Work to repair, upgrade and strengthen Island Bay’s seawall will begin next week, according to the Wellington City Council. Contractors Fulton Hogan will have workers on site setting up from next Wednesday 18 November. They plan to complete the job by mid-June next year. Mayor Celia Wade-Brown said
The growth of Queensland’s major regional bulk commodity ports will be responsibly managed, and the Great Barrier Reef protected, under legislation passed in State Parliament today. State Development Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said that the laws put into effect the government’s key port-related comm
The Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation in Bogor, Indonesia, held for a week at the end of October, was organized by the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) in conjunction with Indonesian Port Corporation (IPC) Corporate University. The event was aimed to provide key staff and dec
Shoalhaven City Council Public Works Manager, Ben Stewart, held a meeting recently with the contractors engaged to carry out the Lake Conjola dredging project. As a result of this meeting, the Conjola Community Association Committee has been advised a time frame for the “Commencement of Works” being
A wooden groyne is to be trialed at Buffalo Beach, off the end of the already completed stage two rock seawall, announced today the Thames-Coromandel Council. It’s expected the groyne will promote enough sand build-up towards the north of Buffalo Beach to negate the construction of a further rock se
The International Association of Dredging Companies’ (IADC) Conference, “From Birth to Boom: Asian Maritime Megastructures,” took place at the Island Shangri-La hotel, Hong Kong on October 23, 2015. Hong Kong was chosen as the location to commemorate the turning point of today’s dredging and maritim
Larger commercial fishing, charter industry and recreational vessels now have safe access to Bandy Creek Boat Harbor after the success of an innovative dredging method trialed at the Department of Transport (DoT) facility. DoT Coastal Infrastructure General Manager, Steve Jenkins, said that the rece
Public consultation for the Bundaberg flood protection study is now open with the Queensland Government encouraging the Bundaberg local community to participate. The Bundaberg flood protection study is a vital component of the Queensland Government’s commitment to develop a 10-year action plan for f
The 24th New South Wales (NSW) Coastal Conference 2015 will take place from November 11-13, in Forster, NSW. The conference attracts over 220 delegates each year, who are interested in or working within the field of coastal and estuary management research, education, service provision and policy. Th
Port Stephens Council has engaged Whitehead & Associates in conjunction with Coastal Environment Pty to develop options for the removal of the 80m seawall that currently extends along the foreshore to the north of Kangaroo Point Foreshore. This seawall is currently failing; eroding on both the landw
Victoria University research has found that the St Kilda penguins have higher loads of arsenic, mercury and lead in their blood compared to their cousins on Phillip Island and the remote Notch Island colony in Bass Strait. Annett Finger, a PhD candidate at VU’s Institute for Sustainability and Innov
Wyong Shire Council’s dredging works are on track to restore the Entrance Beach despite recent inclement weather. More than 900 meters of pipes are connected from the dredge to the Entrance Channel to pump sand directly onto the Entrance Beach to help address erosion issues. Council’s Waterways and
