Maintenance Dredging Projects At: U.S. Navy Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Camden County, Georgia & Marine Corps Support Facility – Blount Island, Duval County, Florida
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District awarded a $7.3 million contract to Michigan-based Great Lakes Dock and Materials on Sept. 22 to remove built-up sediment and install a wave-absorbing stone structure along the West Breakwater in Barcelona Harbor. The project will provide a long-term solution to significant shoaling and blockage of the federal… Read More
FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — Bowditch Point Beach in Fort Myers Beach will temporarily shrink as crews undertake a nearly $7 million federal dredging project to deepen waters and reinforce the coastline. Walt Neveker, a Lee County resident, reflected on his experiences at the beach. “We used to go there pretty often. [We’d] just lounge out,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Seattle District will oversee maintenance dredging at Everett Harbor and Snohomish River as early as Oct. 16, 2026. Dredging performed by the contractor, American Construction Co., Inc., is expected to start in the lower settling basin via clamshell dredge and bottom dump barges. Dredging will be performed continuously… Read More
Italy’s Port of Gioia Tauro has awarded a €5m ($5.6m) contract to complete dredging of its port channel while starting the next phase of a shore power programme worth more than €100m. Spanish contractor Dravo will deepen the south turning basin and the Eranova quay to 17 metres, leaving the wider channel with depths of… Read More
By Emily Jones Tybee Island has secured federal funding to replenish its beaches with sand after being denied the money earlier this year. Local officials say the beach renourishment project is critical for a rapidly-eroding beach. Barrier islands like Tybee should naturally accumulate sand from islands farther north; it’s called the sand-sharing system. But human… Read More
