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Lake Redwood dredging to stop for holidays
The Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA) yesterday presented the latest update on the Lake Redwood dredging project. The latest figures show that so far, JF Brennan Company, Inc. has dredged around 120,000 cubic yards of sediment from Lake Redwood. This amount is 18% toward the 650,000 cub
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$13M to dredge the Schuylkill River
After a lengthy delay, the Schuylkill River dredging project in Philadelphia will finally be completed this year. The news was announced yesterday by U.S. Senator Bob Casey who joined local leaders at Boathouse Row to celebrate the $13 million investment from President Biden’s infrastructure law to
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PHOTO: CSD Hendrik Geeraert in Nieuwpoort
In the Nieuwpoort shipping channel and marinas, Jan De Nul Group recently carried out maintenance dredging works with cutter suction dredger Hendrik Geeraert and split barges Magellano and Verrazzano. What makes this project so unique, are the CO2-reducing measures taken by Jan De Nul Group. An exam
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Van Oord to begin another Lincolnshire scheme
The Environment Agency is ready for another annual beach management scheme on the East Coast. According to the EA, Van Oord will once again replenish beaches in Lincolnshire, pumping sand back onto beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point. Dredging is expected to begin today, May 23, with all e
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Molongle Creek dredging almost complete
Molongle Creek Boat Club, QLD, has released a photo update of the dredging work in the all-tide access channel. As reported, the dredge is slowly working it’s way out towards the sea end of the new channel. It is expected that dredging will be done in a few weeks time. “The depth of the channel [&he
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Lake Redwood dredging project progressing well
J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. of La Crosse, Wis., is making great progress on the Lake Redwood dredging project in Minnesota. According to the Redwood-Cottonwood Rivers Control Area (RCRCA), three weeks into the project, J.F. Brennan has dredged over 76,000 cubic yards of sediment from Lake Redwood, mo
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Kill Devil Hills beachfill to begin next month
Weeks Marine Inc. is gearing up for the start of $6.4 million Kill Devil Hills beach nourishment project in Dare County, North Carolina. The contractor recently provided the town with a tentative construction timeline for this beachfill project. According to the timeline, the works will take place f
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Dunk Island Jetty erosion rehabilitation works
Cassowary Coast Regional Council, QLD, is about to begin work on a Sand Nourishment Program on Dunk Island to replenish sand and rehabilitate erosion surrounding the Jetty area. According to the officials, the Council will be undertaking sand nourishment works at Dunk Island this Saturday 14 May. Wo
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Manson wrapping up work in Oceanside, CA
Manson Construction is wrapping up another busy construction season in the City of Oceanside Harbor, California. As of May 11th approximately 205,000 cubic yards of sand has been dredged from the Harbor Inlet and deposited on City beaches, officials reported yesterday. “The high surf warnings that w
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Rock developments continue at Frontage 4
It is great to see the progress being made to the rock armour defence at Frontage Four of the Southsea Coastal Scheme. Frontage 4 of the Southsea scheme is the area around Southsea Castle, stretching from Children’s Corner (Blue Reef Aquarium) to The Pyramids. Work in this area commenced in January
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TSHD Albatros wraps up CentrePort dredging scheme
Baggerbedrijf de Boer B.V. – Dutch Dredging has successfully completed another maintenance dredging project in New Zealand. The company’s hopper dredger Albatros today departed CentrePort Ltd after a very successful berth pocket maintenance work program. The project, which started in mid-April, was
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Dredging Mississippi River near Winona
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is set to dredge the Mississippi River near Winona, Minnesota, this week. The Army Corps officials said that the Corps’ contractor, LS Marine, Inc., from Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, will soon begin dredging the 9-foot navigation channel and pl
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The next round of dredging in the Blyth
Trailing suction hopper dredger ‘UKD ‘Marlin’ recently began regular operations in the Port of Blyth in Northumberland, UK. According to the port, the maintenance dredging is taking place at the port approaches, main navigational channel and operational commercial berths. “This will include frequent
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Dredging the mouth of Baseco lagoon
DENR National Capital Region, through its Manila Bay Site Coordinating and Management Office (MBSCMO) sought the assistance of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in dredging the mouth of Baseco lagoon to restore inflow and outflow of water in the area. The coast of Baseco is one of t