Marine Construction and Recovery Operations

Construction vessels and barges engaged in recovery and maintenance operations, highlighting marine engineering in the aftermath of disasters.

OIL SANDS, Alberta, Canada. The worlds largest petroleum resource basin. bucketwheel bucket wheel reclaimer

Firefighters from the Boots and Coots Oil Well Firefighting Company use a crane to remove a capping device after extinguishing a burning oil well in the aftermath of Operation Desert Storm. The well, situated in the Ahman Oil Fields, is one of many set afire by Iraqi forces prior to their retreat from Kuwait.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Hurricane Katrina, Bay St. Louis, Miss., December 8, 2005 -- Workers are reconstructing the railroad bridge from Bay St. Louis to Pass Christian. The railroad line in coastal Mississippi was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Mark Wolfe/FEMA

From Mystic Bridge , Waterfronts, Rivers, Piers & wharves. Photographs by Ernst Halberstadt

DN-ST-89-08172. Base: Anacostia River State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

tractor in rice field for agriculture soil preparation

construction of breakwaters at sea, construction equipment in the Baltic sea. construction equipment in the Baltic sea, construction of breakwaters at sea

coastal protection measures, construction equipment on the shore, the construction of breakwaters construction equipment on the shore, the construction of breakwaters, coastal protection measures ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/NadyZima_klgdx 12656611 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

ESU New Orleans - IMATHcao - 26-HK-429-131. Hurricane Katrina

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Early October - 26-HK-350-220. Site 5 K9397a. Hurricane Katrina

Abfischfest carp fishing festival at pond Schlossteich, carp are taken out of fish nets and placed in tubs, Schloss Sitzenberg Castle Sitzenberg-Reidling Donau Niederösterreich, Lower Austria Austria

Trolling for Rubble. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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Vintage Photograph. Beach restoration project using heavy machinery to combat erosion.

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Joanne B Ram 750 barge pulls into shore with equipment shipped from Camp Pendleton, California, to Peleliu, Republic of Palau, March 24, 2023. During this rotational deployment, Navy Seabees and Marine Corps engineers undertake infrastructure projects which benefit local populations in the Indo-Pacific and enhance the United States ability to render support and aid in response to disasters or other crises.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-360-86. mm 49 to 59 photos. Hurricane Katrina

Log booms on the Fraser River; Burnaby British Columbia, Canada

Along the Ohio River in Tennessee, USA.

Grain being loaded into freight barges on Mississippi river Tugboat pushing freight barges past grain loading dock with dust illuminated by the sun in East St Louis Illinois Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevenxHeapx 21042183

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Venice - 26-HK-352-47. Miss Kimberly Salvage Operation. Hurricane Katrina

Boat Readied for Crane Ride. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Unloading catch from fishing boat at harbour, Hailuoto Island, Oulu, Finland

Port works, construction of protective wall against flooding, Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium, flooding, flood barrier, Europe

Aftermath - Salvage Operations - Empire, Louisiana - 26-HK-33-9. Hurricane Katrina

Shipyard seen from the New River, Orange Walk District, Belize

Lucky Seas, United Kingdom - 31 January 2026: Aerial view of a cargo ship berthed alongside a muddy bank, contrasting with piles of scrap metal under a dull, overcast sky.

DN-ST-89-11469. Subject Operation/Series: LANTCOOPEX 1-89 Base: Port Canaveral State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Excavators working on the coastal protection near Ahrenshoop on the Baltic Sea, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

alang ship breaking yard, gujarat, india Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

Aerial view of a chimney from local brick factory flooded by monsoon rains near Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

coastal protection measures, construction equipment on the shore, the construction of breakwaters construction equipment on the shore, the construction of breakwaters, coastal protection measures Copyright: xZoonar.com/NadyZima_klgdx 13292421

E-Crane, scrap crane loading recycled metal on cargo ship at Van Heyghen Recycling export terminal, port of Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, Europe

ESU Incident Command Post New Orleans - Station Sabine - 26-HK-302-34. Hurricane Katrina

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Early October - 26-HK-350-24. Hurricane Katrina

Crew Model Water Landing Module Assessment Photographs taken at Aberdeen Test Facility Aberdeen MD.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Early October - 26-HK-351-152. Hurricane Katrina

After the partial collapse of the Carola Bridge, demolition work continues on a dam built directly in the Elbe. Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Piers Prepared for Base of New Lifeguard Station. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Tractors amongst Bouchot mussels aquaculture in the Brehat Archipelago, Cotes d`Armor, Brittany, France. September 2005.

Aftermath - Displaced Boats - Port Security Unit (PSU) 309 - 26-HK-27-49. damaged industrial area along waterfront --Chris Tramp photo. Hurricane Katrina

heavy machinery being moved by boat in the timber/oil palm industry. kinabatangan river sabah borneo.

Components of the world's largest offshore oil platform, newly dedicated, near Ingleside, Texas, used to tap Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas reserves

Building a dike. Cranes and excavator put stones in the sea. Trucks carrying stones

Metal harbour side with recycled rubber tyre protection with space for copy Metal harbour side with rubber tyre protection. High quality photo Copyright: xZoonar.com/JanettexReubinx 16346614

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Venice - 26-HK-354-93. Venice. Hurricane Katrina

ESU St. Louis - Murphy Oil - 26-HK-319-123. Crack in Storage Tank II. Hurricane Katrina

Europe France oyster farmer in the Gulf of Morbihan

alang ship breaking yard, gujarat, india Copyright: xRajeshxVora/DinodiaxPhotox

ORION Project-(SPLASH) Structural Passive Landing Attenuation for Survivability of Human Crew (BTA) Boiler Plate Test Article Water Impact Test-Pot Phase"0" Test Tested at the Hydro Impact Basin at the Landing and Impact Research Facility (Gantry)

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Venice - 26-HK-353-23. Venice. Hurricane Katrina

North America, USA, Louisiana, Crowley. Man in boat harvesting crawfish in flooded rice field

Tour, given by BP corporate officials to Secretary Gale Norton and Minerals Management Service Director Johnnie Burton, of the world's largest offshore oil platform, near Ingleside, Texas, used to tap Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas reserves

Sand flushing off Sylt

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Early October - 26-HK-351-163. Hurricane Katrina

Crane with wood logs gripple loading timber on cargo ship Crane with wood logs gripple loading timber on cargo ship for export in Wicklow commercial port. Transport industry in Ireland Copyright: xZoonar.com/DawidxKalisinskix 16180101

France, La Roche de Caillaud, vineyard, square fishing nets

France : Sete, destruction of a grain silo.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska District contracts the Westport, a 2,000-cubic-yard hopper dredge operated by Manson Construction, to keep Cook Inlet safe for navigation by clearing built-up sediments on the seafloor that prevent large ships from coming through. So far this year, the team has removed 85,000 cubic yards of material from the waterway and expects to see more infill from this point forward. For the past 12 years, the cumulative volume removed each year from the beginning of spring until end of fall has ranged from 600,000 to 1.2 million cubic yards of material. The Alaska District anticipates being on the lower end of the range for this years efforts.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Early October - 26-HK-351-149. Hurricane Katrina

Construction workers busy build pillars of a bridge in the banks of Brahmaputra river on April 3, 2023 in Guwahati, Assam, India, Asia

Demolition work Münsterbrücke Hameln demolition work Münsterbrücke Hameln

Massive crane enters Lock and Dam 15 in Davenport Iowa Army Corps of Engineers barge with offices enters Lock and Dam No. 15 in Davenport, Iowa Copyright: xZoonar.com/StevenxHeapx 20999224

Crew Module Water Landing Model Assessment (CMWLMA)Test site photos at Aberdeen Test Center Aberdeen Maryland

Salvage Engineering Response Team - New Orleans - Early October - 26-HK-350-115. Hurricane Katrina

Bonita Springs, FL, USA--November 4, 2022--A crane works to remove a boat that was damaged in Hurricane Ian.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

tractor on oyster bed

Hydraulischer Schalengreifer, hydraulischer Schalengreifer Hydraulic Grab Bucket, hydraulic peel grab Copyright: xZoonar.com/natatravelx 22890361

The rusty remains of an old whaling station at Whalers Bay, inside Port Foster, the caldera of Deception Island, an island in the South Shetland Islands archipelago off the Antarctic Peninsula.

Fort Myers Beach, FL, USA--November 1, 2022--Crews work to access shrimp boats that have been damaged by Hurricane Ian.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Dredger pumping sand through a hose onto a beach for beach nourishment or beach replenishment, Platja de Barceloneta, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Venice - 26-HK-354-102. Venice. Hurricane Katrina

Containment boom on sandy beach, Grand Isle, Louisiana, USA

Dredging workers connecting pipes of pipeline during sand replenishment, beach nourishment works along the Belgian coast at Ostend, Belgium, Europe

Wasserbau Aug. Prien arbeitet im Nord-Ostsee-Kanal *** Hydraulic engineering Aug Prien works at North Baltic Sea Channel 1038805290

On site at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Florence bedrock removal project on the Missouri River, May 18, 2022. The goal of the project is to excavate a minimum of 120,000 cubic yards of material, and restore adequate channel parameters for river boat traffic on the Missouri River.

Lumberyard on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Aerial view of the butchering of cargo TK Bremen Britain

ESU St. Louis - Murphy Oil - 26-HK-319-91. drum skimmer-vac truck in canal II. Hurricane Katrina

Crew Module Water Landing Model Assent Test site photos at Aberdeen Test Center (Aberdeen, MD)

ESU St. Louis - Murphy Oil - 26-HK-319-41. Pumping Station Dewatering Meraux. Hurricane Katrina

Oil Fracking in West Texas

Crew Module Water Landing Model Assessment (CMWLMA)Test site photos at Aberdeen Test Center Aberdeen Maryland

View of an industrial area on the outskirts of Iquitos, a city on the Amazon River in the Peruvian Amazon River basin.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - After collecting samples, Barry Crawford returns to MCP and logs GPS data into sample paperwork. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Demolition work on Hamelin Minster Bridge

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-359-76. Port Fouchon Compiled - Bayou Lafourche Sunken Vessels. Hurricane Katrina

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Various Operations - 26-HK-359-33. Hurricane Katrina

A dredger in warm light on the beach during sunset, facing the calm sea, sunset on the beach of de haan on the north sea, de han, belgium

Keraniganj, Bangladesh - 11 February 2023: View of a worker welding the hull of a large ship, sparks flying against the backdrop of the Buriganga River and distant city skyline.

New Orleans - 26-HK-200-52. Hurricane Katrina

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Members of a hurricane assessment team from Johnson Space Center and Marshall Space Flight Center look at damage on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) a week after Hurricane Frances hit the east coast of Central Florida and Kennedy Space Center. The VAB lost 820, 4- x 16-foot panels from the side walls, or more than 52,000 square feet of its surface.

Salvage Engineering Response Team - Empire and Venice - 26-HK-354-28. Venice. Hurricane Katrina

DM-SC-87-12215. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Gold dredger, Mazaruni River, Guyana

Hydroelectric power station. Water dumping

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