WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Rep. Jen Kiggans (VA-02) spoke before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water during Member Day, highlighting two important issues directly impacting Virginia’s Second District: advancing the Chincoteague Inlet feasibility study to address erosion challenges on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, and strengthening federal support and cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
Boskalis recently mobilized a second trailing suction hopper dredger for the coastal protection project in Avlékété, Benin. Our trailing suction hopper dredger Causeway has been dredging along the West African coast since November last year, and our Shoreway recently joined it. Together, the vessels dredged more than 3.5 million cubic meters of sand to make… Read More
Cecil County is making great progress in moving forward on the North East River dredging project. The project is scheduled to go out for solicitation at the end of May 2026, with bid opening anticipated around July 31, 2026. A contract award is expected in late August or early September 2026. The project will be… Read More
TYBEE ISLAND ― Twice each day, the outgoing tide on this beach near Savannah washes sand into the sea. And every seven years, with the help of federal taxpayers and suction dredges, the sand has returned to the shore to be enjoyed by sunbathers, sandcastle builders and shell hunters. Source
A pusher barge with a hopper barge dumps a mixture of sand and gravel into the Elbe near Zahna. The so-called bed load addition is intended to stem the erosion of the inland Elbe and stabilize the river bed. The river is digging deeper and deeper into its bed. This also lowers the groundwater level… Read More
