Browsing through the latest global dredging news has just become a whole lot easier. From today the new mobile version of DredgingToday.com is live. Anne Visser, Business Unit Manager at Navingo, comments: “The use of mobile devices to access DredgingToday.com is increasing, therefore we are pleased
Gippsland’s new purpose-built dredge has started work to deliver safe and reliable ocean access for the thousands of recreational and commercial vessels that cross the Lakes Entrance bar every year. The new 60-meter trailing suction hopper dredge was built by Dutch company Damen at its Yichang Shipy
The Netherlands has the best port infrastructure in the world, according to the World Economic Forum in ‘The Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017’. “It is the sixth consecutive time that our country has taken the top position. In comparison with last year, Singapore remains in second place, Hong
J.E. McAmis has just announced the wrap up of their third maintenance dredging project this summer. According to the company, they will successfully complete the third port in their summer, West Coast small port and harbor dredging schedule later this week. “After stops at Port Orford, OR, Coos Bay
Beach recycling works on the Eastoke frontage, Hayling Island, are in full swing now, according to the Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP). “We are planning to carry out the beach recycling in order to build up the beach crest width along the developed Eastoke frontage, in order to maintain th
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has released a Request for Statement of Interest and Qualifications (RSIQ) for eligible firms interested in providing engineering and design services for the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion project. This project is part of the Mississippi R
Point Roberts Marina has started a long-awaited dredging of the marina entrance and channel, according to the company latest update. “Dredging of the marina channel began Monday, October 2nd. The crews will be operating Monday to Friday from 7 am to 7 pm,” the marina reported. It took the marina two
Director of Vereniging Natuurmonumenten, Marc van den Tweel, on Thursday, October 5th opened the Building with Nature exhibition in the National Dredging Museum in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands. At the show, the visitors can see how hydraulic engineers all around the globe have come up with sustainabl
The Environment Agency has announced its intention to carry out vital repair work to the sea wall at Walton on the Naze in Essex. According to the EA, the repair work will ensure the wall remains an effective flood defense for years to come and prevent any further deterioration. Starting later this
Association of Drainage Authorities’s (ADA) 80th Anniversary Annual Conference will open the floor for delegates to raise questions and debate the key issues affecting the flood and water level management industry on Thursday 16 November at One Great George Street, London. By working in partnerships
Port of Dover has just released a video showing how far the $330 million Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) project has come since the beginning of works in January 2017. According to the port, the DWDR development is the single biggest investment ever undertaken by the port and represents the next
The maintenance dredging of the Clinton Town Marina is now underway, reports the town’s website. According to the town, the dredging of the marina that is one year behind schedule, began yesterday, October 4th at the town docks. “The project will affect the use of the marina and the parking lot for
The Ocean City team members participated in a pre-construction meeting last week to go over plans for an $11.5 million project to rebuild beaches at the northern end of the island, Mayor Jay Gillian said in its latest announcement. The work will add at least 930,000 cubic yards of sand between Seasp
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, recently sent a letter to the United States Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, which oversees the U.S. Army Corps of Engineering, to enlist help with the severe erosion problems plaguing the City of New Buffalo and New Buffalo Township. Signing onto the letter additionally
