![]() ![]() The San Diego County project, which will create six miles ofbigger beaches along the coast, is the first project of its kind onthe West Coast. “Everyone wants a beautiful beach,” Capt. But more and more, shipslike the Sugar Island are being summoned to restore eroding beachesaround the country. “You try to keep it smooth just like this,” he said, looking outover the bubbling load.įor the most part, dredging companies are hired to removeaccumulated silt from harbor channels. ![]() As the load got larger, helmsmanLouis Green cracked a wide smile to reveal a gold tooth. The Sugar Island gently listed starboard on Tuesday as a graymixture of sand and water poured over its sides through thetentacle pipes into its hull. Adeck hand without a high school diploma can pull in roughly $60,000a year. Hailing mostly from East Coast and Gulf of Mexico port towns,the 17 crew members sacrifice a regular home life for good pay. ![]() ![]() They are the backbone of theoften dangerous dredging business, a billion dollar industry thatemploys 2,500 people nationwide. Reporting oil pollution, a significant navigational hazard, or a damaged aid to navigation.On board the Sugar Island is a small subculture ofscruffy-faced, cigarette-smoking, tattooed men who spend weeks at atime at sea, away from their families. The sand will return to its natural ‘white’ colour within two months of dredging. The dark appearance of this sand will change as the particles settle out and become bleached by the sun. Dredged sediment is often clean sand that can be used to replenish and restore beaches, shorelines, and habitats.įor a short period of time, dredged sand may appear dark due to fine sediment particles from the seabed. With this machine, we collect sediment from the bottom of the channel and move and shape reused sand. Using a cutter head, it moves across the bottom of the channel, sucking up sediment and delivering it through a floating pipeline to the adjacent foreshore. Some common dredging vessels you’ll see are the trailing suction hopper dredge or cutter suction. When we undertake dredging projects, we will notify the public to ensure everyone is aware that work is underway (or scheduled) on our website and via our social media channels: Facebook | Instagram. You’ll see our contractors working on dredging maintenance along the waterways and foreshore. ![]()
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