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GLDD bags Panama City CSRM project
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC (GLDD), from Oak Brook, Illinois, has won a $28.5 million firm-fixed-price contract for rehabilitation efforts for the Panama City Beaches Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received, the U.S. Department of Defense
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APSEZ nabs Deendayal Port dredging contract
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) has won a dredging contract valued at Rs 310 crore ($42.7 million) from Centre-run Deendayal Port Trust in Kandla, Gujarat. According to The Hindu Business Line, India’s biggest private port operator and private dredging contractor had emerged the lo
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Penn Street deal for Mohawk Valley Materials
The USACE Baltimore District awarded a contract on March 5, 2021, to Mohawk Valley Materials for approximately $3.23 million to replace the floodwall adjacent to Penn Street – part of USACE’s Codorus Creek flood risk management project. The overall project, located in the vicinity of York, Pennsylva
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Dredger finds dead body in Boco River, Portugal
A body was found yesterday afternoon in the Boco River in Vagos, Aveiro district in Portugal, during a dredging project. An alert was issued at about 2 pm, after the body was discovered on the bank of the Boco River, said the Capitania do Porto de Aveiro in their official statement. An official from
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Houghton Lake dredging set for next week
In an effort to complete critical work ahead of the spring boating season, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources will have dredging work done, starting March 15, at the West Houghton Lake and South Houghton Lake boating access sites in Roscommon County. The west site (located in Lake Township
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USACE kicks off North Jetty repair project VIDEO
USACE’s Jacksonville District has officially started placement of armor stone to repair Ponce de Leon North Jetty in County of Volusia. The work is being conducted as part of a $7 million contract awarded in July 2020 to rebuild sections of the 4,000-foot long jetty severely damaged by Hurricane Mat
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Dredging part of the Primorsky UPK terminal project
The construction of Primorsky UPK (Primorsk Universal Loading Complex) project, a deep-water hi-tech port, will include dredging works in the amount of 12.5 million cubic meters, said Andrey Sizov, General Director of Primorsky UPK at the 4th International Congress “Hydraulic Engineering Structures
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Hobsons Bay Coastal and Marine Management Plan on display
The future of Hobsons Bay’s iconic coastline and marine areas is in safe hands with the release of a draft report that will guide the management of these beloved spaces over the next 10 years, Hobsons Bay City Council reports. At its Council meeting on Tuesday 9 March, they released the draft Hobson
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Preparing Lorain area for placement of dredged material
The USACE Buffalo District will have a contractor removing select trees along the Lorain Harbor breakwater this week to prepare the site for eventual berm construction and placement of dredged material later this year. According to USACE, select tree removal will not impact any endangered species an
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Protecting Plum Island from erosion
The Town of Newbury Selectboard voted earlier this week in support of a sand replenishment project that would protect Plum Island from erosion, The Daily News reports. The project, which involves using sand dredged from the Merrimack and Piscataqua rivers, was among several issues the board reviewed
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GLDD wins Boston Harbor dredging contract
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD) has won a $61.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for rock blasting, removal and dredging in Boston Harbor. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said in its latest announcement. According to DoD, work will be
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Land reclamation works start at R. Dhuvaafaru
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has officially started land reclamation works at R. Dhuvaafaru. The R. Dhuvaafaru Land Reclamation and Shore Protection project includes: dredging and reclamation operations – 22.2 hectares; construction of a 423m rock boulder revetment; construction
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Contrecoeur port terminal expansion OK’d
The Government of Canada has announced the environmental assessment decision for the Contrecoeur Port Terminal Expansion Project. According to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson, the proposed Contrecoeur Port Expansion Project can now proceed. The project located appr
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New Watermaster dredger for NYS Canals
The New York State Canal Corporation recently acquired a new Watermaster Amphibious Multipurpose Dredger that will be used year-round for the Canal maintenance activities. The dredger will also be tested out on ice-breaking operations in the Lock E-7 harbor this winter. If proven to be safe and effe