For decades, North Sea beaches have been prone to coastal erosion. Without extra sand, the coastline in some locations – like the Wadden island of Ameland in the north of the Netherlands – would move a meter inland each year. So Boskalis has been involved for many years on maintaining and reinforcing much of the… Read More
Weeks Marine LLC, Covington, Louisiana, was awarded a $17,342,700 firm-fixed-price contract for a fully crewed and equipped cutterhead dredge. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, Louisiana, with an estimated completion date of July 21, 2025. Fiscal 2024 civil operation and maintenance funds in the amount of… Read More
Earlier this month Michigan Congressman Bill Huizenga released a statement regarding the Whitmer Administration’s “ill-defined” EGLE requirements for PFAS testing as a condition for harbor dredging. EGLE is the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. It is responsible for Michigan’s waterways among other things. Huizenga’s press release said that the U.S. Army Corps… Read More
Norfolk District Permit Application No. NAO-2025-00307 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Norfolk District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has received an application for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. §1344) and/or Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899… Read More
Daily levee inspections expand from Baton Rouge to Venice; construction waivers suspended NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – With the Mississippi River projected to rise above 15 feet at the Carrollton Gage on Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has activated Phase II of its flood fight procedures. The Corps says it will… Read More
