Operations & Maintenance
Operations & Maintenance
Rudmore Channel maintenance dredging
Starting next week, Jenkins Marine Ltd will kick off annual maintenance dredging of the Rudmore Channel. According to the King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth and the Harbour Master Portsmouth International Port, the dredging will be conducted within the Rudmore Channel to the south east of Whale Island
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Coomera River dredging project underway
A two-month dredging project that will improve navigation in the Coomera River is now underway, according to the Gold Coast Waterways Authority. The $2.5 million project will focus on removing sand and sediment that has naturally built up over time in the navigation channel from Sovereign Islands to
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Duck beachfill project passes halfway mark
Weeks Marine has completed the last section of the northern nourishment area in the Town of Duck. Following the final load, Weeks broke down the shore pipe last weekend and transported equipment back to the subline landing at Dianne Street. The hopper dredge Magdalen is now pumping sand from the Dia
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Mothers Beach Mornington dredging
The Mornington Peninsula Shire, located south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, has completed works on the Mothers Beach dredging and beach nourishment project. Dredging was undertaken at Mothers Beach, Mornington to provide safe access to and from the bay. The works commenced in mid-March and continued
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Beach replenishment underway in Rehoboth Beach
Under a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Weeks Marine Inc. has begun dredging and beachfill operations in Rehoboth Beach. According to the City, dredging and sand replacement which began last weekend is expected to continue for 2-3 weeks. The dredge, seen in the background of the phot
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Dredge Texas pumping sand in Avalon
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company’s cutter suction dredge ‘Texas’ arrived in Townsend’s Inlet over the weekend to begin work on the Avalon Beach Nourishment project. “The dredge ‘Texas’ started the process of placing sand on the Avalon beaches on Monday, April 17th, at 11:45am,” the borough said i
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Herbosch-Kiere dredging the Helsingborg Port (VIDEO)
Herbosch-Kiere – a company involved in offshore, river, port and coastal projects for more than a century – recently kicked off a dredging project in Helsingborg Port, Sweden. The project involves maintenance dredging of loose sediments within the Port of Helsingborg which has been divided into thre
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PHOTO: TSHD Magni R dredging off the Blåvand coast
Split hopper dredger Magni R was recently caught on camera while working on the Blåvand Beach Nourishment project in Denmark. In 2022, the Danish Coastal Authority awarded Rohde Nielsen the beachfill project in Blåvand, which is known as one of the biggest tourist areas in Denmark, especially for it
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Hopper dredge Magdalen begins the Duck dredging operations
Weeks Marine has finally begun work on the dredging and beach nourishment project in Town of Duck, North Carolina. The hopper dredge Magdalen placed the first load of sand from the subline located just south of Dianne Street on Tuesday evening (April 11). After building the construction pad, the wor
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First Bipartisan Infrastructure Law project for the Walla Walla District
The Walla Walla District recently completed dredging work at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers near Lewiston, Idaho and downstream of Ice Harbor Dam. This is the first project the district has completed using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds. The commitment of Walla Walla District
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Gloucester dredging project enters final phase
The latest phase of dredging is taking place at Gloucester Docks, according to the The Canal & River Trust. Land & Water Group Ltd. are dredging in the basin and taking dredged material to a lagoon field near Rea Bridge where the silt will be stored temporarily before being spread at a different loc
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Another round of Salem River dredging
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is about to embark on another round of maintenance dredging of Salem River Federal Navigation Channel. The Corps recently proposed to hydraulically dredge approximately 209,000 cubic yards of material from the Salem River FNC in the vicinity of Salem Cove in New Cast
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West Crab Island dredging project coming along nicely
The Gold Coast Waterways Authority’s (GCWA) first dredging project for 2023 kicked off recently at the northern end of the West Crab Island channel. The project is focusing on bed levelling and dredging of sand shoals, with approximately 23,000 cubic metres of sand to be removed and beneficially reu
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Ichthys Maintenance Dredging Program 2023-2027
INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd recently presented their plans for the Ichthys LNG Maintenance Dredging Program 2023-2027. INPEX proposed to undertake maintenance dredging activities, as required, within the existing dredged footprint in Darwin Harbour over a five-year period. To date no maintena