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USACE awards largest contract for the Fargo-Moorhead project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has awarded a $115 million contract to Ames Construction, Inc., of Burnsville, Minnesota, to construct the Red River Control Structure portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, or FM A
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Another Van Oord giant to take part in Harwich deepening project
Van Oord’s hopper dredger Rotterdam arrived in Harwich Harbour this morning to carry out routine maintenance dredging under the £120m capital Channel Deepening project. With a carrying capacity of 38,000 DWT, TSHD Rotterdam is amongst the largest dredging vessels ever to visit the harbour. From appr
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The world’s biggest backhoe dredger Magnor works on Danish side of Fehmarnbelt
There is a lot of fog these days over the northern Europe’s largest infrastructure project – the Fehmarnbelt tunnel, but the work is moving forward according to schedule. The tunnel, also known as the Fehmarnbelt link, is being built as an immersed tunnel between Rødbyhavn on Lolland, Denmark, and t
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Ten Mile River dredging plan moves forward
The Town of North Attleboro, MA, has been awarded a grant for the town’s Ten Mile River dredging project. On February 11, Congressman Jake Auchincloss secured $1,5 million in funding – part of the House Appropriations Committee’s omnibus spending bill to supplement the costs of the dredging work. To
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Empower Nature and Communities by Van Oord
On March 21, Van Oord will be hosting a livestream event on how to Empower Nature and Communities. “We are focusing on how Nature Based Solutions can protect climate vulnerable coastal communities in order to secure a sustainable future for them,” said Van Oord. The keynote speaker will be Lisa Hart
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Port of Iberia dredging underway
Dredging equipment was moved into the Port of Iberia a couple of days ago by Magnolia Dredge & Dock – starting the process of dredging the first seven miles from the port to the Intercoastal Canal. “The deepening of the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel is well underway,” said Craig Romero, Por
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Brunswick Harbor dredging project to cost around $15M
On March 11, 2022, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, USACE Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, signed the Brunswick Harbor Navigation Project Chiefs Report. The Army Corps’ Savannah District seeks to reduce transportation cost inefficiencies at Brunswick Harbor. The recommended plan is a combinat
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Baarah Channel dredging on the way
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) is mobilizing its equipment in preparation for the Baarah Channel maintenance dredging project. Scope of the project includes: channel dredging operations of 79,100cbm; existing basin maintenance dredging of 8,600; supply and installation of navigati
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Restoring Savannah saltmarsh habitat
Members of the USACE Savannah and Jacksonville Districts began collaborating on a restoration project at the Dredged Material Containment Area 1S last month . The area is located on the Savannah River near Port Wentworth, Georgia, and this work is part of the mitigation requirements associated with
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BESIX builds shipping channel through Vistula Spit, Poland
Together with its partner Grupa NDI, BESIX is currently building a shipping channel through the Vistula Spit peninsula in Poland. The project includes breakwaters, quays, a channel, lock infrastructure with rotating bridges and sluice gates, buildings and roads, as well as an artificial island. At t
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Norwegian anorthosite rock arrives for Southsea Coastal Scheme
The first delivery of rock for the Southsea Coastal Scheme is almost complete – one of many due over the summer months. The granite (Norwegian anorthosite rock) will be used to build the rock armour flood defence on Frontage Four around Southsea Castle. This revetment is significantly larger than th
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PHOTO: J.S. Chatry dredging during the Savannah Deepening project
Over the past two years, Weeks Marine’s Dredging Division has worked with the Army Corps on the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). The company’s cutter suction dredge J.S. Chatry was just one of many vessels that made this massive project possible. With the five fuel-efficient GE Tier IV dies
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Mississippi River deepening reaches important milestone
The historic deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel to 50 feet has reached an important milestone, Port of New Orleans said. The controlling depth for over 150 miles of the Ship Channel is now set to 49 feet. “This coordinated increase to 49 feet is a major step toward the increased economi
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Representative Colón: $61,6M for San Juan dredging
The Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico, will soon have navigation channels with greater capacity, thanks to federal allocations for construction and maintenance totaling $61,6 million, secured by Representative Jenniffer González Colón. The San Juan project consists of deepening the channel to allow larg