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Carpinteria Salt Marsh dredging operations
Santa Barbara County and the City of Carpinteria have begun emergency dredging operations at the Carpinteria Salt Marsh. The aim of the Carpinteria dredging works is to reduce the risk of flooding to adjacent properties and the City itself. “After the creek flows receded following the extreme rains
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Allen Harbor dredging update
Barnstable County (Cape Cod) Massachusetts yesterday published a video update about the Allen Harbor Approach Channel dredging project. According to the County, the dredge Sand Shifter started the Allen Harbor dredging project last week. The navigation channel, the area from the western jetty and al
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Weeks Marine begins construction in Union Beach, NJ
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor, Weeks Marine, has begun construction of the Union Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management Project. The first contract, just over $50 million, includes construction of a beach berm with a planted dune, pedestrian, and vehicle crossovers, as well as two termin
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PHOTO of the Cronulla Boat Ramp works
The Cronulla Boat Ramp in Gunnamatta Bay (NSW) is currently closed while dredging is undertaken to improve access and safety for waterway users. The Sutherland Shire Council, through its contractor, GPM Marine Constructions PTY LTD, is dredging the navigational channel to improve access to Cronulla
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Dredging to improve access through the Gold Coast Seaway
The Gold Coast’s multibillion-dollar tourism, recreational and marine industries depend heavily on access through the Gold Coast Seaway. That’s why the Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) has commenced a project that will see between 20,000–30,000 cubic metres of material removed from a sand shoal
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Largest dredging job in Kokosing’s history
Earlier this week, Kokosing announced that the company’s Mid-Atlantic Marine Division has completed dredging of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal (C&D Canal). Primarily working from early fall in 2022 to this past spring, the dredge and unloader crews worked around the clock and put in over 70,000 man
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Cedar Lake dredging starting next week
Dredge America, Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri, is starting work on the $5.9 million Cedar Lake dredging project. According to the Town officials, the contractor will be transporting additional fused pipeline (9am – 12pm today) from South Shore Country Club parking lot into the lake to connect onto t
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Høj Nordic wraps up dredging of the Randers Harbor
Høj Nordic Marine Contractor has completed dredging operations at the Port of Randers, Denmark. “The dredging project at Randers Havn has now been completed. The fairway’s depth of 7 meters has thus been re-established,” the company said in the announcement. Dredging of the harbor kicked off last su
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Another busy season ahead for dredge Jadwin
The Dredge Jadwin departed Vicksburg Harbor yesterday morning to begin the 2023 dredging season. The Vicksburg District Commander Col. Christopher Klein attended the annual crew breakfast and awarded commander’s coins to personnel who assisted last year’s stellar season. These efforts included detai
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Dredging works underway at Point Peron
Maritime Constructions has started dredging works for the City of Rockingham at the Point Peron boat ramp to maintain the harbour for facility users. The crews commenced operations in the deeper waters on the north side of the limestone breakwater at the boat harbour entrance, and will work south th
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Hall continues dredging in the Tuvalu area
Hall Contracting continues to make good progress on the implementation of the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP). Hall is delivering the TCAP’s coastal protection works in key locations on the islands of Funafuti, Nanumea and Nanumaga on behalf of the UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji, Green Climate
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USACE announces wrap up of five Long Island Inlet dredging projects
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has announced the recent completion of dredging in five south shore inlets. According to the Corps, the projects have all been dual-purposed, restoring safe depths for navigation, and beneficially using all dredged sands for coastal storm risk resi
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Brighton Marina set for another dredge
ML Dredging has embarked on another maintenance dredging campaign at the Brighton Marina. The company is currently working in the Visitor bay with the split barge making regular trips in and out of the marina entrance. For the next few weeks, a spud leg backhoe dredger Witton – length of 22.5m and a
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Avalon project done, time for the Stone Harbor beachfill
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company has completed beachfill operations in Avalon and will soon begin work in Stone Harbor, New Jersey. According to the Corps and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the 2023 Avalon beach nourishment project concluded shortly before 9:00pm on Friday