South Australia’s Department of Infrastructure and Transport has just announced that dredging is about to begin in Port Adelaide, both Inner and Outer Harbour. Starting in late March / early April, the dredge works are expected to be completed by the end of May 2023. The contractor for this project
DEME today presented its first Annual Report since listing on Euronext Brussels. In the Annual Report, they articulate how DEME continues to shape the world as it plays a key role in the energy transition and tackles global issues such as rising sea levels, a growing population, a reduction of emiss
Work will begin this week to clear a build-up of sand at Bandy Creek Boat Harbour at Esperance. The $1.5 million biennial maintenance dredging project will see around 60,000 cubic metres of material extracted restoring channel depths at the entrance to the harbour and reducing the sand trap adjacent
Whakatāne District Council, New Zealand, recently began maintenance dredging of the Whakatāne River in the vicinity of the Whakatāne Yacht Club. “As part of our management of the Whakatāne Harbour we’re required to maintain a safe navigational channel for all users to access,” the council said in th
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just announced that the Gaafu Alif Atoll Villingili Harbor Development Project is moving ahead according to schedule. The new harbor dredging work has reached 45 percent completion, and quay wall block installation work has already commenced. The
The Tooradin boat ramp upgrade plans are out for public consultation until Wednesday, April 5, Better Boating Victoria (BBV) said. Plans propose resurfacing and extending the concrete ramp which, combined with dredging, would provide access at a greater range of tides. Other improvements include a p
Dredging operations at Mornington’s Schnapper Point boat ramp are now underway, Better Boating Victoria (BBV) reports. “Through the Better Boating Fund’s reinvestment of the boating licence and registration fees, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council last year secured a grant to improve access at a pai
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has published the latest issue of the Terra et Aqua magazine. As always, Terra et Aqua talks about the dredging projects as well as the topics of safety, socio-economics, technical innovations and the environment. The spring issue #169 includes
“The dredger Oranje is not welcome in the Maldives.” With this text, activists of the Save Maldives Campaign express their opposition to a major project for which Boskalis has been hired. The giant hopper dredger arrived in the Maldives on February 21 to dredge the Male area – a project related to t
The Maldives’ Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has announced that the Thilafushi Phase 2 reclamation project is moving ahead. The initiative, which is focused on creating a sustainable and adaptable industrial hub, will move all industrial work from Male’ City to Thilafushi. HDC stated that the
With funding from the Green Climate Fund, the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project is working to develop innovative coastal protection solutions in one of the world’s most vulnerable small island developing states. Implemented by UNDP in partnership with the government, the project has worked with Fugr
Port Macquarie Hastings Council, NSW, is ready to start work on dredging Lake Cathie to help provide a buffer against coastal erosion along Illaroo Road and improve the environmental amenity of the lake. “This will be the first dredging since 2018,” PMHC Natural Resources Manager, Ben Foster said. “
