Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said that the Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. wants the dredging of all creeks, including the smaller ones, in Naga City to be finished in time for the rainy season. According to Dizon, the deployment of two more smaller dredging machines will help fast
The Maldives’ President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu said that work to reclaim an additional two hectares of land in Alifu Alifu Ukulhas and protect the island’s shoreline will begin this month. During the People’s National Congress (PNC) in Ukulhas last night, President Muizzu said that he had met and delibe
The City of Moreton Bay has just completed its biggest dredging project within the Pacific Harbor Canal Estate at Banksia Beach. It has been a mammoth task with about 80,000 cubic meters of sediment removed from Skippers Canal and pumped via a 7km temporary pipeline, across the Passage, to City of M
The Legazpi City Government has intensified desilting and dredging operations along major rivers to improve water flow and reduce flooding in about half of the city’s 70 barangays ahead of the rainy season, Mayor Hisham Ismail said. The ongoing flood mitigation initiative covers the Macabalo and Tib
Royal Van der Leun has been awarded the electrical engineering scope for a new Easydredge® 2700XL trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), currently under construction by Royal IHC for a dredging project in West Africa. “With the contract now signed, our engineering team is getting straight to work a
In a bid to reduce flooding in one of Eastern Visayas’ busiest urban centers, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has begun dredging and desilting operations in the Mangonbangon River – a major waterway that drains floodwater from several communities in Tacloban City. The project, und
The Department of Public Works and Highways has started the dredging operations along Talomo River in Barangay Talomo Proper, upon the instructions of Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon who visited and inspected the area on July 29. Apart from dredging, the river dikes will also be upgraded to preve
Queensland Government said that the major on-ground works have begun to boost flood resilience, restore waterway health and protect agricultural land along Upper Warrill Creek in the Scenic Rim, thanks to a $6.7 million investment from the Albanese and Crisafulli Governments. Upper Warrill Creek is
The Government is supporting Bay of Plenty’s economic growth with funding for two projects through the Regional Infrastructure Fund, Shane Jones, the Regional Development Minister, said. “These investments are about backing the infrastructure and resources that will drive long-term regional growth a
Eurobodalla Shire Council said that Surfside’s new levee is now complete, blending into the reserve and helping to protect low-lying areas from coastal flooding. The 190-meter long and 10-meter wide raised embankment was built using 2,700 tons of rock and topped with sand and soil. Project manager P
Neumann Contractors’ third large dredger is now being mobilized to a gold mine in Far North Queensland, supporting what is expected to become Australia’s largest mine tailings relocation project ever undertaken using three dredges operating simultaneously. According to Neumann, “this milestone highl
A giant underwater dredge device designed to remove large areas of exotic caulerpa seaweed has performed well in recent testing at Omākiwi Cove in Northland, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard said. “Known as the submersible dredge planer (SDP), the remotely operated equipment was developed for Bio
