Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 7 January 2026 – Van Oord has successfully completed coastline maintenance in the Dutch Noord-Beveland, Zeeland, as commissioned by Rijkswaterstaat. In total, 1 million cubic metres of sand was deposited on and right in front of the Banjaard beach using the LNG-fuelled trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Apolonia. A special aspect of… Read More
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District shared an update regarding upcoming maintenance dredging of the lower Maurice River in Cumberland County, N.J. The Army Corps’ contractor, Cottrell Contracting Corporation of Chesapeake, Va., will dredge approximately 80,000 cubic yards of sediment from the federal channel near the mouth of the Maurice River…. Read More
Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA) announced the inclusion of funding totaling more than $19,792,000 that she secured for California’s 26th Congressional District in the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act (H.R. 6938). This funding ensures continued federal investments in important infrastructure and… Read More
A proposed federal dredging project at Port Everglades could cause unprecedented damage to coral reefs in U.S. waters. The area is one of the last strongholds of endangered staghorn coral along Florida’s coast, according to scientists and conservation groups A new analysis by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and researchers from the Shedd Aquarium found that about 10 million… Read More
After years of delay and overcoming the “difficulties of the administrative procedures, which are extremely complicated in Portugal,” the artificial beach nourishment project on the Quarteira-Garrão stretch, in the municipality of Loulé, begins this Monday, January 12th, and “will be completed before the bathing season,” the Minister of the Environment assured. “The timing is in… Read More
