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WEDA Webinar: Spotlight on reservoir sedimentation
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Education Commission’s Reservoir Sediments Dredging Panel is set to take place on Friday, August 14, at 1 PM EST. This panel will discuss the current state of reservoir sedimentation in the United States, estimated reservoir capacity losses, flooding impacts d
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PHOTO: Keeping the Mississippi River open
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District’s dredge master, Brian Krause, snapped this amazing photo yesterday afternoon near LaGrange, Mo., where the Dredge Goetz and her crew are removing approximately 45,000 cubic yards of material from the Mississippi River, keeping it open and ensuring
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Rochester Embayment AOC moves towards delisting
USACE Buffalo District and U.S. EPA will host a media event with guest speakers on August 13 at 1 p.m., at the Westpoint Marina at Braddock Bay located at 105 E Manitou Rd., Rochester, NY 14612, to celebrate the completion of the Braddock Bay ecosystem restoration project and moving the Rochester Em
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Cosby Lake dredging underway
A long-awaited project to clear Cosby Lake in the City of Clay, Alabama, is currently underway, The Trussville Tribune reports. M & N of Alabama, LLC is performing dredging after a bid was awarded to the company in June. During the work, the walking trail around the lake will be open, but a parking
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MCM Marine bags Ontonagon dredging contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, recently awarded a contract for Ontonagon Harbor maintenance dredging about 140 miles east of Duluth, Minnesota, on the south shore of Lake Superior. The contract (award number W911XK20C0016) was for $725,500 to dredge 84,000 cubic yards of materia
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Komandoo upgrade work in full swing
The harbor development and upgrade works at Sh. Komandoo are well underway, with overall 73% project progress, the Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) reports. “The installation of quay wall blocks is now complete, and concreting work is ongoing on the insitu wall & capping beam of qua
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Middle Park Beach renourishment begins
Middle Park Beach Renourishment works have kicked off in Melbourne, with 35,000m3 of sand from a borrow site just offshore to be dredged and pumped to renourish Middle Park Beach. These works, conducted by Maritime Constructions, will help protect this part of the coastline from storm erosion. “Work
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Repairing Rochester Harbor east pier
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, and its contractor, Dean Marine & Excavating, Inc., will begin construction this week to repair an approximately 600-foot portion of the Rochester Harbor east pier, Rochester, NY. The Rochester Harbor east pier was constructed in 1908, and sections
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Geomorphic surveys start in Fargo-Moorhead area
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, in cooperation with the Flood Diversion Authority, is conducting geomorphic field surveys alongside the Red River of the North tributaries near Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, starting today. “Our survey teams will be collecting rive
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Land & Water Plant team busy in Manchester
The Land & Water Plant, the UK’s rental business for long reach excavators, amphibious excavators and specialist marine plant, has just released this beautiful photo from their dredging project in Manchester. The Land & Water Plant team has been working at a sand and gravel quarry in Manchester usin
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MidCoast Council: More erosion expected
MidCoast Council said in its latest release that they are expecting more erosion along their coastline today, with five metre south-easterly swells predicted for late this afternoon and evening. While Council is watching the coastal erosion hotspots of Old Bar and Jimmys Beach most closely, erosion
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New sand arrives at Horseshoe Bay shoreline
More than 8,000 cubic metres of sand will be repositioned along the Horseshoe Bay shoreline in the coming weeks to mitigate the impact of erosion along the beach, Townsville City Council reports. The council community safety and environment committee chairperson Margie Ryder said that the annual san
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J. F. Brennan wins Duluth-Superior contract
J. F. Brennan Company Inc., from La Crosse, Wisconsin, has won a $13.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for dredging of Duluth-Superior Harbor. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, according to the latest U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) release. Work will be performed in Sup
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Klaipeda invests big in port development
During the first six months of this year, the Klaipeda State Seaport Authority already invested approximately EUR 24 million into the development of the port’s infrastructure. According to their latest announcement, although the pandemic caused confusion in the business sector, not a single investme