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Van Oord to take part in the Amalia Harbour construction project
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has awarded the construction of some 2.4 kilometres of quays and earth-retaining walls in the Princess Amalia Harbour to the HOCHTIEF, Ballast Nedam and Van Oord consortium. The construction of the quays marks the start of the further development of the harbour locate
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DeFazio urges Biden to start using harbor trust fund immediately
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio and Ranking Member Sam Graves have urged President Biden to fully utilize the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) in his upcoming budget request. This move would make billions of dollars in already-collected fees available to
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Shute Harbor Restoration: New seawall is completed
Whitsunday Regional Council today released the latest update on their Shute Harbor Restoration Program. The new seawall is completed and the concrete slab foundations for the new terminal building have been laid. Works have begun to install reinforced concrete columns, which will support the walls o
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Lawmakers push for Cowlitz River sediment monitoring
Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler and U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell have urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Department of the Army to include funding in the fiscal year 2022 budget for sediment monitoring activities for the Mount St. Helens Sedime
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USACE seeks comments on Pool 8 EA
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Paul District, is seeking public comments on its draft environmental assessment of the Goose Island cultural resource protection project, proposed for Pool 8 of the Upper Mississippi River. The primary goal of the proposed project is to protect a section
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Congresswoman Brownley: $6.3M for Hueneme and Ventura dredging
California Congresswoman Julia Brownley has announced $6.3 million in federal funding for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects for the Port of Hueneme and Ventura Harbor. The U.S. Army Corps’ FY2021 Work Plan includes funds for the annual dredging of Ventura Harbor. The work plan also allocates “do
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Digging deeper into dredging of the Lake Worth Inlet
The Port of Palm Beach has just released this very interesting video named ‘Digging deeper into dredging of the Lake Worth Inlet’. In the video, Port of Palm Beach Engineer, Ron Coddington, explains how much funding is allocated for a future dredge project, why dredging is important to the economy a
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CPRA hosts two Atchafalaya public hearings
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will hold two virtual public hearings to receive public comments on the Fiscal Year 2022 Draft Atchafalaya Basin Program Annual Plan. The meetings will take place on Thursday, February 25, 6:00 pm and on Monday, March 1, at 6:00 pm. A
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CSD Alkaramah launched in Jordan
Royal IHC and Arab Potash Company recently celebrated another groundbreaking moment – launching of the customized mining cutter suction dredger Alkaramah. Following successful delivery to her owners in Jordan, the new dredger was launched into the Dead Sea last week. Now, the two companies will perf
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CPRA presents Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Plan draft version
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has released a draft version of the agency’s annual spending plan for Fiscal Year 2022, which runs from July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022. The Integrated Ecosystem Restoration & Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana: Fiscal Year
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Spotlight on Elbe fairway adjustment
The joint dredging works by the Federal Shipping and Waterways Administration and Hamburg Port Authority for construction of a passing box have been completed successfully, according to Port of Hamburg’s latest release. Under the project, the Elbe fairway has been widened to 385 meters along the eig
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Mount Sinai Harbor dredging wraps up
Suffolk County’s Mount Sinai Harbor dredging project has officially been completed. The long-awaited dredging project began in December 2020 after the completion of the Town of Brookhaven’s project to repair the Mount Sinai Harbor jetties in May 2020. Plans for the dredging of the Mount Sinai Harbor
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Marikina River dredging starts tomorrow
In the wake of the devastating floods that plunged Marikina City and several other cities of Metro Manila underwater in November last year, the Task Force Build Back Better (TF BBB) will begin dredging activities on the Marikina River on February 17. Environment Secretary and TF BBB chair, Roy A. Ci
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Land & Water’s excavator ready for Peel Marina dredging
Land & Water has just released this beautiful photo of their 130 long reach excavator, loaded onto a vessel at Glasson Docks and ready to be transported to the Isle of Man for dredging works at Peel Marina. A new round of dredging work, set to remove 44,000 tonnes of silt from Peel Marina, will [&he