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Infrastructure
Boost for Hatteras Inlet dredging
The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) have approved a request to provide the additional funding needed to keep USACE dredge Merritt working in Hatteras Inlet long enough to break through shoaling in the South Ferry Channel. This is a move that will be a game-changer for local commercial fishe
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Establishing new sand buffer at Jimmys Beach
Continued storm conditions have taken a toll on Jimmys Beach and MidCoast Council will work this week to establish a new sand buffer before the winter storm period begins. Council has continued to keep a close eye on the erosion hotspot as consistent storm conditions continued throughout summer with
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Braddock Bay dredging kicks off
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced the start of dredging at Braddock Bay in Monroe County. This work will be undertaken as part of the State’s $15 million REDI Regional Dredging Project, removing built-up sediment from the bottom of the waterway to allow for continued safe passage
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Bicol River dredging begins
The Philippines’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) yesterday announced that dredging work on a narrow section of the 94-kilometer Bicol River is set to begin this week. The main goal of these dredging operations is to restore the river’s natural flow rate and minimize flood risk
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Boston Harbor, Panama City Beaches contracts for GLDD
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced today the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $90.3 million. The awarded work includes: Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement Project-Phase 3 (Capital, Massachusetts, $61.8 million); Rehabilitation Effort for the Panama City Beaches
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Emerald Isle Dredging Update VIDEO
The Town of Emerald Isle, NC, has just released this very interesting video about the Emerald Isle Dredging Project. In the video, Carteret County Shore Protection Manager, Greg “Rudi” Rudolph, provides an March 17 update concerning the ongoing dredging work in Emerald Isle. The Ellis Island, the la
Infrastructure
Improving Earlswood Lakes in Warwickshire
Canal & River Trust is starting a £1.6 million program of improvements to the reservoirs at Earlswood. The works, which are required to ensure the reservoirs are compliant with reservoir legislation, will require some local footpaths to be temporarily closed from 13 April, and some local roads from
Infrastructure
Royal IHC delivers CSD MOHAB MAMEESH
After successful completion of the commissioning tests on the Dutch coastline and Haringvliet, Royal IHC officially handed over the cutter suction dredger (CSD) MOHAB MAMEESH to the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Thursday 18 March. With the delivery of the 29,190kW heavy-duty rock CSD, SCA now owns o
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Foyle and Marine adds ‘Grizzly 2.0’ to its fleet
Yesterday was an exciting day for Foyle and Marine Dredging as they took delivery of the Hitachi EX1200 Excavator. The ‘Grizzly 2.0’ is a monster of a machine with a 30-metre reach and a 20-metre dig depth with a 4m3 bucket capacity. The EX1200 is a unique excavator within the Hitachi range, adaptin
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North Portsea Island scheme moving forward
Coastal Partners today released the latest update on their North Portsea Island Coastal Defense Project. From April to September 2021, they will be constructing the first 500m of seawall and rebuilding two slipways along the Eastern Road as part of the North Portsea Island coastal defense scheme. “W
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Dredging on the River Taff VIDEO
Kaymac Marine & Civil Engineering Ltd. has just released this very interesting video about their recently completed dredging project on the River Taff in Cardiff. This maintenance work on main rivers is one important element of managing the flood risk across Wales. The works to keep these channels c
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Howth Harbor dredging plan on the table
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and the harbor authority for Howth Harbor Fishery Centre are proposing to dredge seabed material from within the harbor. The main goal of these works is to provide better water access to the fishing, leisure, and RNLI craft using the harbor,
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Lhaimagu Harbor development scheme in full swing
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just released the latest update on the Sh. Lhaimagu Harbor development project. According to MTCC, the dredging works in the new harbor basin are currently ongoing, with 78% completion so far. The first shipment of rock boulders required for brea
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Meeting on North Topsail Beach project next week
The USACE Wilmington District is holding a virtual scoping meeting on March 25th at 6 p.m. and seeking comments for proposed work within jurisdictional waters of the United States by the Town of North Topsail Beach in Onslow County, North Carolina. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the scoping meeting w