NORTH EAST — The use of a $2.1 million grant awarded to Cecil County by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Waterway Improvement was passed last week by the Cecil County Council allowing for the engineering, inspection and construction of the Stoney Run Dredge Material Placement (DMP) site to begin. The DMP site is critical to the… Read More
Weeks Marine installed the subline on March 21, 2023 and is planning to begin work in Duck on April 10. They will be moving equipment after next week but will not be moving on the beach over Easter weekend. Weeks Marine expects that they will be able to complete nourishment and have all equipment removed… Read More
(The Delaware Congressional Delegation announced $25 million from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be used for renourishment projects for Delaware’s bay beaches. “I’ve long worked to provide Delaware with the resources needed to restore and maintain our bay beaches,” said Sen. Tom Carper, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. “Beach nourishment protects… Read More
Even though Mexico’s navy ministry (Semar) said it would take over all the country’s dredging works by 2023, port authorities under its control continue to put projects out to tender to the private sector. The latest was called by Tuxpan port authority Asipona Tuxpan. Semar became the country’s overriding port authority in 2020, and so… Read More
Leading Dutch dredging group Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has secured a major contract for a multidisciplinary offshore wind farm project in Scotland. The 882 MW Moray West wind farm project will have the capacity to power up to 640,000 homes in United Kingdom. According to Boskalis, the deal was awarded by Ocean Winds, a joint… Read More
