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Veerhaven dredging project underway
Baggerbedrijf De Boer – Dutch Dredging has started works on the removal of sediments from the Veerhaven port in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Because the Veerhaven is a tidal port that has become increasingly shallower over time, the time has come to restore the depth. For the project, Dutch Dredging
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Weeks Marine completes Morehead City works
Weeks Marine has successfully completed Morehead City Harbor dredging and beach nourishment project. The cutterhead dredge JS Chatry completed maintenance dredging in the “cutoff” range of the Morehead City Harbor on St. Patrick’s Day with concurrent beach nourishment along the shorelines of Ft. Mac
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MTCC kicks off M. Dhiggaru land reclamation project
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc (MTCC) has just released a couple of interesting updates about the ongoing dredging and land reclamation projects in the country. The first one was for the M. Dhiggaru land reclamation project. According to the company, MTCC today held an event there to
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Great Sodus breakwall repairs to continue
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District is about to resume Great Sodus, Charles Point breakwater repairs. According to USACE, the contractor Michigan-based Great Lakes Dock & Materials, L.L.C will resume repairs the first week of April 2021 to the east breakwater in Great Sodus Harbor, Wa
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USACE reports milestones in levee repairs
Over the past two years, since floods devastated levees along the Missouri River and its tributaries, the Army Corps’ Omaha District has made tremendous progress in restoring the damaged levees. To date, 44 contracts totaling $470 million have been awarded, with 35 of those now complete. The work so
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Felixstowe dredging works underway
New major dredging campaign is now underway at the Port of Felixstowe, Britain’s biggest and busiest container port and one of the largest in Europe. Last week, the tug Dutch Power towed backhoe dredger Nordic Giant (55m LOA) to begin dredging operations on Felixstowe’s number 7 berth. This stage of
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Gulf of Ob dredging works to continue in 2021
Around 2.3 million cubic meters of material is to be dredged in Sabetta port in 2021-2022, including 1 million cbm in 2021 and 1.3 million cbm in 2022, according to Aleksandr Bengert, General Director of Hydrographic Company. During the recent “Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging” congress
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USACE gets ready for the SREL 2 works
Greater Sacramento, California, is considered one of the most at-risk regions in the United States for catastrophic flooding. Its location, at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers, has made it necessary to rely on an aging system of levees, weirs, and passes, as well as Folsom Dam up
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Eastoke beach management works
Following completion of the beach management activities throughout February at Eastoke, stormy weather affected the south coast of England. Coastal Partners, part of Havant Borough Council, reported that the beach bore the brunt of these storms and prevented flooding from occurring. The storms cause
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DCI completes RK Beach scheme
The beach nourishment and maintenance dredging work of Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT) for the year 2020-21 was successfully completed ahead of schedule, informs Dredging Corporation of India Ltd. During monsoon season, the sand material at the RK Beach gets eroded affecting the Kursura area and also
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Dredge Ellis Island arrives in Emerald Isle (NC)
The largest hopper dredge in the United States, the Ellis Island has arrived in Emerald Isle (NC) to start work on the post-Florence Renourishment Project – Phase III. According to the Carteret County, the Ellis Island arrived two days ago (3/16/2021) and pumped the first load to the beach at roughl
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Union Canal refilled with water
Seven months after an historic breach on the Union Canal near Muiravonside, Scottish Canals has now restored the structure of the waterway and refilled the canal with water. Early on the 12th of August 2020 a one in 240-year storm resulted in a breach of the Union Canal near Muiravonside, which was
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New Shoreham river frontage nearing completion
The creation of a new river frontage at Free Wharf in Shoreham is nearing completion, as part of an enabling works package contract for Wates Residential, reports Mackley. As reported, construction of a new reinforced concrete river wall commenced in May 2020 and the site team has been progressively
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PHOTO: Trinity-East Island work coming along nicely
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) today released a photo update of the Terrebonne Basin barrier shoreline system project. In the update, CPRA said that over 2 million cubic yards of sand are being used to raise the Trinity-East Island above sea level and restore beach, du