Operations & Maintenance
Operations & Maintenance
More dredging needed to keep the Ameland – Holwerd route open
In order to keep the sail between Ameland and Holwerd at reach depth and width, Rijkswaterstaat recently began dredging of the shoals in this part of the Wadden Sea. From today, February 27th, Rijkswaterstaat will speed up operations and deploy an additional dredger on the Ameland – Holwerd fairway.
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Manson Construction to re-nourish Fort Pierce Beach
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, in partnership with the St. Lucie County Erosion District, will begin beach renourishment operations at Fort Pierce, Florida, on or about March 9, 2023. USACE will place approximately 500,000 cubic yards of sand from authorized borrow areas of
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American Construction ends Snohomish River dredging campaign
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the Port of Everett, has completed maintenance dredging of the lower settling basin of the Snohomish River Federal Navigation Channel. American Construction kicked off dredging in mid-December and was working 24/7 to complete the project as plann
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Channel Islands dredging project complete
Manson Construction Co. has wrapped up dredging operations at the Channel Islands Harbor in California. As reported, dredging at the Harbor was completed this week and crews are now demobilizing equipment after which they will head to Ventura Harbor. Fishing activities inside the break wall will con
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Boskalis’ dredger SOSPAN DAU ready for another Portsmouth campaign
Boskalis Westminster Ltd is gearing up for another maintenance dredging campaign in the Portsmouth Harbour. According to the King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth, the surveying operations and maintenance dredging will be conducted in the maintained areas within the Harbour and its approach channels from
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First phase of Montgomery Canal dredging complete
The first phase of the dredging works for the Levelling Up Fund project to restore a section of the Montgomery Canal has been completed, according to the Canal & River Trust (UK). The section of the canal has not been navigable since the 1930s, and this phase of restoration aims to restore the chann
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Old Town Camber dredging campaign on the way
The King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth and Portsmouth International Port Harbour Master announced yesterday that in the next couple of weeks routine maintenance dredging will be conducted by ML (UK) Dredging Ltd in the Old Town Camber Portsmouth. As reported, the Camber dredging campaign is set to beg
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A record-breaking season for Dredge Hurley
The Memphis District’s Dredge Hurley returned to its home port, Ensley Engineer Yard, in Memphis Harbor, on Jan. 13, 2023, after finishing a record-breaking 273-day season, which began Apr. 26, 2022. In eight and a half months, the 36-person crew dredged 14.5 million cubic yards of sediment, which i
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Port Hacking dredging campaign finally kicks off
The hopper dredge ‘Port Frederick’, first of two dredging vessels that have been enlisted to improve the local boating channels, today started maintenance dredging campaign in the Port Hacking estuary. The dredging project will involve removal of around 70,000 cubic metres of clean marine sand. This
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Another beachfill project wrapped up in Ocean City
The Army Corps contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC has completed beachfill operations in Ocean City, NJ. Work commenced in early November 2022 when the pipe from the dredge landed on the Morningside Road beach, and sand-pumping operations began on Nov. 21, 2022. The first phase of the
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Rocky Point dredging works complete
Rocky Point boat launch and docks are open to the public again following the maintenance dredging campaign carried out this month. Since early February, the Rocky Point boat facilities were closed due to the dredging works in the navigational channel of the Port Moody Arm. Dredging has been done her
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Genoa gears up for busy cruise ship season
Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale, a member of MedCruise, is accelerating dredging operations to accommodate the large cruise ship arrivals expected in the summer months. The operations speed up alongside the cruise and ferry terminal quays to ensure completion ahead of schedul
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Snake River dredging project enters final phase
Contractor HME Construction of Vancouver, Wash., continues to make good progress on the lower Snake River dredging project in Idaho. The Army Corps’ Walla Walla District and the contractor began the Snake River dredging campaign on January 5, 2022. According to USACE, work will conclude by March 1,
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DCI kicks off Visakhapatnam dredging and beach nourishment project
Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) officially began work on the Visakhapatnam dredging and beach nourishment project yesterday (February 13). The project – inaugurated by Shri K. Rama Mohana Rao, IAS, Chairman, VPA/DCI – includes dredging of 0.2 million cubic meters of sand in 30 days and placing t