The land reclamation operations for the New Manila International Airport (MIA) are moving forward. For this capital development program, Boskalis deployed a number of trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) including its largest mega hopper dredgers and a large cutter suction dredger (CSD). Dredgin
PSA Sines, Portugal, inaugurated a new stage of the expansion Phase at the Sines Container Terminal last week. The inauguration event was graced by the Portuguese Secretary of State of Infrastructure, Hugo Santos Mendes, the Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, President
North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) has successfully completed another maintenance dredging campaign at the Port of Weipa. According to NQBP, the hopper dredge Brisbane has just left the Weipa after completing the 48-day program. The increase in the annual project duration was due to addi
The Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has vetoed a measure establishing a special economic zone and freeport adjacent to the proposed airport city in Bulacan province. In his veto message, Marcos rejected the House Bill (HB) 7575, which seeks the establishment of the Bulacan Airport City S
Opotiki District Council, New Zealand, today confirmed that work continues on a multi-million Opotiki Harbour Development Project. The amphibious excavator made her maiden voyage this week and is now ready to start dredging the river, the council said. As the existing harbour entrance is limited to
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A project to combat coastal erosion by depositing thousands of cubic metres of sand at Fremantle’s Port Beach will commence in the coming weeks. The Port Beach Sand Nourishment Project will see up to 150,000m3 of sand dredged from Fremantle Port’s Deep Water Channel and ‘rainbowed’ onto the beach. T
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained two Malaysia-flagged dredging vessels for anchoring without permission in the waters of Kuala Selangor, the northwestern Selangor. According to Selangor MMEA director Maritime Captain, V. Siva Kumar, the dredgers Inai Terasek and Inai Ken
A new white paper from Wetlands International, released on June 21, 2022, reveals the critical need to restore wetlands – with urgency and at scale. The report, developed in cooperation with Witteveen+Bos and Deltares, outlines a simplified methodology for quantifying the ecosystem-based carbon foo
The Environmental Protection Authority has approved a second five-year extension for the Southern Ports Authority to start its expansion of the Albany Port. In a report published this month, the Environmental Protection Authority approved a request to extend the timeframe in which Southern Ports was
Last week, the Gateway Marina mobilised their 300t barge known ‘Steel Ranger’ and the tug boat ‘Lismore’ in preparation of the Burnett Heads boat harbour dredging campaign. According to the Gateway, dredging contractor East Coast Maritime will be commencing the dredging campaign this week. For the p
Dredging operations are set to get underway in the Gold Coast Broadwater in a bid to improve access and safety for marine vessels. According to Gold Coast Waterways Authority, crews will remove a massive 20,000m3 over the next few months with a focus on the South Wave Break Island Channel. Monitorin
