Soil Conservation Service staff are currently very busy working on the beautiful Clarkes Beach to replenish and revegetate sand dunes. Dunes on Main beach and Clarkes beach had been eroded by severe weather and east coast lows, and they are now working with client Byron Shire Council to restore thes
Port of Melbourne has reached a further milestone in its ongoing investment in the long-term future of landside port infrastructure, with the awarding of a contract for Stage 1 of the Swanson Dock West remediation project. Under the contract, McConnell Dowell will complete Stage 1 of the Swanson Doc
A groundbreaking ceremony to mark a milestone for the people of Tuvalu – construction of a 780m long and 100m wide reclamation project in Funafuti – took place yesterday. This very important work will be undertaken under the Tuvalu Government’s Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project. Tuvalu is the first
TasPorts, a state-owned company responsible for eleven Tasmanian ports and the Devonport Airport, will begin seabed levelling activities in the Port of Burnie, starting today (Wednesday 7 December 2022). The dredging work is expected to take up to four weeks to complete, incorporating a break over t
Kingston District Council will receive $1.9 million funding support for a much-needed extension of its existing Wyomi Beach Rock Seawall. Erosion at Wyomi Beach has been of significant concern for Council and the community over a long period of time. Mayor Kay Rasheed said: “We acknowledge that coas
The dredging work on 20 rivers in the Bangladesh southern region is starting today, local media reports. Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will run the operation at 47 points on a dozen of waterway routes in Barishal region. “Our target is to remove around three million cubic metre
The Port of Warrnambool boat ramp has reopened, following a comprehensive upgrade. The concreted ramp entry is now longer and safer, parking and turning space at the ramp has been increased and the jetties to the north and south of the ramp have been rebuilt and improved, Warrnambool City Council sa
Central Coast Council has asked to defer the dredging of The Entrance channel so it’s better suited when the conditions are required at a later date. Council recently received a grant from the NSW Government to carry out dredging of the channel but hasn’t used the funding yet as dredging hasn’t been
At the beginning of the month, together with Royal IHC’s partner Frontline Engineering, the Kinderdijk based supplier of maritime technology organised a dredging simulator training in Bangkok for the Royal Irrigation Department. The training focused on many of the basics of CSD dredging: start-up dr
Four children drowned in a five-meter-deep dredging pit in southern Cambodia’s Kandal province, according to a provincial police report released on Wednesday. The accident occurred in the late afternoon of Tuesday in Ang Snuol district when they got down into the water to search for clams and snails
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has signed an agreement with the Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure of Maldives towards implementation of the M. Muli Harbor Development Project. MTCC CEO Adam Azim signed the deal on behalf of MTCC and Ms. Fathimath Shaana Far
Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) has just unveiled plans to foray into the foreign dredging markets, News Drum reports. “The initiatives taken for setting our foot once again in foreign waters is likely to materialise. DCI has already been executing the dredging contract for Mongla Port, Banglade
