A ton of work – around 23,000 tons – is being done on the MI-1 4th Avenue phase of the Mouse River flood protection project in City of Minot, ND, in the form of rip rap, according to the latest project update. Rip rap is the big rocks that are being placed along the banks […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ St. Paul District has just released this amazing photo of their cutter suction dredger (CSD) William L. Goetz, taken last week, during the dredging operations in the Chippewa Delta, at the foot of Lake Pepin – in Pool 4 of the Mississippi River. With that work wrapp
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) will today, October 22, hold a meeting in Odessa to discuss dredging projects planned for 2018–2019. During the meeting, officials from USPA together with the representatives of dredging companies will discuss implementation of capital and operational dredgin
Qingzhou Julong Environment Technology Co. Ltd., a Qingzhou City based manufacturer and supplier of dredging equipment, delivered a cutter suction dredger CSD3012 to Liaoning Resources Bureau (LRB), China, earlier this month. According to Julong, this piece of equipment will be used for dredging ope
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 15-21, 2018). Van den Herik Wins Dredging Contract in Poland The local authority of the Polish maritime administration in Szczecin has selected Dutch dredging company Van den Herik to design and execute t
Taking place from 24 – 25 October in Batam, Indonesia, together with PIANC Indonesia Royal HaskoningDHV will be organizing a 3-day training Port Masterplanning event. Focusing on cost-effective design and maintenance of environmentally friendly access channels during each individual Expo the event o
After months of delay, the Army Corps of Engineers and Manson Construction yesterday started dredging operations at the mouth of the Oceanside Harbor. Over the next few weeks, the contractor will remove around 200,000 cubic feet of sand from the harbor mouth and place it on the nearby beach. Oceansi
Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey visited Morecambe today (19 October) to officially open the town’s new flood defenses. Funded by £10.8m central government grant-in-aid funding, the wave reflection wall defense will reduce flood risk to 11,400 homes and has a design life of 100 years, taking into
The Pacific Chapter Western Dredging Association Fall 2018 conference will take place in Waikiki, Honolulu, from Tuesday, October 23, through Thursday, October 25, reports WEDA. For the 2018 conference, the Pacific Chapter Board has adjusted typical conference days to provide a bonus half day of tim
Work to reduce the risk of fluvial and tidal flooding from the River Dart in Totnes is nearing completion, according to the Environment Agency. In 2017 the EA was granted planning permission by South Hams District Council for a scheme to reduce flood risk to more than 400 homes and businesses in Tot
Wasa Dredging, a Finnish water construction company, today unveiled a photo of their backhoe dredger ‘Harald’ equipped with the new environmental bucket. According to the company, this new bucket will enable the vessel to handle its first job, the extensive environmental dredging in the Port of Kokk
Adam Crouch MP – Member for Terrigal, today handed over a $207,500 cheque to Central Coast Council for beach nourishment and design work for a revetment wall at Wamberal Beach. This is the first significant funding milestone for a long-term solution to protect hundreds of millions of dollars of publ
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District, and Fort Bend County have signed an agreement for a feasibility study that will investigate erosion flood risks along the Brazos River. The purpose of the Feasibility study is to ensure the protection of infrastructure, such as roads, levees and b
The Delta-Pilot branch of SE ‘Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority’ announced a tender for the procurement of a new self-propelled dredger earlier this week. The vessel is necessary for the state enterprise to increase the capacity of its own fleet and conduct operational dredging works in the seaports of
