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Port Hughes Boat Ramp dredging set for next week
The Copper Coast Council (South Australia) has just announced that dredging works at the Port Hughes Boat Ramp are set to begin in early December. According to the Council, the Port Hughes Boat Ramp dredging scheme will commence on Thursday, 2 December 2021, and will last until Saturday, 11 December
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VBA marks important milestone on the £76M Kendal flood scheme
VBA, a VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins, Member of SNC Lavalin group joint venture, has reached an important milestone on the £76 million Kendal Flood Risk Management Scheme. This milestone follows the completion of a new 600mm flood wall at Romney Garden, the phase one of the proposed
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PHOTO: Pacific Dredge in Newport Beach
Pacific Dredge and Construction (PDC) recently completed a multi-faceted project in Newport Beach, California, improving the channel and east jetty. The intent of the jetty repair was to make it safer for the public, and dredging activities were performed with the goal of bringing the water depth to
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North Haven dredging starts next week
The South Australian Department for Infrastructure and Transport announced today that Maritime Constructions (the Department’s contractor) is about to begin routine maintenance dredging of the North Haven waterways. As reported, dredging works at North Haven will commence from Wednesday, 24 November
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Dredging operations underway at Cobbs Quay Marina
Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) have just announced that Jenkins Marine Ltd is conducting dredging operations at Cobbs Quay Marina and Davis’s Boatyard in Holes Bay. Cobbs Quay at Hamworthy in Poole Harbour is one of MDL Marinas Ltd ‘s biggest marinas, totalling just under 1,200 boats. As reported
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Dredge Goetz on the Missouri River VIDEO
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District collaborated with the St. Paul District, of the Mississippi Valley Division, to bring the Dredge Goetz onto the Missouri River from late October through early November 2021 to participate in a pilot project to dredge sediment that had created sh
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Work starts on the Carnarvon One Mile Jetty project
The Western Australia Department of Transport (DoT) has commenced site works on the Stage 1 of the Carnarvon One Mile Jetty project. The DoT recently engaged contractors to undertake the urgent work, required after the jetty suffered significant damage during Tropical Cyclone Seroja and engineers re
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North Wildwood dredging works underway
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials have announced the start of a project to dredge the outlet of the Beach Creek State navigation channel in North Wildwood, Cape May County. The Beach Creek channel provides access between the back bay of Wildwood and the Hereford Inlet. This p
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USACE moving dredged material near Winona (MN)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District has just announced that USACE and its contractor Beach Transport, Inc., of North Branch, Minnesota, will begin moving dredged material from the Homer Placement Site, south of Winona, Minnesota, this week. Corps officials anticipate the contractor m
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Sturgeon Lake project wraps up for the season
Construction works under Sturgeon Lake island erosion project have been completed for this season and will resume with the placement of fine material and tree planting in 2022, informs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District. This project involves protecting and restoring floodplain fores
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Spanish Pass project in full swing
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) yesterday shared some pictures of the ongoing construction of the Spanish Pass project near Venice, Plaquemines Parish. The Spanish Pass Marsh Creation scheme is a component of an overall large-scale restoration strategy for the Barataria
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J.F. Brennan busy at the Spirit Lake project
J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. is continuing work on the Spirit Lake Sediment Remediation Project in Duluth, Minnesota. This work is being conducted as part of the Great Lakes Legacy Act project agreement between EPA and U.S. Steel. The site is located within the St. Louis River Area of Concern and is s
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Cagayan River dredging in full swing
The Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has been busy lately working on a massive dredging project in the Cagayan River. According to DENR Secretary, Roy A. Cimatu, the government is hoping to complete the dredging of a “mega” island sandbar along the Cagayan River by
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Beach replenishment underway at Glenelg North
South Australia’s Department for Environment and Water is undertaking sand movement works to replenish the beach at Glenelg North. According to the officials, the sand is being collected from the area just south of the West Beach harbour and moved along the beach to the foreshore south of Burns Stre