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TSHD Uilenspiegel back in action
DEME Group’s 13,700 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ recently underwent a drydocking in Setubal, Portugal. According to DEME, the dredger is back in peak condition. Right after dry-docking, she immediately headed off to the River Elbe to perform maintenance dredging along the fairwa
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Hanimaadhoo work progresses according to plan
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc (MTCC) has just released the latest update on their Hanimaadhoo development program. According to MTCC, work on Hdh. Hanimaadhoo Harbor is well underway, with overall 30% project progress so far. New Harbor basin dredging works and maintenance dredging
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Keeping the Missouri River open for navigation
The USACE Kansas City District has just announced a report on the actions taken to repair and mitigate damage done to river structures on the Missouri River from high water over the last several years including major flooding in 2019. Crews have been repairing damaged structures all winter but work
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EPA reaches agreement for Portland Harbor Superfund Site
The U.S. EPA has finalized an agreement with 12 parties to develop detailed cleanup plans for the Swan Island Basin, completing a major milestone in the cleanup of the Portland Harbor Superfund Site. According to EPA, this latest cleanup agreement represents nearly 25 percent of the site’s total cle
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Dutch Creek Restoration Project VIDEO
Trinity River, CA, has just released this amazing video named Trinity River Restoration Program – Dutch Creek Restoration Project’. The project purpose is to increase salmon and steelhead habitat downstream of Lewiston Dam, as described in the December 19, 2000, Record of Decision for the Trinity Ri
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Honolulu Harbor dredging set for next week
The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT), Harbors Division, has just announced that USACE will begin maintenance dredging throughout Honolulu Harbor on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. “Work will be scheduled on Monday nights through Sunday mornings, from 3 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., with hours extending to 1
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Boskalis wraps up Kitimat job
Boskalis has successfully wrapped up the dredging operations for the development of the first large-scale LNG export terminal in Canada. For three seasons, the crews worked under harsh weather conditions to remove and remediate soil at the site of the future terminal in Kitimat. Boskalis’ hopper dre
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Peel Marina dredging resumes
A dredging operation to remove 44,000 tonnes of silt from Peel Marina will resume in late February, following the return to work of the construction sector, Isle of Man Government reports. Following on from last year’s dredging works, the dredging process will again involve using a long reach excava
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USACE, Hamburg ink Section 1176 project agreement
The USACE Omaha District and the City of Hamburg, Iowa, have signed the Section 1176 project agreement that will allow for raising the Hamburg Ditch 6 levee eight feet, significantly increasing the flood risk management benefits the levee provides to the city. This significant achievement comes afte
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Silver Lake Dredging plan on display
The City of Rochester’s Public Works Department is now taking comments on the environmental impact of the Silver Lake Dredging and Dam Modification Project. An Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the $13.2 million project is now available online. Comments regarding possible environmental im
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Dredging operations off West Coast of Lamma Island continue
With immediate effect and for a period of approximately six months, dredging operations will be carried out off West Coast of Lamma Island, the third largest island in Hong Kong. According to the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the works will be carried out by a fl
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DCI kicks off beach nourishment work for VPT
Sri K. Rama Mohana Rao, the Chairman of Visakhapatnam Port Trust and Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI), inaugurated the 2020-21 Beach Nourishment Works at RK Beach today. According to DCI, these important job will be conducted with their massive trailing suction hopper dredger Dredge XX. Speak
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Centerm expansion project – February update
Construction work under the Centerm Expansion Project continues and is progressing well, according to the Port of Vancouver. The preload settlement in the eastern expansion area is completed and is currently being moved to infill the area around the perimeter of the original Ballantyne Pier, the por
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Funding secured for phase I of the Houma Navigation Canal Lock Complex
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has been awarded $26.7 million to fund the dredging of 1.2 million cubic yards of earthen material to begin construction of a lock complex adjacent to the Bubba Dove Floodgate on the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC). The grant subrecipien