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USACE Commanding General meets with hopper dredge industry
USACE Commanding General Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon and key staff met yesterday with representatives of the hopper dredge industry at USACE headquarters in Washington, D.C. Discussions included current and future navigation program requirements and funding, dredging safety, and continuing partnerships
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Boskalis takes part in Europa Terminal modernisation project
Port of Antwerp-Bruges and PSA Antwerp recently gave the official green light for the renewal of the quayside and terminal at Europa Terminal. The works, which will take about nine years and be carried out in three phases, will ensure that the latest generation of container ships can continue to cal
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Dredging of 20 rivers in Barishal region kicks off
The dredging work on 20 rivers in the Bangladesh southern region is starting today, local media reports. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will run the operation at 47 points on a dozen of waterway routes in Barishal region. “Our target is to remove around three million cubic metre
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Turtle Beach repair project on the way
Years of hurricanes and storms taking it’s toll on Turtle Beach and erosion continues to plague the popular South Siesta Key destination. There are now plans for placing new sand from Central Florida onto the beaches in this area. Construction is planned to occur outside of sea turtle nesting season
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Togiak wins wing dam modification project in Pool 2
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $324,000 contract, November 29, to Togiak Management Services of Anchorage, Alaska, to complete a wing dam modification project in Pool 2 of the Mississippi River downstream of St. Paul, Minnesota. This contract marks the first ecosystem
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DWR completes removal of drought salinity barrier from West False River
The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has completed the removal of a drought salinity barrier from the West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The barrier was installed in June 2021 to prevent saltwater intrusion with less fresh water from upstream reservoirs and streams f
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Ellicott swinging ladder dredge busy at Port of Garibaldi
An Ellicott 360-Swinging Ladder Dredge is currently operating at the Port of Garibaldi – the home for many key businesses in the city of Garibaldi, as well as the U.S. Coast Guard. The dredge named “The Laura” is operated by the State of Oregon and is providing maintenance dredging to ensure navigab
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Environment Agency: “Shingle all the way” at Seaford
Up to 60,000 cubic metres of shingle is moved to maintain protection to homes and businesses around Seaford, the Environment Agency said. The twice-yearly maintenance work on the beaches in the area maintains protection for the town from coastal flooding. The beach provides a soft-engineered flood d
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Murphy, Pallone promoting living shoreline infrastructure projects
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy and U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. recently urged the Biden Administration to quickly implement investments in living shoreline projects from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and Inflation Reduction Act. In a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
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TSHD Galileo Galilei starts work on the Vreed en Hoop project in Guyana
One of the world’s largest hopper dredgers, Jan De Nul Group’s Galileo Galilei has arrived in Guyana to commence work on the Vreed-en-Hoop development project. According to NRG Holdings Incorporated, the consortium behind the project, arrival of TSHD Galileo Galilei marks the beginning of the reclam
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Terrible accident in Cambodia: Four children drown in dredging pit
Four children drowned in a five-meter-deep dredging pit in southern Cambodia’s Kandal province, according to a provincial police report released on Wednesday. The accident occurred in the late afternoon of Tuesday in Ang Snuol district when they got down into the water to search for clams and snails
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Spotlight on Sinoe coastal resilience plans
The Government of Liberia – through the Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) with support from UNDP – formally launched the implementation of the Sinoe coastal resilience project during an inception workshop last week. The project funded by the Global Environment
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McLaughlin & Harvey wins design contract for ABP’s Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility
Associated British Ports (ABP) has awarded the design and build contract for its ambitious Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) to McLaughlin & Harvey. Earlier this year, Marine Management Organisation (MMO) granted a marine licence to Associated British Ports (ABP) for the development of the Lo
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Dredging begins at Gloucester Docks
The Canal & River Trust has started its biggest ever programme of dredging at Gloucester’s historic docks. The four-month dredging programme will remove 15,000 cubic metres of silt, enough to fill six Olympic swimming pools, using a powerful ‘suction dredger. This excess silt entered the docks from