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Dredge Updates
The Dredge Report | Week of April 4, 2021
Cod Fish I & Cod Fish II – Popponesset Bay, Mashpee Dredging continued on Monday but on Tuesday morning the Cod Fish II experienced a mechanical breakdown. The clutch on the main engine ‘seized’ forcing the shutdown of the engine. The dredge was brought into the Cotuit Town dock for repairs. Fortunately, the Sand Shifter […]
The Dredge Report | Week of March 28, 2021
Sand Shifter – Stage Harbor, Chatham Earlier in the week, the Sand Shifter finished the main part of the dredging and ‘broke’ through the southeastern edge of the channel and mid-day on Wednesday the Sand Shifter completed this most important dredging project. The rest of the week was spent demobilizing; breaking down and moving the pipe, […]
The Dredge Report | Week of March 21, 2021
Sand Shifter – Stage Harbor, Chatham Nearing the end of this project, last week we were able to dredge three out of six days with dredging operations having to stop due to winds/seas. We are anticipating just another two days of dredging to clean up some of the shoals in the middle of the channel. […]
The Dredge Report | Week of March 14, 2021
Sand Shifter – Stage Harbor, Chatham With strong winds continuing over the weekend and into the beginning of the week, work continued on repairing sections of pipe on Monday and Tuesday in the Hardings Beach parking lot. During this time we also changed the discharge location from the Cockle Cove area to an area east […]
The Dredge Report | Week of March 7, 2021
Sand Shifter – Stage Harbor, Chatham Dredging continued from Sunday through Wednesday morning when at low tide a break was found in the pipe. The picture below shows the break and the dredged material escaping from the break. Fortunately the break was found and repaired quickly and dredging continued within a couple of hours. Unfortunately, […]
The Dredge Report | Week of February 28, 2021
Sand Shifter – Stage Harbor, Chatham Another challenging week with the strong Northerly winds and cold temperatures halting operations on Monday afternoon through Wednesday, resuming dredging on Thursday, stopping again on Friday and Saturday. Below are some great photos that clearly displays the sand movement from the east to the west into the Stage Harbor […]
The Dredge Report | Week of February 21, 2021
Sand Shifter – Stage Harbor, Chatham Another challenging week in Stage Harbor, with strong Southerly winds halting operations on Monday, resuming dredging on Tuesday & Wednesday, stopped again on Thursday by strong Northwesterly winds, restarting again on Friday with a half day on Saturday before strong Southerly winds returned. We are approximately 25% of the […]
The Dredge Report | Week of February 14, 2021
Sand Shifter – Stage Harbor, Chatham Dredging continued on Monday, but on Tuesday we had to stop due to the strong northerly winds & seas that lasted throughout the day making dredging dangerous. On Wednesday we resumed operations but had to stop in the late afternoon to repair a small section of the discharge pipe […]
The Dredge Report | Week of February 7, 2021
Sand Shifter – Stage Harbor, Chatham The Sand Shifter started dredging the Stage Harbor channel on Saturday! Most of the week was spent in mobilizing the pipe, bringing the dredge on station in the channel, and getting the pipe connected to the Booster Station. Dredging actually started on Wednesday, but the Booster Pump wasn’t working […]
