After multiple set-backs, crews were finally able to begin dredging the West Fork of the San Jacinto River on Thursday, Sept. 21. This is the first of two dredges that will carry out the removal of nearly 2 million cubic yards of shoal material along an approximately 2-mile stretch of the West Fork. The United… Read More
The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company’s new dredger Mahaa Jarraaf has been taken to Thaa Atoll after failing to reclaim land for the Maafinolhu airport project, local media reported. The huge vessel was unable to do the work because it had to be anchored some distance away from the island, according to Mihaaru, and the… Read More
Finding a buyer for much-needed topsoil is the best hope for the sediment-heavy Illinois River. That’s what a group of some 25 stakeholders that included EastPort Marina, Ducks Unlimited and the Greater Peoria Sanitary District agreed on at a Monday meeting organized by the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission. Dredging the river, specifically the Peoria Lakes… Read More
No money exists in the Council’s 2018-19 budget to cover its half of the proposed $2.4 million dredging program for the Brisbane Water channel. That could delay the return of ferry services to Ettalong and Wagstaffe until at least July 2019 when the Council’s next budget is adopted. A Central Coast Council briefing document, called… Read More
The first phase of a “very challenging project” is about to commence on the West Fork of the San Jacinto River – the Kingwood area’s long awaited dredging. The nearly $70 million project was slated to begin Sept. 6, but is slightly delayed due to a partial failure of one of the dredges, which required… Read More
In September 2009, the federal government officially commissioned the herculean task of dredging River Niger. During a ceremony in Lokoja, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua vividly spoke of his sevenpoint agenda, saying that the project would help in the realisation of his regime’s Vision 20-2020 dreams. There was a thunder clap from excited Nigerians,… Read More
An Illinois company received a $113 million contract. Work begins on $484M St. Johns River dredging project Starting in December, the company will deepen about 5 miles more of the river. It’s the second contract to be awarded in the project, which is already underway. It will take the river from 40 feet to 47… Read More
More sand is on the way for beaches in south Broward County that took a hit from Hurricane Irma last year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to spend $9.7 million in January to truck in and replenish about 123,000 cubic yards of sand — enough to cover a football field with sand 57… Read More
As an added bonus, the Lancaster park’s giant sledding hill should be less bumpy on your bumpkin. Erie County is preparing to excavate about six Olympic swimming pools worth of silt and sediment from a reservoir near Como Park dam. “The lake itself has filled up with silt,” said Daniel J. Rizzo, commissioner of county… Read More
The first bids are in for the long-awaited channel dredging project, but they are a bit too high, according to the Port of Corpus Christi. Negotiations are now underway to bring the price in line with what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is allowed to pay. The port did not release the bid totals… Read More
Marine construction work at Anaklia Deep Sea Port has commenced with work on the dredging of the approach channel and harbour area reports Dag Pike. This new harbour will become the major port for Georgia on the Black Sea. The maritime works for the port will be carried out by one of the most advanced… Read More
The United States Army Corps of Engineers have begun another round of beach renourishment in Surfside Beach on Wednesday. The project will ultimately pump 1.4 million cubic yards of sand along Grand Strand beaches to protect against storms. Beach renourishment along the Grand Strand was put on hold for Hurricane Florence, but officials are working… Read More
This winter, the Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC) will kill two birds with one stone. While dredging Massey’s Ditch, engineers will pump the displaced sand onto the beach north of the Indian River Inlet. Officials with DNREC’s Shoreline & Waterway Management Section explained the scope of the maintenance dredging project at an… Read More
When the coastal town of Wrightsville Beach, which buffers nearby Wilmington from the open ocean, began to come back to life on Wednesday after Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina, many people returning home were surprisingly relieved. Despite Florence roaring ashore in this exact spot last Friday and now causing catastrophic flooding inland, the hurricane had… Read More
Following a partner meeting with beach restoration contractor Weeks Marine Inc. on Tuesday morning, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced that work in Harvey Cedars is now estimated to end in late September or early October. Dredging and beachfill work was paused earlier this month due to stormy weather and rough seas, pushing back… Read More