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TAMU 53rd Dredging Engineering Short Course
The 53rd Texas A&M University Annual Dredging Engineering Short Course will be held in person from January 8-12, 2024. The course, which attracts a wide range of audiences from state, local, and federal governments, consultants, contractors, and academic researchers, focuses on dredging, dredge tech
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Post-dredging PCB concentrations in Upper Hudson higher than expected
The Friends of a Clean Hudson (FOCH) coalition yesterday released a new, independent, scientific assessment of the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site, which says that “dredging remedy” has failed to ensure the protection of human and environmental health because the concentration of toxic PCBs in the
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Case study on electric-powered dredging ships
When Royal IHC, a leading Dutch supplier of vessels, equipment and services for the maritime industry, sought to decarbonise its range of Beaver® cutter suction dredgers, it turned to motors and drives manufacturer, WEG. Royal IHC’s step towards a more sustainable future was to develop an all-new fl
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Port of Rotterdam to turn dredging depot into a floating solar park
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is working on a project that will turn part of the De Slufter dredging depot into a floating solar park. On 27 November 2023, the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Rijkswaterstaat and the Central Government Real Estate Agency will organize a market information day for part
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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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$450M investment to remediate the Milwaukee Estuary
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced funding for the largest cleanup project to ever be implemented under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative and the Great Lakes Legacy Act – the Milwaukee Estuary project. Under a new project agreement between EPA and five non-federal spon
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Jan De Nul Insights on how to use sand sustainably
The worldwide usage of raw materials has risen to unprecedented heights in recent decades. Sand usage is no exception. It is one of the most exploited natural materials. Of course that doesn’t come without consequences. The social concern about the negative impact involved with the immense sand usag
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Cleaning up Lake Ontario – final stage of the Randle Reef remediation
State and local government officials yesterday announced the start of Stage 3 of the Randle Reef Contaminated Sediment Remediation Project. Sustained action to restore and protect the Great Lakes is key to the economic prosperity of the region and the well-being of millions of Canadians who rely on
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Officials tour Poplar Island and Mid-Chesapeake Bay restoration projects
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District project teams and leadership yesterday hosted staff from the offices of Senator Ben Cardin and Senator Van Hollen for a briefing and aerial tour of the Poplar Island and Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island ecosystem restoration projects. Poplar Island, once
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USACE to increase beneficial use of dredged sediment to 70% by 2030
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regularly performs maintenance dredging of federal shipping channels throughout the nation to provide ease of navigation and safe passage to larger vessels that utilize the waterways carrying products vital to the economy. Over 200 million cubic yards of material is
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Nelson Haven maintenance dredging monitoring report
Latest maintenance dredging monitoring report provided by the Cawthron Institute, New Zealand, shows contamination levels in the Nelson Haven have declined. This is a positive outcome for the health of the haven, according to the Port Nelson. A key driver in the improvement is likely to be the compl
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Two St. Louis River Remediation Projects win WEDA awards
Each year at its annual WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo, Western Dredging Association presents Environmental Excellence Awards to outstanding projects/programs. In 2023 the categories for the awards were reimagined and two Environmental Excellence Awards were given. An award in the category “Partnership
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Spotlight on Black River dredged material beneficial reuse facility
The Ohio State legislature passed a bill to prohibit the open water disposal of dredged sediment after July 2020 and recommended to find alternative beneficial uses of the dredged sediment. With open water disposal no longer an option and confined disposal facilities nearing full capacity, innovativ
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Maryland DNR completes shoreline restoration in Dorchester County utilizing Beneficial Use
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources has announced the completion of shoreline construction at Hurst Creek in Dorchester County, the second of the department’s 24 Resiliency through Restoration Initiative pilot projects. In this project, nearly 1,200 linear feet of living shoreline was compl