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GLDD completes dredging and beachfill operations in Stone Harbor
This week, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock completed dredging and beachfill operations in the Borough of Stone Harbor. According to the Borough, the Dredge Texas and Booster are now off site and currently located at Cape May Inlet. The123rd Street Beach and Parking Lot are currently closed for demobiliz
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USACE nearing completion of the Miami Beach project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is near completion of its Miami Beach project with last sand placement to take place on or about July 29. The present renourishment project is being conducted along four critically eroded sections of the shoreline through a $40.4 million contra
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Jenkins Marine returns to Dover to complete Wellington Dock works
Jenkins Marine Ltd has returned to Dover with its dredge CH Horn to complete work started there last Summer. The Port of Dover is currently undergoing development as part of its Western Docks Revival project and Jenkins Marine were tasked with dredging roughly 20,000m3 of silts from the existing Wel
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Maintenance dredging at the Gosport Ferry pontoon
ML (UK) Dredging Ltd is once again returning to the Portsmouth Harbour for another maintenance dredging campaign. According to the King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth, the routine maintenance dredging will take place in the vicinity of the Ferry berthing pontoon on the Gosport side of the harbour. The
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All set for Carnarvon Fascine and Teggs Channel dredging
The Department of Transport Transport WA has just shared an update on the Teggs/Harbour Channel and Fascine Entryway Dredging Project. According to DoT, the dredge is in the water and ready to commence dredging and sand spit reclamation next week (17th July). Dredging of the more exposed Teggs Chann
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Trident Marine to perform emergency dredging of Pennsylvania Harbor
Trident Marine Piling Company of Longport, NJ, is about to begin an emergency dredging project in Pennsylvania Harbor. According to the Avalon Borough officials, material largely consisting of sand has clogged a portion of the navigation channel which requires the Borough to provide immediate attent
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Stone Harbor beachfill update
Stone Harbor beach nourishment project is entering the last phase, with just 20 percent of work remaining to be done, according to the city’s officials. The contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock started the work in early July by deploying the cutter suction dredge TEXAS to the project site. After
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Black Hawk Lake dredging works complete
A second and final season of dredging on Black Hawk Lake has come to an end in Sac County, Iowa. The dredging work completed at Black Hawk Lake will improve overall water quality, fish habitat and recreational opportunities. An area approximately 174 acres in the eastern main basin of the lake was d
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Boskalis’ dredger SOSPAN DAU returning to Portsmouth
The King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth has announced a new round of dredging in the maintained areas within Portsmouth Harbour and its approach channels. According to the KHM Portsmouth, surveying operations and maintenance dredging will take place between July 07 and 17. The areas primarily to be foc
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Environmental approval received for Swansea Channel dredging
Transport for NSW has received environmental approval to carry out maintenance dredging of the Swansea Channel and is planning to start by the end of July, subject to obtaining a Crown Lands dredging licence and weather conditions. The dredging allows for the removal of up to 30,000m3 of sand over t
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Dredging works starting this week at Beadon Creek, Onslow
The Western Australia Department of Transport has announced that dredging operations are scheduled to commence this week at Beadon Creek, Port of Onslow. According to DoT, the dredging is to begin around July 6th 2023. It will take the contractor approximately 10 days to complete the works. Dredging
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TSHD Brisbane departs Weipa after successful dredging campaign
Hopper dredger Brisbane and its supporting vessels have left the Port of Weipa after completing a 45-day maintenance dredging program. According to North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP), around 780,000m3 of sediment was removed from the port and placed at the approved Dredge Material Placem
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Dredging works announced for Halfway Reach
Port of London Authority has announced that on or about Monday 24th July 2023, marine contractors working on behalf of City of London Corporation will commence works to decommission the former Barking Power Station and Outfall in Halfway Reach. The works include: removal of the existing outfall stru
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Bergerson to dredge NOAA MOC-P facility in Newport
With dredging at the NOAA Marine Operations Center-Pacific (MOC-P) facility just a few months away, contractors have begun getting the dredge spoil site ready. The facility, which NOAA leases from the Port of Newport, serves as a homeport for two NOAA ships and provides administrative, engineering,