Mariners are advised of marina construction works as part of development works at St Kilda Harbour by Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron (RMYS) on the existing breakwater and the marina to provide a safe boat harbour facility. Development works will consist of installation of new piles and construction of a new marina to the western side [...]
The President’s Budget for fiscal 2014 (FY14) includes $4.826 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which is offset in part by a proposal to cancel $100 million in unobligated carryover of funding appropriated prior to fiscal year 2013. “The fiscal 2014 Civil Works [...]
Hamburg Port Authority AöR has announced a plan for the backfilling works in the southern area of the Port of Hamburg. This project includes: – Silt removal in the range of hotspots and below a planned UW-overflow threshold; – Construction of a UW-overflow threshold across the harbour, Installation of sand in various processes (trickling, dumping); [...]
Beach maintenance works and a change in the weather and ocean swell are having a positive impact on the city’s beaches. Mayor Tom Tate said the hard work by Council maintenance crews had resulted in some obvious changes to Surfers Paradise beaches. “It’s a week to go before Easter holiday crowds arrive on the Gold [...]
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the reclamation of Jurong Island (Phase 4) and construction of jetty off Temasek Fairway will take place from 15 March to 14 August 2013. The reclamation works will involve cutter suction dredgers, trailer suction [...]
Cashman Dredging has succesfully completed maintenance dredging for Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The sinking basin was dredged to -70 feet to enable BIW to launch new ships. The Kennebec River has swift currents and tide variations of up to 10 feet. Because of the depth of the project and river conditions, the dredge [...]
Recently, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has won the bid for the hydraulic works of the terminal and bridge approach in Phase 2 of the Dapukou container terminal project in Jintang zone, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, with a contract value of 607 million yuan The project involves a 1,264-meter terminal structure (1264m×59m terminal platform for Section [...]
![India: Officials Announce Tender for IN Jetty Works]()
Headquarters of the Goa Naval Area has announced tender for the maintenance dredging works at the approaches to IN Jetty and at IN Jetty, Chicalim, Goa. The contractors should have considerable past experience in dredging work and should have successfully completed requisite value works. The deadline for this tender is January 22, 2013. Dredging Today [...]
The Languedoc-Roussillon Region has invited bidders for the provision of technical solutions for the repairs and maintenance services of the trailing suction hopper dredger “Cap Croisette”, located at the Port of Sète. This program includes the draining of the machine, refits, painting and metal work. The deadline for the tender is January 28, 2013. Dredging [...]
![Conwy County Invites EoI for Coastal Defence Works (UK)]()
Conwy County Borough Council has invited Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified companies for the following activities: – Obtaining approximately 300,000 tonnes of sea dredged sand (nom. d50 = 0.2-0.4mm) from existing offshore licensed dredging areas, transporting it to the site by sea and placing it to profile on the beach at Colwyn Bay; – [...]
