According to a recent, award-winning study conducted by The Nature Conservancy and CH2M in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, incorporating nature-based defenses into traditional infrastructure solutions provides the most effective protection against climate-related flooding. Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge
The Brevard County Commission approved yesterday an agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for an additional $800,000 in funding for a project to reduce pollution, identify sources of muck and reduce muck inputs to the Indian River Lagoon. This latest appropriation b
The largest and most efficient backhoe dredger in the world, Magnor, has docked at the Boskalis’ main office in Papendrecht, the Netherlands. The vessel, built by Ravestein, includes all the necessary equipment such as a large deck workshop, stores, machinery and an accommodation fully outfitted to
Two major construction projects, totaling EUR 62 million, will start this month at the Port of Rauma, Finland. The port, in cooperation with the Finnish Transport Agency, will increase the maximum authorized draught of Rauma channel from 10 meters to 12 meters. WASA Dredging is the principal contrac
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, last Friday, April 15th 2016, took local residents for a tour of the Pearce Creek Dredged Material Containment Field (DMCF) in Earleville, MD. Although progress with the installation of the impermeable liner at the Pearce Creek DMCF has been s
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, will host an Industry Day for small business government contractors on May 4, 2016, at the district’s headquarters building. This event will be held in conjunction with National Small Business Week, May 1-7, 2016. The purpose of the event is to p
UniSite Group, a Chinese company involved in dredging, land reclamation, offshore projects, marine, mechanical engineering and green remediation projects, took an active part in many project all over the world in the first quarter of 2016. In this time frame, UniSite supplied a significant amount of
U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, Vice Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has just announced that the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Energy and Water Development funding bill includes $105 million to invest in the Port of Baltimore. In the next step of the appropriations process, the bill wil
An Implementation Agreement for Ganga Rejuvenation under the Namami Gange Program was signed in New Delhi last week between the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and German International Cooperation (GIZ) of Germany. The objective of the agreement is to enable res
A seven-day bauma 2016 show has come to an end, bringing more than 580,000 visitors from 200 countries to Munich, Germany. The show gathered a total of 3,423 exhibitors—1,263 from Germany and 2,160 from abroad—from 58 countries who presented their products, developments and innovations on some 605,0
The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District is making preparations for a dredging project at Jeffrey Lake that will begin in early May. Central intends to remove a large amount of sediment that has accumulated in the lake over the years. The project will result in significant improveme
BEML LIMITED has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dredging Corporation of India Ltd. for indigenous design, development and manufacture of spares for dredgers. The MoU was signed by Shri P Dwarakanath, CMD, BEML and Shri Rajesh Tripathi, CMD, DCI Ltd. in the presence of Shri Nitin Gad
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) held a five-day Dredging Seminar in Panama last week (April 11-15). During the first two days of the seminar, 32 participants from 13 countries visited the Boskalis’ Punta Pacifica land reclamation project and a rock loading facility in Vaca
The Klaipeda Seaport Authority will, in the near future, have its own dredger. Last Friday, April 15th, the authority announced its plans to buy a new dredger. In order to maintain depth in and around the port area, the authority will next month release a tender for the procurement of a self-propell
