Dredge Updates

The Dredge Report | Week of January 10, 2021
Sand Shifter Another project completed! The Sand Shifter finished dredging operations on Wednesday in Little Bay, Bourne. The last two days of the work brought the Sand Shifter into some very rocky areas having to stop dredging at least once per hour to remove rocks of various sizes that got stuck in the dredge ‘cutter […]

Dredge Report | Week of 1/3
Sand Shifter The Sand Shifter was back dredging on Thursday after a few days of being out of action after a ‘wear liner’ was damaged and needed to be replaced (see pictures below). The repair required the Sand Shifter to be brought alongside the dock in the Pocasset River, removal of the top deck of […]

The Dredge Report | Week of 12/27
Sand Shifter The Sand Shifter continued dredging operations in Little Bay, Bourne. The Sand Shifter has made great progress in dredging the ‘Maintenance’ section of this project. As noted in the Pre-Dredge survey graphic below, we are now dredging in the last leg of the channel. After a couple of days of dredging last week, […]

The Dredge Report | Week of December 20th
Cod Fish II: Dredging was completed in Provincetown harbor along the ‘wave attenuator’, just adjacent to MacMillan Pier. The shoaling required dredging to keep the channel clear in this busy area of the harbor. We’re hoping for a calm day over the new few days so we can move the Cod Fish II to the […]

The Dredge Report | Week of December 13th
Sand Shifter Dredging operations began in Bourne on the Little Bay project. As mentioned last week, there are two sections of this project. The first section in the ‘Improvement’ area of the channel has never been dredged and this where we started. After a day and a half of dredging in this area, it proved […]

The Dredge Report | Week of December 6, 2020
The Cod Fish II A mixed bag of weather during the week, but in the end, the Cod Fish II completed the dredging of Pamet Harbor in Truro. This project, estimated to be approximately 3,120 Cubic Yards of sand from the Approach & Inner Channel in the harbor is part of an annual maintenance dredging […]

The Dredge Report | Week of November 29th
The Cod Fish II continued work in Pamet Harbor, Truro, but with strong winds blowing on and off and a mechanical breakdown that was quickly repaired, the completion of the project has been delayed. Another day is needed to complete this project then we’ll be moving onto Provincetown to work in the harbor along MacMillan […]

The Dredge Report – Week of November 22nd
A tornado warning in November! Dredging at Parker’s River with the Sand Shifter had to stop on Monday due to the high winds and seas associated with that wild weather that came through the area. Dredging restarted on Wednesday and we were able to complete the project on Saturday. Over in Cape Cod Bay, on […]

The Dredge Report – Week of November 15, 2020
The Sand Shifter started dredge operation in the Parker River entrance channel on Monday and continued throughout the week. This project is the first of several for the town of Yarmouth. Once completed, we’ll be moving to Bass River working from the entrance up to and under Route 28. The Cod Fish II is […]

The Dredge Report – Week of November 8, 2020
The winds just kept up and never gave us a break with one day a repeat of the next: Monday – Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts to 25 knots, Tuesday – Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts to 25, Wednesday – West winds 10 – 15 with gusts to 20 […]