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PHOTO: DOP250 working in the Port of Astoria
Along the North Pacific US-coast there are plenty of small harbours and marinas. The Port of Astoria, located on the Columbia River, is one of them. This marina not only receives large cruise vessels, but is also quite active in accommodating fishing boats, commercial and recreational vessels. The m
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Bagayevsky project celebrates milestone
Russian Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot) has signed Acceptance Certificate for Phase 1 of the Bagayevsky hydrosystem project. The main aim of the Bagayevsky hydrosystem project is to solve the problems of navigation on the Volga-Don Waterway. According to Rosmorrechflot, th
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Reducing Somerset flood risks
Somerset Rivers Authority is to spend £3.44 million on 21 projects giving Somerset residents greater flood protection and resilience. Towns, villages and rural river catchments across Somerset, from Dulverton in the west to Beckington in the east, will benefit from the SRA’s 2021-22 Enhanced Program
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DEME, Van Oord JV wins Elbe dredging contract
DEME Group has won a contract for the maintenance dredging of the River Elbe in Germany, together with their joint venture partner Van Oord. The maintenance work covers the stretch of the fairway from Hamburg to Cuxhaven. Several trailing suction hopper dredgers will be deployed on this project from
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Egypt unveils plan to expand Suez Canal
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian President, yesterday approved the widening and deepening of the southern part of the Suez Canal, after the 20,000TEU container vessel Ever Given crippled the critical maritime artery recently. With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters, this giant ship
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Oman Creek boating access site opens
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) boating access site at Oman Creek has opened for the season. Seasonal dredging operations were completed on May 5 and the site will be dredged weekly through September 29. Dredging helps clear sediment washed into the creek and river mouth over the
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Houston Ship Channel Project 11 kicks off
Port Houston recently marked National Infrastructure Week by highlighting the groundbreaking for the start of construction work to support widening and deepening the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel. The nearly billion-dollar project will create safer and more efficient navigation for the ships and vess
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Oceanside Harbor dredge update available
As of Monday morning, May 10th, Manson Construction has dredged a total of 290,000 cubic yards of sand from the Harbor inlet, the City of Oceanside Harbor informs. Manson is authorized to dredge another 15,000 cubic yards before demobilizing. Unfortunately, weather and large south swells are creatin
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Buffalo North Breakwater deal for Ryba
USACE Buffalo District has awarded a $7.8 million contract to Ryba Marine Construction Co. for the repair of 750 feet of the north end of the Buffalo North Breakwater. Under the contract, Ryba will use rubble mound repair to the lakeside of the structure and construction is set to start by mid-summe
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Hopper dredger Freja R at Mosede Fort
Rohde Nielsen A/S has just released these beautiful photos from the Mosede Fort coastal protection project. From March 29 to April 4, the hopper dredger Freja R pumped 20,844m3 of sand onto the beaches, which was distributed over a 330m stretch. This work was done to protect the coast south of Mosed
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Dredging continues in St. Louis River AOC
U.S. EPA will this week begin dredging contaminated sediment in the St. Louis River Area of Concern at Howards Bay in Superior, Wisconsin. St. Louis River AOC is one of the 43 AOCs identified by the United States and Canada in the mid-1980s as the most environmentally degraded areas in the Great Lak
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Protecting Port Beach from coastal erosion
The City of Fremantle, WA, is preparing to put an initial 30,000 cubic metres of sand along Port Beach in the first stage of a major project to protect the beach from coastal erosion. The sand is scheduled to be deposited on the beach in August to avoid the seagrass growing season. With winter appro
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PHOTO: DOP250 at work in the Port of Alsea (OR)
Once again, the Damen DOP dredging pump has been put to the test, this time on the North Pacific coast in the town of Waldport. There, the contractor Bergerson Construction Inc. pumped out years of sedimentation at the Pacific Port of Alsea. The marina is mainly used by locals and tourists for leisu
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Van Oord secures another contract in the UK
Van Oord has just announced that the company is continuing its involvement in the Aberdeen South Harbour expansion project in the United Kingdom. End of April, Aberdeen Harbour Board awarded another contract to Van Oord, this time for the South Breakwater project. The company has been involved in th