Representatives of the Russian FSUE Rosmorport and Italian MSC GROUP recently held a meeting to discuss the proposed “Construction of Sea Terminal in the City of Pionersky”. At the meeting, the two sides discussed the parameters of cooperation related to joint implementation of the project, the cons
DP World and Taiwan International Ports Corporation (TIPC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the development of Kaohsiung Port’s Terminal 7 in Taiwan. The agreement marks the beginning of a joint effort to seek future business opportunities and to steer growth in Taiwan’s port infr
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and New York State have announced the availability of the Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Genesee River and Genesee River Watershed for public review and comment. The Draft Restoration Plan outlines the restoration project categories tha
One of the world’s biggest dredging and land reclamation events will return to Singapore during the next week. At the event, global maritime & land authorities, port operators and engineering contractors will gather to discuss latest developments in the industry. “Equip Global’s 6th Dredging & Land
Maintenance dredging works at Tooradin Boat Ramp are scheduled to begin tomorrow, according to the Parks Victoria’s latest Notice to Mariners. Dredging operations will be carried out by a cutter suction dredger and the dredged material will be deposited south east of the boat ramp. The boat ramp wil
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, will host a one-day Stakeholder Partnering Forum August 4th 2016, from 10 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., to introduce the district’s new commanding officer, Col. Lars Zetterstrom, and discuss Southeast Texas Flood Risk Management partnering successes, challe
Urenui’s seawall will be extended earlier than planned, according to the latest New Plymouth District Council’s notice. The Council’s Monitoring Committee yesterday approved a proposal to begin work on the extension before Christmas, rather than in the first half of next year as originally planned.
A partnership project to restore six acres of wetlands and enhance 30 more at Indian River Lagoon Preserve State Park is set to kick off in late July. “It’s through projects like this we can continue addressing issues throughout the Indian River Lagoon and see long-term recovery begin,” said St. Joh
DonJon Marine Co. Inc., a Hillside, NJ based dredging company, has won a $14.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Newark Bay maintenance dredging project, according to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). This cleanup scheme will be performed in Newark, New Jersey, with an estimated completi
C2V+, a VolkerStevin and CH2M joint venture, and VBA, a VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins joint venture, each won an award for the works delivered on Anchorsholme Park Storage Tank Phase 1 for United Utilities and Revealing the Roch for Rochdale Borough Council. VBA won two North West Re
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, together with partnering agencies, recently completed the Bound Brook portion of the Green Brook Flood Risk Management Project. For the past century, Bound Brook and the surrounding region has been subjected to severe and sometimes devastating flo
Gulf Cobla Tennssor Maldives Pvt Ltd (GCTM) has started the land reclamation operations for the expansion of the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport on Hulhule, Maldives. According to the GCTM’s announcement, around 4 million m³ of sand from the inner lagoon will be reclaimed and used for the new ru
The Mercury Bay Community Board has just approved a plan to improve existing boat and wharf facilities around Whitianga over the next few years, as part of a new Boat Ramp Strategy for Whitianga. “Over the years there have been many investigations and proposals into possible sites for the developmen
Navigational dredging within the Oceanside Harbor continues with the 30,750 cubic yards of material removed from the harbor’s entrance channels this week. The contractor, CJW Construction of San Diego (CA) has so far dredged about 68,800 cubic yards of sand out of the 260,000 designated for removal.
