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Shallowbag Bay dredging work wraps up
A 90-day dredging project to deepen and widen the channels within Shallowbag Bay and Roanoke Sound in Manteo has been completed, Dare County reports. The main goal of this program is to open up the waterways for many vessels that had previously been unable to navigate the shallow waters due to shoal
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Enhancing Clermont’s water security by dredging
A $1.36 million project to dredge Theresa Creek Dam will help future proof Clermont’s water security, Queensland’s Isaac Regional Council announced today. The council has engaged a contractor to remove 12,000 cubic metres of the dam’s built-up sediment by the end of May. Commenting the latest news,
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Passaic River PPA inked
USACE and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection have signed a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) for the Passaic River Tidal Coastal Storm Risk Management Project, New Jersey. The PPA was signed March 17, 2021 by Col. Matthew W. Luzzatto, Commander of the New York District of the U.S. A
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Grasse River dredging resumes next month
The U.S. EPA announced yesterday that in-river work will resume next month to address sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at the Grasse River Superfund Site (aka Alcoa Aggregation) in Massena, New York. “It’s exciting to see the tremendous progress that has been made as we ne
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Taiwan: Military mobilized to dredge reservoirs
Over 500 military personnel with dredging equipment have been mobilized to dredge five reservoirs around Taiwan in an effort to raise capacity, as the country faces its most severe drought in decades, the Ministry of National Defense reports. Military officers and officials from the Water Resources
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Dredger Murden busy in Bigfoot Slough channel
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division said that they will be running an alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke due to critical shoaling issues in the ferry channel outside Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. According to NCDOT, shoaling occurs
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Phase 1 begins on University Lakes Project
Field work associated with the implementation of the University Lakes Project officially started this week, Louisiana State University informs. Consultants will conduct due diligence in and around the lakes as Phase 1 of the project gets underway. Phase 1 begins with: bathymetric and stump identific
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Dredging plan for Newburyport Fish Pier on display
The City of Newburyport Mayor, Donna D. Holaday, has submitted a proposal for $110.1 million in capital improvements over the next five years. The proposed capital improvement program for fiscal 2022-26, presented Monday to the City Council, includes $49.4 million for infrastructure improvements; $3
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Replenishing Matapouri Beach with sand from estuary
Whangarei District Council (New Zealand) will take sand that has become trapped in the Matapōuri estuary and place it back to the beach, copying the estuary’s natural sand flushing process. In this project, set to begin next month, up to 15,000 cubic meters of sand will be taken from three spots whe
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Molongle Creek dredging: Boaties get all-tide access
All-tide access for Molongle Creek boaties is a step closer with stage two dredging work set to begin soon, the Queensland Government reports. Tenders for the dredging are due to be advertised next month. The new channel will be widened to 12 metres and deepened to provided guaranteed all-tide acces
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Ashtabula dredged material deal for GLDD
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has awarded a $6.5 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD) for the construction of a beneficial use of dredged material placement area designed to handle approximately 400,000 cubic yards of dredged material. The contractor h
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Grays Harbor maintenance dredging set for next week
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin the Grays Harbor maintenance dredging program next week with the USACE hopper dredgers Essayons and Yaquina. The Essayons is expected to start dredging in the outer harbor of Grays Harbor around April 5-6, 2021 and will dredge approximately 23 days. The Ya
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Suez Canal update: Ever Given successfully refloated
After being stranded in the Suez Canal for almost a week, the MV Ever Given was successfully re-floated this morning. “Having removed more than 20,000 tons of sand and mud, the dredging operation underway has succeeded in loosening the Ever Given’s bow within the bank of the Suez Canal and the ship’
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Foakaidhoo Harbor development in full swing
The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) yesterday released the latest update on their Foakaidhoo Harbor development program. First shipment of rock boulders required for breakwater construction was successfully delivered to the project site last week. According to MTCC, dredging work o