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  • New Sand Arrives at Bald Head Island

    22 January 2020
    Business & Finance

    The State of North Carolina and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have announced an additional $2.9 million to reimburse expenses to restore hurricane- and tropical storm-related beach damage. The funds include reimbursing the replacement of beach sand in the Village of Bald Head Island, NC. Hurricane Florence’s storm surge damaged the coastal community’s beach […]

  • Brennan’s Environmental Group in Rhode Island VIDEO

    30 March 2020
    Business & Finance

     This season, good fortune shone on Brennan’s Environmental group as they procured a winter river restoration project in Rhode Island. “The general scope for this project remained along the lines of past work, where we restore river depths to facilitate and improve water quality, fish migration, but this one came with a twist; its […]

  • Absecon Island Beach Project Moving Forward

    5 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A long-awaited beach and dune project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that will bring critical coastal protection for homes, businesses and infrastructure between Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Inlet is going out to bid, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin announced last Friday. The Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet, Absecon […]

  • Affolter Wins Spilman Island Dewatering Contract

    13 September 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, has awarded a small business contract in the amount of $2.3 million to Affolter Contracting Company Inc., for dewatering of the Spilman Island Placement Area. “Spilman Island Placement Area provides capacity for maintenance material dredged from the Houston Ship Channel and Barbours Terminal Channel projects,” said Tricia […]

  • Absecon Island Coastal Protection Scheme Begins

    3 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers yesterday announced that work on a project to build beaches and dunes on Atlantic County’s Absecon Island will begin next week with work in Atlantic City, followed soon thereafter by construction in Ventnor, Margate and Longport. “We are very excited to move forward with […]

  • Preparations Underway for Channel Islands Harbor Dredging

    16 November 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, has just announced that the preparations for the Channel Islands Harbor dredging project are moving ahead. Seattle-based Manson Construction, the contractor responsible for dredging of the sand trap at Channel Islands Harbor and replenishment of the sand at Hueneme Beach, will start mobilizing his equipment next week. […]

  • PHOTO: TSHD Padre Island Working in Savannah

    13 February 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has just released this beautiful photo of the trailing suction hopper dredge Padre Island, during its work for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). The dredger, owned by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, is currently conducting the cleanup work on the Savannah River entrance channel – part of […]

  • Hayling Island Beach Renourishment Kicks Off

    28 September 2016
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Havant Borough Council has started with the combined maintenance dredge of the Chichester Harbor Approach Channel and nourishment to the Eastoke Frontage, Hayling Island. The maintenance dredge of the approach channel is underway, with a maximum volume of 25,000m³ of material to be pumped onto the beach along the Eastoke frontage. The exact location will vary […]

  • USACE Working on Smith Island Dredging Project

    22 June 2017
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, in collaboration with Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Somerset County, has just released an environmental assessment (EA) for a navigation improvement project at Rhodes Point for a 15-day public comment. USACE proposes to realign a portion of the federal navigation channel in Sheep Pen Gut through hydraulic dredging; construct […]

  • Saibai Island Seawalls Project Wrapped Up

    13 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    Saibai Island residents in the Torres Strait will be better protected from storm surges and high tides after the completion of the Saibai Island Seawalls, part of the Torres Strait Seawalls project, the Federal Member for Leichhardt, Warren Entsch, said in its latest release.   The Torres Strait community yesterday celebrated the official opening of the […]

  • BOEM Signs Hutchinson Island Sand Agreement

    18 July 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has signed an agreement with Martin County, Florida, and USACE’s Jacksonville District, authorizing the use of sand from federal waters as part of a hurricane and storm damage reduction project for Hutchinson Island. Benefits from the beach nourishment are expected to reduce erosion along Hutchinson Island and restore […]

  • PHOTO: Brance Diversified Busy at Amelia Island

    24 October 2017
    Business & Finance

    Brance Diversified, Inc., a dredging and marine construction company servicing the state of Florida and surrounding areas, is currently conducting dredging operations in Amelia Island on Creekside Drive. So far, the Jacksonville based dredging contractor removed approximately 42,000 cubic yards of material from the Amelia Island Marina. The clean-up work at this site is underway at […]

  • North Portsea Island Scheme Remains on Track

    4 December 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP) has released an update of all work completed through November at Tipner Lake North Portsea Island Coastal Defense Scheme. Working over the winter period has allowed the project to remain on schedule, reported ESCP. “Through the month of November we have completed 24 stepped revetment sections and 13 walls,” the Partnership […]

  • Singapore: Reclamation Work at Jurong Island Begins

    16 January 2012

    Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) informs the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that Jurong Island reclamation project starts. The work will entail the removal of existing rocks, dredging and reclamation works in the working area. Shore protection works will be carried out by crane barges and dredger. Soil […]

  • The Bahamas: Bell Island Development Project Approved

    27 October 2010

    As approval for a controversial development in Bell Island was revealed yesterday, The Tribune was frustrated in its efforts to obtain the… By Megan Reynolds (tribune242) [mappress] Source: tribune242, October 27, 2010;

  • USA: Ship Islands Restoration Under Way

    3 October 2011

    A $300 million, 30-month project to restore the storm-severed Ship Islands back into one island began this month as a torrent of up to … By Harlan Kirgan (gulflive) [mappress] Source: gulflive, October 3, 2011;

  • Funds for Delma Island Project Approved (UAE)

    27 February 2013

    The Executive Committee of Abu Dhabi Executive Council today approved funds for a designing and constructing a new port on Delma Island. The approval was given at a meeting chaired by Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoun Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Tourism and Cultural Authority (TCA) and member of the Executive Council. The project which […]

  • USA: Alexander Island Dredging Plan Presented

    3 March 2013
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District has a future requirement for quote mark Earthwork and dewatering of dredged material placement area, Houston Ship Channel, DAMP Alexander Island Placement Area, Harris County, Texas. These work consists of providing materials, equipment, and labor for excavating and shaping material in order to promote drainage of placement […]

  • Virgin Islands Port Authority Refinances Bonds

    6 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Virgin Islands Port Authority has approved a resolution to fund its capital projects plan by refinancing existing 2003 bonds in the amount of about $24 million and issuing about $29 million in new bonds, the Virgin Islands Daily News reports. The newspaper said that the refinancing is expected to save the Port Authority about […]

  • USA: Osborn Island Dredging Plan Unveiled

    20 September 2012

    The branching waterways at the Osborn Island have been clogged by sediment that makes navigation almost impossible. Tom Alessi, the Kentucky Drive resident, said: “When you see a sea gull walking instead of paddling, you know it’s pretty shallow.” According to thesandpaper.com, Osborn Island Residents Association committee members have obtained the needed state Department of […]

  • USA: Senators Push for Fire Island Dredging

    11 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand called on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) to combine Army Corps “operations and maintenance funding” with federal disaster aid for the dredging of Fire Island Inlet and beach replenishment at Robert Moses and Fire Island Beaches. Fire Island […]

  • Van Oord Nabs Deira Islands Contract

    29 June 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Nakheel, a Dubai-based real estate developer, has appointed marine engineering contractor Van Oord to deliver 23.5 km of coastline and breakwaters at Deira Islands, its new 15.3 sq km waterfront city in Dubai.  The AED387 million (around $105 million) contract, signed today with Van Oord Middle East Limited Dubai Branch, includes beaches, quay walls, rock […]

  • Eirik Raude leaves Africa for Falkland Islands

    2 February 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Eirik Raude semi-submersible drilling rig has begun its mobilization to the North Falkland Basin from West Africa. The rig is currently anticipated to be on hire in the North Falkland Basin in the first week of March when it will start the 6 well 2015 Falklands drilling campaign. The drilling campaign will be operated by Premier Oil […]

  • AGR to drill well offshore Comoros Islands

    7 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Norwegian AGR and SP Offshore have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which AGR will provide a range of exploration services and the drilling of an ultra-deepwater (UDW) well off the Comoros Islands. AGR remarks that SP Offshore, through its subsidiary SPO E&P (Comoros) SARL, works exclusively for Western Energy (USA) and […]

  • Deepwater rig secured for Falkland Islands drilling

    4 June 2014
    Business & Finance

    On 3 June 2014 Premier Oil plc signed a contract for a dynamically positioned, harsh environment semi-submersible drilling rig, FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas offshore the Falkland Islands, said today. In addition, several other related contracts have also been entered into and these include a rig sharing […]