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The Great Lakes – more than just an economic engine
U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters announced yesterday that they have secured a major increase in federal funding to dredge and maintain federal Great Lakes harbors in the final Water Resources Development Act. The 2020 Water Resources Development Act continues the lawmakers’ commitment t
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Townsville deal for Hall Contracting
Hall Contracting has won the largest contract in Port of Townsville’s $232 million Channel Upgrade Project. The works include capital dredging to widen 14.9 kilometers of sea channels over two years and reclamation of 62 hectares of land through beneficial reuse of dredged material. Employing a loca
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Addressing serious concerns about NH’s waterways
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan issued the following statements after the House of Representatives passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, biennial legislation that authorizes water infrastructure projects around the country. WRDA contains several New Hampshire prio
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GCWA: Dredging work underway in Jacobs Well area
A $2.5 million dredging campaign in northern Gold Coast waterways will benefit boaties in one of the city’s fastest growing areas, Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) reports. Work is underway on dredging Main Channel (North and South) in the Jacobs Well area. The south east Queensland company Hal
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Absecon Island periodic nourishment VIDEO
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District is working with the contractor, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, to place 2 million cubic yards of sand and conduct periodic nourishment along Absecon Island. The project – designed to reduce the risk of storm damages to property and infrastru
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Centerm expansion project – December update
The Port of Vancouver (BC) today released the latest update on their Centerm Expansion Project and ongoing works in the area. As reported, work in the water, on the terminal, and on the south shore continues in December. The land fill in the eastern expansion area continues to settle and will be rem
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Dredging ends at the North Sea beach in NY
The dredging operations for the North Sea beach replenishment project in Suffolk County, NY, were successfully completed last week. A Suffolk County dredge wrapped up its work a couple of days ago, while pay loaders will continue to re-build the beach through the end of the year. The North Sea B
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Thames-Coromandel: Successful completion of the Flaxmill Bay work
Three groynes (15m-30m length) have been constructed as a five-year trial at Flaxmill Bay to mitigate erosion of the dunes and assist with building up a high tide beach, Thames-Coromandel District Council informs. Work started last month and was completed on Friday, 4 December, one week ahead of sch
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USACE Commanders visit Port of Harlingen
USACE’s Southwestern Division Commander Brig. Gen. Christopher G. Beck and Galveston District Commander Col. Timothy R. Vail met with the Port of Harlingen administration on December 1. Beck assumed command of the Southwestern Division in June 2020 and was visiting facilities in his division as part
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Experts detonate First World War shell dredged from Newark Marina
A controlled explosion was carried out yesterday after an unexploded First World War artillery shell was found, Nottinghamshire Police reports. James Wilkinson, who works at Newark Marina, was dredging at around 11am yesterday when he uncovered the device in Farndon Road, Newark, and officers were c
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Phase II of Boston Harbor dredging wraps up
USACE and Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) have announced that Phase II of the Boston Harbor Dredging Project is now complete – ahead of schedule by nearly one full year. USACE, partnering with Cashman Dredging Inc. and Dutra Group, have worked 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, since July 2018
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Province of Albay approves Mayon dredging plans
The Philippines’ Sangguniang Panglalawigan of Albay – the Province of Albay (SPA) has approved a resolution allowing the governor to enter into a contract with a private company to dredge heavily silted river channels. Board member Dante Arandia, chairman of the committee of environment and infrastr
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VIDEO: WID Fregate busy on Mahury River
Baggerbedrijf de Boer has just released this beautiful video of their water injection dredging tug Fregate, taken during her work on a twelve-year contract “Maintenance dredging at the ports of Cayenne and Kourou in French Guiana”. The consortium Boer Remorquage SARL, involving Dutch Dredging and Is
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DENR Secretary OKs Cagayan River dredging
The Philippines‘ Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary, Roy Cimatu, has approved the dredging of sandbars in 19 priority sites along Cagayan River as one of the immediate solutions to prevent another destructive flooding in Cagayan Valley. “Removing these obstructions is t