The City of Gold Coast has released an international tender for a major beach nourishment project in the city. The project, scheduled to take place between May and October 2017, will involve dredging of the offshore sand reserves to nourish Palm Beach and the northern Gold Coast beaches from Miami t
Dr Steven Miles, the Minister for Environment and Heritage Protection and Minister for National Parks and the Great Barrier Reef, announced yesterday that the Palaszczuk Government will help Mackay Regional Council to solve the Midge Point erosion issues. Dr Miles made the commitment during yesterda
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 17-23, 2016). Royal IHC Adjusts Its Business Strategy As a direct consequence of persistently poor market conditions, Royal IHC, supplier of maritime equipment, is fine-tuning its strategy. PHOTO NEWS:
IHC Robbins, specialized in the heavy minerals mining and processing, metallurgical testwork, practical engineering and specialized equipment, is further strengthening its position on the West Coast through the appointment of Mr Greg Jones. Mr Jones is the company’s Resource & Business Development M
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) targets to reduce the damage brought by perennial flooding in southern Pampanga through the implementation of the Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (IDRR-CCA) Measures in Low Lying Areas of Pampanga Bay Project. A tota
Hatea River boaties now have a bigger than usual obstacle to watch for on their trips to and from the Town Basin. Dredging has started on two sections of the Hatea River near the Town Basin, with the dredging barge and tug likely to be in operation somewhere along the section of river between the [&
Maintenance dredging works on the Patterson River entrance will take place from October 19 to November 19, 2016, weather permitting, according to the Parks Victoria’s latest Notice to Mariners. Dredging works will be carried out by a cutter suction dredger and the dredged material will be deposited
The next event in the CEDA webinar series on dredging equipment and technology will be a practitioner-level presentation on ‘Production estimation based on specific energy in sand, clay and rock’ and will take place today, from 14:00-15:00 hrs (CEST). The practitioner-level webinars are for professi
The Dredging Today Conference 2017 will take place on 9-10 October, 2017 in RAI Amsterdam, with the theme ‘Business Opportunities & Reaching Potential in the Dredging Industry’. To make this event unique, Dredging Today will give the dredging companies an opportunity to come up with ideas for the co
Works to construct a 97 meter rock revetment at Mount Martha’s Craigie Beach are currently underway. The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP), in partnership with Mornington Peninsula Shire Council (MPSC), are undertaking the works as part of the Victorian Government’s Coastal
Deltares experts have developed a new Augmented Reality (AR) design tool called ‘The Sandbox’ for coastal interventions anywhere in the world. The Sandbox was already on display at the Sand Motor congress in September but the new version can be seen soon at the Flood Risk Conference in Lyon. The San
As a direct consequence of persistently poor market conditions, Royal IHC, supplier of maritime equipment, is fine-tuning its strategy. IHC remains as committed as ever to boosting its knowledge-intensive activities, as is already happening in IQIP, Mission Equipment and Services. Responding to mark
