Dredging is often a key part of coastal infrastructure projects and is a crucial activity in maintaining the navigability of waterways, estuaries, ports and harbors, and in delivering construction aggregates. It has been estimated that the global dredging market is worth approximately $10.5 billion
This year’s dredging at Indiana Harbor, happening 24/7, began on September 13, and will continue through winter 2016, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District. The current dredging and confined disposal facility (CDF) operation is being done by a joint venture between Durocher
DEME picked up the prestigious International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Safety Award at IADC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week at Cascais, Portugal. The award is given to honor companies that have shown outstanding achievement in the area of safety, IADC said in its announcement
At the Georgia Ports Authority board meeting Monday, September 19th, Executive Director Griff Lynch updated the board on the progress of the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. During the meeting, Lynch said that to date, approximately 25 percent of the SHEP entrance channel dredging has been complet
A public forum on the ‘Save Our Indian River Lagoon’ project and November sales tax referendum will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, September 22, at the Gleason Park Recreation Center in Indian Harbour Beach. ‘The Save Our Indian River Lagoon Project Plan’ is a 10-year strategy to restore lagoon health.
In 2005, the Adani Group (Adani) approached Royal IHC to establish its own dredging fleet. New to the industry, Adani was looking for a strong partner to supply reliable dredging equipment and offer support. To date, IHC has supplied ten IHC Beaver dredgers and a number of booster pumps. Two Beagle
DEME launched the world’s most advanced subsea cable installation and trenching vessel ‘Living Stone’ at the LaNaval shipyard close to Bilbao, Spain on September 18, 2016. The launching ceremony was initiated by Mrs. Sarah Tommelein, spouse of Mr. Bart Tommelein, Vice-Minister-President of the Gover
Northumbrian Water and the Environment Agency announced today completion of the £7 million flood reduction scheme in Brunton Park, Newcastle. The scheme will reduce the risk of flooding to more than one hundred properties in Mitford Gardens, Princes Close, Fairway Close, Princes Road, Waterbury Road
Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, joined last week the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Alaska District on multiple site visits in Alaska. Alaska Coastal Erosion projects were originally authorized in Section 117 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2005. This pr
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Senior Advisor Cameron Davis recently joined Michigan Office of the Great Lakes Director Jon Allan, Monroe Mayor Robert Clark and local partners in Monroe, Mich., to mark the near completion of restoration work at the River Raisin Area of Concern. “The River Rais
Foreshore Technology, a UK based designer and manufacturer of dredge monitoring systems and software, has released version 5 of their DredgeMaster product range. The new version contains a whole suite of new features to help improve productivity. “New calibration routines have been added to make it
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announces that its Works Council has unanimously rendered a positive advice on the fleet rationalization plan announced early July. Part of the positive advice in an agreement to continue to crew two of the five Fairmount vessels for the time being with Dutch employee
Associated British Ports, Hull will be host to a PIANC UK visit to the Greenport Hull Development Project. The tour – set for Monday, September 26th 2016 – is starting at 2pm at ABP/Siemens’ Site Office, Alexandra Dock, Hull. Delegates will have the opportunity to visit the site and hear a presentat
Developing ecological sites, sediment monitoring and working to achieve community-set water quality targets are among the projects Bay of Plenty Regional Council will lead this year, having allocated 23 percent of its $108.8 million annual budget on work to care for the region’s water. Water quality
