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The first shipment of rock arrives at Bilehfahi Harbor
Work on the Sh. Bilehfahi Harbor development program is moving forward according to schedule. The first shipment of rock boulders required for the breakwater construction of Sh. Bilehfahi Harbor was delivered to the project site yesterday, Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) said in th
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VIDEO of the new Dawlish sea wall
Earlier this week, Network Rail’s contractor BAM Nuttall released latest video of the new Dawlish Sea Wall. The new sea wall which will cost around £80 million is being delivered in two phases. The first phase – running for approximately 400m from Colonnade underpass, west of Dawlish station, to Boa
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Lansing Village dredging delayed until October 1
Lansing Village Creek boat channel dredging – scheduled to begin September 15 – has been delayed to October 1, and is expected to continue through November 1, Iowa DNR said. The boat ramp will remain open, but space will be limited, according to the latest update. The navigation channel from the boa
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USACE: Lockwood Folly Inlet is no longer dangerously shallow
The Lockwood Folly Inlet between Oak Island and Holden Beach is no longer dangerously shallow, WWAY-TV3 said. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers surveyed the inlet yesterday morning to follow up on a dredging project that was completed on September 5. According to USACE, the project was successful and
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CCCC wins Kamchatka dredging project
FSUE “Rosmorport” and China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) recently signed a contract for the construction of NOVATEK’s LNG terminal in the Bechevinskaya Bay, Kamchatka Territory. According to Rosmorport, the contract worth approx. $265 million includes construction of a 6-km-lon
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VIDEO: Wind, sand and biodiversity in Bloemendaal
Faculty of Geosciences Utrecht University has released this very interesting video named ‘Why do these Dutch dunes have gaps? The play between wind, sand and biodiversity in Bloemendaal’. Coastal geomorphologist Prof. Gerben Ruessink (Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University) studies the natural a
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Removing accumulated silt from Marine Lake
The two faulty sluice gates at Weston-super-Mare’s Marine Lake are to be replaced as work continues behind the scenes to re-open the lake. A contract to renew the broken gates has been let by North Somerset Council. The £60,000 project will provide strengthened sluice gates which will enable the cou
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Bogue Inlet dredging about to begin
USACE will begin a dredging project along the Bogue Inlet “connecting channel” on Sunday, September 26, the Carteret County Shore Protection Office said. The dredging program is anticipated to take 7 to 10 days to complete and USACE will be utilizing their sidecast dredge, the Merritt, to conduct th
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VIDEO: Repairing LaSalle Park seawall
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has just released a very interesting video named ‘LaSalle/Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Park shoreline protection project update – September 2021’. In the video, Gabriel Schmidbauer, USACE Buffalo District project manager, provides an update on the repair wo
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Delaware: $23M contract for Norfolk Dredging
Norfolk Dredging Co., of Chesapeake, Virginia, has won a $23 million contract for a maintenance dredging project in Delaware. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received, according to the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) latest announcement. Work will be performed in Bellafonte, Delawar
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Developing European platform on climate services
With sea level rise as a given for centuries to come, the potential impacts of future coastal flooding are a major source of concern for Europe. A new European research project on regional sea level rise trends and its coastal impacts, the Coastal Climate Core Service (CoCliCo) project, started this
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Maximizing facility utilization through dredging
Through a competitive process based on merit, eligibility, and the availability of funds, the Port of Hueneme/Oxnard Harbor District was selected to receive a grant award totaling $5.1 million from the Economic Development Administration (EDA). This Department of Commerce’s EDA investment will provi
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USACE continues work on the DMMA in Martin County (FL)
Dickerson Florida, Inc. has won a $4.17 million contract for the construction of an upland Dredge Material Management Area (DMMA) O-23 and modifications to the stormwater management system within the Martin County Business Park in Jensen Beach, Martin County, Florida. According to the Army Corps’ Ja
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Kettle Park sand stockpiling starts
Sand carting and stockpiling work gets underway at Kettle Park next week, Dunedin City Council said. The work is part of a recently announced deal expected to save ratepayers more than $1 million and provide for dune restoration and beach replenishment work on the St Clair-St Kilda coast. Over six t