEOM – the Port of Dhuba, which is the primary seaport of entry to the northwest of Saudi Arabia, is renamed as Port of NEOM. B
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Popponesset dredging wraps up
The dredging work in the Popponesset approach channel is now complete, the Town of Mashpee, Massachusetts, said. The Barnstable County began work in the channel, which is usually dredged annually in February or March, in mid-September and wrapped up on Monday, October 16. Sand from the dredging oper
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DEME’s TSHD Nile River busy in Ravenna
The DEME Group’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Nile River is currently working on the greenfield FSRU-based LNG terminal project in the Port of Ravenna. The dredging program aims to develop the necessary port infrastructure to handle larger vessels of 75,000 dwt and containerships of up to
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Callan Marine removing sediment from the Intracoastal Waterway
Callan Marine is currently working on a project to remove 1.5 million cubic yards of material from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway from Rollover Pass to the Galveston causeway. This project has involved several dredge assets: the General Patton, General Bradley, and General Marshall have all worked t
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New contract for DEME in Taiwan
DEME Group has just announced the award of a multi-million dollar project in Taiwan. Renewable energy company Ørsted has contracted CDWE, the joint venture between DEME and Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC, to carry out seabed levelling and scour protection for the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind
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Maintaining the Mississippi River navigation channel ahead of the fall harvest (VIDEO)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is actively maintaining the Mississippi River navigation channel ahead of the fall harvest to provide a safe, reliable navigation channel for the navigation industry to move the grains grown in the Upper Midwest to markets across the nation and gl
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CSD NAVUA dredging Mooloolah River entrance
Hall Contracting has commenced dredging works in Mooloolaba, Queensland, to restore the river depth and ensure safe navigation and access to the Mooloolaba Boat Harbour. According to the Coast Guard, the latest hydrographic survey of the Mooloolah River and its coastal bar showed the entrance channe
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Flagler County beachfill project up for public comment
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has prepared a proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) for Flagler County, Florida Shore Protection Project. The Preferred Alternative consists of federally owned and non-federally
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Dredge Goetz on its way from Illinois River to Mississippi River
St. Paul District’s Dredge Goetz is moving from the Illinois River to the Mississippi River and will be dredging around RM 221 in the following weeks. The 225-foot Dredge Goetz uses dredge material for upland habitat development, wetland creation, aquatic habitat enhancement, beach nourishment, wint
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Dredging part of the East Java Multipurpose Terminal project
East Java Multipurpose Terminal (EJMT), a subsidiary of International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI), last week hosted a groundbreaking ceremony to showcase the development of a new state-of-the-art gateway near Surabaya, Indonesia. The development consists of a 300-meter quay line, breakwater,
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IADC Dredging in Figures 2022 report out now
The 2022 edition of Dredging in Figures, an annual review of the global open dredging market by the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is now available. After two challenging years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the working environment returned more or less to business as usual. W
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Improving flood risk mitigation through the dredging
Harris County Engineering, along with the City of Houston, worked together to remove accumulated silt and sediment deposits at the confluence of the San Jacinto River and Lake Houston following Hurricane Harvey. The City, through its contractor DRC Emergency Services, LLC (DRC), began working on thi