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Agencies continue coordinated response to fuel tank incident at Tuttle Creek Lake
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7, and Kansas Department of Health and Environment are continuing to coordinate response efforts for a submerged fuel tank incident at Tuttle Creek Lake. The work is being conducted by the Water Injection Dredging project
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BREAKING NEWS: Boskalis resumes the largest ever UXO clearance project
After a successful first season off the coast of Zeebrugge, Belgium, Boskalis Hirdes EOD Services has resumed the major identification and clearance of unexploded ordnance (UXO) project. With the backhoe dredger Manu-Pekka and one UXO Offshore Support Vessel, Boskalis is enabling the safe installati
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Saltchuk launches tender offer for GLDD notes
Saltchuk Resources, Inc. and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced today that Saltchuk has started a cash tender offer for any and all of GLDD’s 5.25% Senior Notes due 2029. The tender offer is being made in connection with Saltchuk’s pending acquisition of Great Lakes through a merger agr
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Dredging for Guraidhoo Airport development completes
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) said that the dredging works for the Guraidhoo Airport development program are complete. According to MTCC, efforts are now underway to protect the reclaimed area. Also, construction of rock boulder revetment is currently ongoing. The Guraidhoo Airpo
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Islesboro dredging plan on display
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) said that Gibson Point LLC is proposing to dredge an area behind an existing bulkhead adjacent to 700 Acre Island, off Islesboro, in Penobscot Bay. The project purpose is to ensure safe, all-tide, emergency access to the island. According to DMR, the ar
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Work on reconnecting San Elijo Lagoon to Pacific Ocean begins
Nature Collective said that the annual land-based excavation works to reconnect the San Elijo Lagoon to the Pacific Ocean will start this Thursday, March 19. The inlet has closed again, as the channel remains mostly blocked with reduced tidal flow, even after the February winter storm had enough flo
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BREAKING NEWS: Liebherr delivers LS-C 80 crane for the largest newbuild in Boskalis’ history
Liebherr has delivered a gantry mounted LS C 80 cylinder luffing crane for installation on Boskalis’ new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Seaway. The new giant TSHD is currently undergoing final outfitting and testing at Royal IHC in Krimpen aan den IJssel in the Netherlands. According to Lieb
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Coastal Dredging wins East Delacroix Marsh Creation and Terracing contract
The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has awarded a contract for a coastal restoration project in St. Bernard Parish that will create marsh, reduce wave energy, and enhance long-term stability in the Delacroix area. The East Delacroix Marsh Creation and Terracing project, a Phase 2
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Van Oord’s WID Baldr gears up for Kingsbridge, Lincombe and Batson Creek dredging
Salcombe Harbor Authority said that a maintenance dredging program on Batson Creek, Lincombe and Kingsbridge Basin will start on March 20. Dredging work, set to last two weeks, will take place over each high water and ebb tide, both night and day, and is currently planned to begin at Kingsbridge and
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Maintenance dredging campaign kicks off at Port of Devonport
TasPorts said that a major maintenance dredging campaign at the Port of Devonport is underway. Under the project, up to 470,000 cubic meters of sediment, including sand, rock, clay and silt which flows down the Mersey River will be removed and relocated to an offshore disposal site. Michel de Vos,
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Maintenance dredging wraps up at Port Geographe
Annual maintenance dredging at Port Geographe has now been completed, with more than 46,000 cubic meters of excess wrack and sand relocated over six months. According to Transport WA, this work was undertaken to:
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MEIL Group builds modern maritime hub in Andhra Pradesh
In Andhra Pradesh, the Greenfield Machilipatnam Port is rising as a modern maritime hub, MEIL Group said. Major works, including breakwaters, prefabricated vertical drains, dredging, berth construction, warehouses, administrative facilities, and road networks, are progressing with precision and scal
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Expert panel reappointed to consider fast-track Stella Passage application
Port of Tauranga said that the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has appointed an expert panel to consider its new application under the Fast-track Approvals Amendment Act 2025 for the Stella Passage development. The panel, which will start its work today, comprises Bronwyn Carruthers KC, Hug
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Underwater rock excavation at Lock 19 on Mississippi River
Lock 19 on the Mississippi River at Keokuk, Iowa, has reopened from its winter maintenance period. According to the USACE’s Rock Island District, the purpose for the closure was to perform underwater rock excavation upstream of the lock chamber in preparation for future repair and extension of the u