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Alaska dredging works underway
Col. Damon Delarosa, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District recently inspected the Corps dredging operations in Homer and Ninilchik. During his visit, Delarosa was accompanied by Mark “Rock” DeRocchi, chief of the Engineering, Construction and Operations Division; Mike Lyons,
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Scottish Canals winter work programme complete
Scottish Canals has reopened the canal network across the country following one of the largest winter work programmes of recent years seeing more than £16.5m spent on improvement works on canal infrastructure and operational equipment. Works included major investment from replacing lock gates on the
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Cobourg Marina dredging kicks off
Cobourg Marina has begun its annual spring removal of built-up sediment in the Cobourg Harbour, boat launch and the inner harbour basin. Each year, a significant amount of silt and sediment is carried along the north shore of Lake Ontario by waves and currents and deposited at the mouth of the harbo
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Longboat Key beachfill project entering the final phase
Weeks Marine continues to make rapid progress in Segment 2b of the Town of Longboat Key 2021 beach renourishment project. According to the latest update, the beachfill reached the tie-in with Segment 2a on May 14th, after which the operations shifted back to Bayfront Park, starting filling northward
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PHOTO: Dredging the Los Angeles River Estuary
Curtin Maritime Corp. of Long Beach, California, has been busy lately with the dredging of the Los Angeles River Estuary. Last Saturday, May 15, the company showed a photo of the DB Ironbound with Seana C and dump scow Arrow PT digging the Los Angeles River Estuary for the US Army Corps of Engineers
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Southsea piling work almost done
High winds and rough seas last week didn’t hinder the Southsea Coastal Scheme piling work, which is now within touching distance. According to the officials, the space between the rear and front pile lines is now clearly visible. Further to the west, the crews are excavating in sections between the
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Arkhangelsk dredging season kicks off
FSUE Rosmorport recently celebrated the beginning of new dredging season along the main navigable channel of Arkhangelsk seaport. The amount of material to be removed during the 2021 dredging season is estimated at 1.16 million cbm. This will ensure safe navigation for ships with a draft of up to 9.
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Manson wraps up annual dredging campaign in Oceanside
Manson Construction has successfully completed this year’s dredging operations in the Oceanside Harbor, CA. According to the city officials, Manson wrapped up this annual dredging campaign on May 11th. The estimated volume of sand that was removed during the work is 320,000 cubic yards, but a final
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Longboat Key beach works in full swing
Weeks Marine is progressing rapidly with the Town of Longboat Key 2021 beach renourishment project. The Town’s contractors are hard a work across the island actively placing sand. As reported, beachfill operations are complete in Segment 2a-South and Segment 3. The contractor is also finishing work
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Bandy Creek dredging underway
The Western Australia Department of Transport (DoT) is working with the Shire of Esperance to widen Castletown Beach with a special trial that will see dredged sand pumped from Bandy Creek. Dredged sand from the entrance channel at the Bandy Creek Boat Harbour will be pumped 3.6 kilometres through t
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Fountain Lake dredging project progresses nicely
A survey conducted two days ago by the dredging contractor, J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. shows the dredging progress in the Main Bay and Dane’s Bay to date. As reported, over 337,000 cubic yards have been removed from Fountain Lake during Phase 2. In total, the contractor J.F. Brennan will remove appr
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Quinns Beach groyne project complete
Quinns Beach is better placed to handle storm events this winter, following the completion of a groyne upgrade to help prevent erosion and damage to roads and community infrastructure. The upgraded groyne will assist in retaining the recently replenished sand on Quinns Beach – a separate project fun
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Southsea Coastal Scheme moving along nicely
The Southsea Coastal Scheme crews are making good progress on the UK’s largest local authority-led coastal defences project with piling works almost complete at Frontage 1 (Long Curtain Moat). According to the officials, the piling works at Frontage 1 are due to finish within the next few weeks, so
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Dredging of the Ohio harbors to continue in 2021
Operation, maintenance and dredging of Ohio harbors by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is critical to the economy of Ohio, the Great Lakes region, and the United States. Over 35 million tons of commodities such as iron ore, grain, coal, sand, stone, potash, and salt pass through Ohio’s eight commer