The Coastal Storm Risk Reduction Project along the south shore of Long Island, New York, has been underway since mid-July. The project area includes 9 miles of oceanfront along the… Read More
Dredging & Marine Construction
The Waterways Journal has been covering dredging and marine construction news on the inland rivers since 1887. Now, with the combined power of IDR (International Dredging Review), we cover this news in greater depth, expanding our coverage to major projects along all US waterways, coastlines and the Great Lakes.
Dredging at the Brazilian Port of Vitória, in the city of same name in Espírito Santo state, increased the port’s access channel from 10.6 meters (34.7 feet) during high tides… Read More
In July, Boskalis signed a dredging contract for the Argentinian Port of Bahía Blanca, one the nation’s key ports, which handles large grain, oil and fertilizer exports. The deal includes… Read More
The Rio de la Plata Port Administrator Commission (CARP), a bi-national commission between Argentina and Uruguay, continued dredging at the Martín García Channel as planned, it said in early August. Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Philadelphia District completed dredging for the Bethany/South Bethany and Fenwick Island Coastal Storm Damage Reduction projects in Delaware on August 9. The Corps awarded… Read More
Under a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District, Weeks Marine Inc. began dredging and beachfill operations at Ortley Beach in New Jersey on July 12. The… Read More
Dredging of the Brownsville Ship Channel was completed in July as part of the Nearshore Berm Nourishment Project and Particle Tracing Study in South Padre Island in Texas. This multi-year… Read More
Cavache Inc. of Pompano Beach, Florida, began dredging the Ponce de Leon Inlet and Intracoastal Waterway channels in early August. Approximately 450,000 cubic yards of sand will be removed and… Read More
A consortium made up of Boskalis and DEME Group’s Dredging International N.V. may finish phase 1 of a dredging project at Martín García channel ahead of time by year-end. “Due… Read More
On June 6, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2018 (H.R. 8). The bill passed by a vote of 408 to 2. Read More
