Operations & Maintenance
Operations & Maintenance
Dutra dredging the Indian Slough Intake Channel (PHOTO)
Dutra Group has just released a beautiful photo from the Indian Slough Intake Channel Maintenance Dredging Project. According to Dutra, the crews are continuing their progress on the Indian Slough project being performed for the East Contra Costa Irrigation District. This project consists of dredgin
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PHOTO: TSHD Freja R spraying sand in Lønstrup
Rohde Nielsen recently started work on a beach nourishment project at Lønstrup in Denmark. According to the company, all the sand comes from a maintenance project in Hirtshals Port, where the hopper dredger Freja R, is dredging approximately 190.000m3. Without the new sand, waves and currents would
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USACE celebrates another successful season of dredging at the Port of Alaska
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District has wrapped up another successful season of dredging at the Port of Alaska. On October 31, Manson Construction’s only tug-assisted hopper dredge WESTPORT finished clearing built-up sediments on the seafloor to keep Cook Inlet safe for navigation. The
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PHOTO of the Sandusky Harbor dredging works
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District along with partners and stakeholders recently conducted a site visit of the Cedar Point Causeway Wetland project in Sandusky, OH. The project will utilize dredged material from Sandusky Harbor that will help rebuild wetland ecosystems on the shores
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City of Rye dredging project kicks off today
The City of Rye, New York, will later today begin regular removal of silt (dredging) from the Milton Harbor Navigation Channel. According to the city, the crews will kick off channel dredging operations during low tides today at 5 AM (local time). “The agreement calls for the removal of 20,000 cubic
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PHOTO: Dutra dredging Sacramento River 30 ft Channel
Earlier this year, Dutra Group landed a contract from the Army Corps for the annual maintenance dredging of the Sacramento River Deep Water Channel (DWSC). The project includes annual dredging of the Sacramento River DWSC to -30-ft (MLLW) plus 1-ft of paid over-depth and transportation of the dredge
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Work starts on phase 2 of the Providence River dredging project
This week, the Coastal Resources Management Council of Rhode Island (CRMC) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will begin maintenance dredging of the upper Providence River. As reported by TNC, dredging will extend from the Crawford Street Bridge to the Point Street Bridge. The operation will run conti
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Gator Dredging ready for the Panama City project
The Panama City, Florida, has just announced that the maintenance dredging of the Lake Huntington Channel will begin today, November 4. According to the city, Lake Huntington Park and the water access will remain open during the project. The green space with swings south of W. 15th Street is closed
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Dredging of the lower Columbia and Cowlitz rivers to continue
Advanced maintenance dredging at the confluence of the lower Columbia and Cowlitz rivers to reduce risk to users by providing reliable passage of commercial and recreational traffic can proceed following a finding of no significant impact to the environment. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portlan
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USACE holds ‘Sand Breaking’ event in Newburyport, MA
Officials from the Army Corps, New England District took part in a “Sand Breaking” event Oct. 31, 2022, on Plum Island in Newburyport, MA. During the event, the officials provided information on the maintenance dredging of Newburyport Harbor and the beach nourishment project on the North Point. As r
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Duck beach nourishment about to begin
The Town of Duck and Dare County have just announced that Weeks Marine is making final preparations for the Duck beach nourishment scheme. As reported, the crews first began staging equipment and installation of the northern subline located in the vicinity of Acorn Oak Avenue, north of Sound Sea Ave
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All set for Tairua Marina dredging work
The next round of maintenance dredging at Tairua Marina, New Zealand, is set to begin this week. According to the officials, dredging of the Tairua Marina access channel will commence November 3, and the deadline to complete the works is 18th November. In order to maintain navigation and more all ti
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TSHD Galileo Galilei departs Matinhos, Brazil
Jan De Nul Group has successfully finished work on the Matinhos beach renourishment project in Brazil. According to Dieter Dupuis, Project Manager at Jan De Nul, last week – in the presence of the state government of Paraná – Jan De Nul Group concluded the beach enlargement in Matinhos. A stretch of
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Reducing the flood risk across Sacramento region
This week is California Flood Preparedness Week, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is making progress on several projects throughout the Sacramento region aimed at reducing the flood risk for one of the most at-risk regions in the nation. The American River Common Features 201