A major dredging program on the Gold Coast’s Seaway and other waterways is well underway. “We’re a quarter of the way through the dredging project of the Gold Coast Seaway, North and South Channels to remove shoaling and restore target depth,” said Gold Coast Waterways Authority. “Our contractors ha
The widening of Castletown Beach is on track for completion late next month, the Government of Western Australia informs. Under the project, more than 40,000 cubic metres of sand was pumped 3.6 kilometres from Bandy Creek Boat Harbour to replace eroding sections of the beach. To widen the beach, tem
Burleigh and Palm Beach shoreline will be replenished with enough sand to fill 28 Olympic sized swimming pools, as the City of Gold Coast’s annual dredging program kicks off today. Approximately 40,000 cubic metres of sand will be pumped from Tallebudgera Creek to top up Burleigh Heads beach. At the
A major mechanical property of clay is the adhesion factor that reflects the ratio between its cohesive and adhesive strength under different water content. Clay is one of the three most commonly encountered soil types in riverbed and seabed, other than sand and silt. A major mechanical property of
The Mordialloc Boat Ramp upgrade in Mordialloc, Victoria, is now complete and the installation of the new pontoons took place yesterday. “In addition to the dredging works, Australasian Marine Associates (AMA) was able to assist our client DELWP with the removal of rock from the edges of the dredge
Pacific Marine Group (PMG) recently completed a dredging campaign in the Ross River for Port of Townsville Limited. The Ross River Channel is the waterway all PMG vessels utilise to exit and enter the dedicated marine facility, and when the channel becomes silted up, the windows of opportunity to en
HEB Construction is making really nice progress with the 6 Wharf project at Napier Port, New Zealand. The contractor is building the new multi-purpose wharf which will boost the port’s ability to handle much larger ships. “It’s all go here for the hard working team at Napier Port with the first fend
Swansea Channel will be one of five NSW waterways set to benefit from future state government funded dredging programs, Newcastle Weekly reports. The Lake Macquarie passage of water will share in a total of $6.2 million worth of dredging work to be carried out as part of a NSW Government stimulus fu
Royal IHC recently released a new blog post in which Stefan Groenheide talks about tailings dams and explains why one would want to re-mine this ‘waste’ and how IHC dredging knowledge fits in perfectly. Creating and storing tailings has long been an integral part of mining operations. Tailings recei
The 20,000 TEU containership Ever Given is finally leaving the Suez Canal. A formal settlement was agreed earlier this week and the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said that the vessel would be allowed to sail today. The vessel, one of the world’s largest container ships, had become wedged diagonally acr
Onsite activities for the planned dredging of boating navigational channels within the Manning River at Farquhar Inlet will begin next week, according to MidCoast Council. Dredging Solutions will undertake the work on behalf of Council and the team will start mobilisation of the dredge, pipeline and
The Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) will conduct dredging and survey operations within the Port of Dampier this week. According to their official announcement, the works will be undertaken at the following locations: • Facilities Channel Swing Basin; • Bulk Liquid Berth (BLB) berth pocket; • Dampier C
