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GLDD’s dredger Illinois gears up for Ocean City beach replenishment
The Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $19.5 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) recently to rebuild Ocean City’s north-end beaches with 1.6 million cubic yards of sand. The project area will extend from Seaspray Beach to 12th Street. The contractor said that sand-pumping ope
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Searsport Harbor dredging plan on the table
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing maintenance dredging of the Searsport Harbor Federal Navigation Project (FNP). According to an official announcement, USACE proposes to dredge approximately 40,000 cubic yards of material from shoaled areas within the Searsport Harbor FNP totaling about
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World Bank to build flood resilience in Brazil’s Santa Catarina State
The World Bank Group has announced a new project to support the State of Santa Catarina, Brazil, to reduce the risk of devastating floods and strengthen the state’s capacity to manage weather-related disasters, mitigating impacts on the economy while protecting jobs and lives. The $119.2 million pro
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Stabilizing riverbank along the Scheldt River
HERBOSCH-KIERE said that the preparatory works for the stabilization of the riverbank along the Scheldt River is underway, using soil mixing walls. Stabilizing the riverbank along the Scheldt River involves a transition toward nature-based bioengineering. By moving away from purely hardened concrete
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BREAKING NEWS: Boskalis and Van Oord win EUR 500M dredging contract in Sweden
Boskalis and Van Oord have been awarded a large dredging contract as part of the Malmporten Project in the Port of Luleå, Sweden. The contract was awarded by the Swedish Maritime Administration and the Port of Luleå and has a total value of approximately EUR 500 million, split equally between Boskal
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EXCLUSIVE: Jan De Nul nabs Martín García dredging deal
Jan De Nul has won a contract for the dredging operations, maintenance, widening and potential improvement works on the Martín García Channel, the Administrative Commission of the River Plate (CARP) said. On June 12, the Technical Evaluation stage of the Tender was concluded, which ensures the navig
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Viking Marine gears up for St. Joseph Harbor dredging
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, will begin maintenance dredging in the outer harbor of St. Joseph, Michigan, in early July. Under the project, Viking Marine Construction, LLC., of Holland, Michigan, will dredge approximately 83,000 cubic yards of sediment from the federal navigat
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Congressman Rouzer: Surf City’s federal beach nourishment clears major hurdle
Following years of collaboration with the Town of Surf City and the USACE Wilmington District, Congressman David Rouzer said that the Surf City’s federal beach nourishment project will move to construction, clearing a major hurdle nearly two decades in the making. Approval of the Coastal Storm Risk
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BlueFive Capital acquires 70Pct stake in UAE dredging company Gulf Cobla
BlueFive Capital has acquired a 70% stake in Gulf Cobla LLC, a UAE-based dredging and land reclamation company. As part of the transaction, BlueFive Capital will acquire the entire 49% shareholding held by Advanced Dynamics Investments, an affiliate of Saudi Binladin Group, together with a 21% stake
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BREAKING NEWS: Rohde Nielsen wraps up capital dredging at Fisherman Islands
Rohde Nielsen has completed capital dredging works for the Port of Brisbane’s Future Port Expansion (FPE) project at Fisherman Islands, Australia. Under the project, approximately 370,000 m³ of sand was dredged from the Spitfire Realignment Channel and transported to the reclamation area, where the
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: USACE keeps Cleveland Harbor deep and accessible
The USACE Buffalo District said that the Cuyahoga River dredging program is underway. This work, conducted by DMYLES, Inc., is crucial to make sure the massive vessels navigating the Great Lakes can safely travel through Cleveland, USACE said. “Our teams are currently working to remove about 250,000
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Repair work continues on Dunkirk breakwater
The USACE Buffalo District said that the Dunkirk outer breakwater rehabilitation project will continue this summer as the first phase of repairs nears completion. The breakwater is critical to safe navigation in Dunkirk Harbor and has sustained damage from years of wave and ice exposure. The first p
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TasPorts completes maintenance dredging campaign at Port of Devonport
TasPorts has finished its major maintenance dredging campaign at the Port of Devonport ahead of schedule. Throughout the campaign, TasPorts was able to optimise the dredging area and methodology, which resulted in the earlier completion and reduced the volume of material dredged from the operational
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EXCLUSIVE: Boskalis wraps up major coastal protection job in Togo
Boskalis has successfully completed a major coastal protection project in Togo. “For two months, the two trailing suction hopper dredgers Shoreway and Causeway, worked tirelessly to move nearly 1.25 million cubic meters of sand to reinforce the coastline. In addition, 22 new protective groynes were