Along the North Pacific US-coast there are plenty of small harbours and marinas. The Port of Astoria, located on the Columbia River, is one of them. This marina not only receives large cruise vessels, but is also quite active in accommodating fishing boats, commercial and recreational vessels. The m
Russian Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot) has signed Acceptance Certificate for Phase 1 of the Bagayevsky hydrosystem project. The main aim of the Bagayevsky hydrosystem project is to solve the problems of navigation on the Volga-Don Waterway. According to Rosmorrechflot, th
Somerset Rivers Authority is to spend £3.44 million on 21 projects giving Somerset residents greater flood protection and resilience. Towns, villages and rural river catchments across Somerset, from Dulverton in the west to Beckington in the east, will benefit from the SRA’s 2021-22 Enhanced Program
Following the construction of Mancetter Marina in Warwickshire, The Rothen Group (TRG) has won two prestigious awards and was highly commended in a third category at the renowned Institute of Civil Engineering West Midlands Awards 2021. The civil engineering business has been commended for its inven
Wasa Dredging, a Finland based marine offshore and inland water construction company, has won two dredging contracts in Kemi, Finland. Under the first contract, they will be working as a subcontractor for YIT Suomi Oy. This project will be executed from June to September this year, and the scope of
DEME Group has won a contract for the maintenance dredging of the River Elbe in Germany, together with their joint venture partner Van Oord. The maintenance work covers the stretch of the fairway from Hamburg to Cuxhaven. Several trailing suction hopper dredgers will be deployed on this project from
The market picture and developments in the first quarter at Boskalis are in line with expectations as outlined at the announcement of the 2020 annual results. When the 2020 annual results were announced, the expectation was that the first half of 2021 would be reasonably stable as a result of the CO
The Environment Agency has just released the FCERM (Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management) Strategy Action Plan that will help to better protect over hundreds of thousands more homes and businesses in the years ahead. As the country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, the Action Plan sits al
The States’ Trading Supervisory Board (STSB), a committee of the States of Guernsey government, is proposing construction of a new port for freight and fuel imports that would free up valuable space around the island’s existing main harbours. The recommendation of the STSB comes after a comprehensiv
Rohde Nielsen A/S has just released these beautiful photos from the Mosede Fort coastal protection project. From March 29 to April 4, the hopper dredger Freja R pumped 20,844m3 of sand onto the beaches, which was distributed over a 330m stretch. This work was done to protect the coast south of Mosed
A high-performance, large-scale machine went into operation last month at the Rogätz gravel works in Saxony-Anhalt: a floating bucket ladder dredger 46 meters long and 10 meters wide, with a capacity of 400 tons per hour. In a wet open-cast mine, CEMEX Kies Rogätz GmbH, a subsidiary of CEMEX Deutsch
Once again, the Damen DOP dredging pump has been put to the test, this time on the North Pacific coast in the town of Waldport. There, the contractor Bergerson Construction Inc. pumped out years of sedimentation at the Pacific Port of Alsea. The marina is mainly used by locals and tourists for leisu
