AUGUSTA — The state is suing the federal government over the cancelation of $9 million in salt marsh restoration and storm resiliency funds. In a lawsuit filed this week, the Maine Department of Marine Resources alleges that the termination is part of a continuing pattern of retaliation for Maine’s stance on transgender athlete participation. However,… Read More
WEDA Journal of Dredging The Journal of Dredging is published by the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) to provide dissemination of technical and project information on dredging engineering topics. The peer-reviewed papers in this practice-oriented journal will present engineering solutions to dredging and placement problems, which are not normally available from traditional journals. Topics of interest… Read More
Cashman Dredging is proud to announce the successful completion of the Jacksonville Harbor Maintenance Dredging Project in Duval County, FL for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Over 1,000,000 cubic yards of material were removed from the federal channel, ensuring safe, reliable access for commercial and military vessels. The work was completed in just over… Read More
New Smyrna Beach’s Turnbull Creek Land Preservation Committee received an update on dredging north of Jungle Road from Public Works Director David Ray last Monday, June 16. “As of last week, they’ve taken 1,900 cubic yards of sediment out. They have about 500 feet left to finish and then they’re going to go back and [clean up]… Read More
Officials say the project will help replace sand that was washed away by past storms following years of delays. Source
Callan Marine’s San Jacinto West Fork dredging placement area near Luce Bayou is filling up…rather quickly. The City of Houston began its most recent dredging program with Callan on December 20, 2024 – six months ago. The goal: to move 800,000 cubic yards of sediment out of the river near the headwaters of Lake Houston. Position of… Read More
Watch the Bayonet 350 AUGV crawl from beach to sea during a beach inspection.
Coastal communities can’t catch a break. Waves pound the shores, storms grow fiercer with the changing climate, and rising seas nibble away at the sand supporting coastal properties around the world. Standard defenses – sea walls, trucked-in sand, and injections of cement – buy time but rarely offer a lasting fix. Something simpler and sturdier… Read More
Project Update from the Grand Bahama Shipyard | Orion has officially received a Taking Over Certificate for the new finger pier extension—two months ahead of our deadline! The customer’s vessel, Blue Giant, has already moored at the new pier, marking a major milestone for this project. Progress continues across the scope with multiple structures now… Read More
The Trump administration is proposing limits to the recreational facilities — including beaches — that are eligible for federal assistance. McALLEN — In the wake of the Trump administration’s announced plans to cut back on federal disaster spending, South Padre Island officials are concerned their beaches will be left vulnerable should a storm hit this… Read More
Pinellas County commissioners on Tuesday pushed forward a $126 million project to shore up the county’s critically eroded beaches. Why it matters: Beach nourishment, the process of dredging and piping in sand to widen and elevate a shoreline, is long overdue on Pinellas’ storm-battered barrier islands. “That sand is not just there for the tourists. It’s… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has the federal navigation channel at the Barcelona Harbor dredged to restore safe navigational depths and remove shoaling around the breakwater, Westfield, New York. The shallow-draft harbor supports over a million dollars in business income each year. Source
CLEVELAND — Dredging is underway along the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland. “We’re dredging out 200,000 cubic yards of material,” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Branch Chief Matt Snyder said. “To put that in perspective, 200,000 cubic yards would be taking a football field and filling it almost 90 feet tall.” The U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
BATON ROUGE, LA – The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) and Open Ocean Trustee Implementation Group have released the Draft Joint Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #1 (draft plan) for public review and comment. The draft plan proposes using $247 million in Deepwater Horizon settlement funds to restore vital habitats and fisheries around the… Read More
“Looking backwards, 2024 was a great year.” That’s Michael Gerhardt’s assessment of the federal dredging market for last year, and Gerhardt, vice president of external affairs at Muddy Water Dredging, LP, and author of “The U.S. Dredge Report: An Analysis of the Federal Dredging Market,” has the data to back that up. Gerhardt’s annual dredge… Read More