In order to help waterway transport, the sand dredging operations will soon be underway on several locations along the Tonle Bassac river, a spokesman from the Cambodian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) confirmed yesterday. The government has identified some 30 to 40 spots stretching from the sout
ACE Geosynthetics, a manufacturer of geosynthetic fabric and geosynthetic products, such as geogrid and geotextile, has just released a video about their ACETube® (Geotextile Tube) Dewatering System, that can make dredging faster and more efficient. ACETube® is integrated with single or multiple pie
The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program, is now 96 percent complete. The Pacific access channel is 99 percent complete and the third set of locks is now 95 percent complete. When fully complete, the new set of locks will doubl
The Hollands Noorderkwartier district water board has awarded a contract to reinforce the Wadden Sea dike on the Dutch island of Texel to “Combinatie Tessel”, a consortium consisting of Boskalis and KWS, a VolkerWessels company. The contract carries a value of EUR 70 million, of which Boskalis’ shar
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy are working to restore and strengthen salt marsh habitat at Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge to better withstand impacts of sea-level rise and coastal storm surge. The project focuses on the Maidford River marshlands, adjacent to T
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation today reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2015. For the three months ended December 31, 2015, Great Lakes reported revenue of $222.6 million, net loss from continuing operations of $0.8 million and Adjusted EBITDA from continui
Dredge Yard, an international producer of mining/dredging components and equipment, has just released this very interesting video about the engineering and manufacturing of their dredge ball joints. The dredge ball joints are designed in six different types, giving variations of tilting angle from 1
Following a public tender process BAM Civil Ltd has been appointed as the main contractor by Bantry Bay Port Company to undertake the new Bantry Inner Harbor Development. This development marks the start of the regeneration of Bantry inner harbor which is in keeping with the total Inner Harbor Devel
Port of Frederikshavn has just released a video about their major port expansion project which will create many new opportunities for this area. This development scheme involves establishment of the new breakwaters, deepening and widening of the approach channel, turning basin and stopping area as w
Duke Energy plans to launch a construction barge in waters near the Dan River Steam Station for maintenance work linked to excavating and closing coal-ash ponds near the retired power plant. Utility workers will use an excavator aboard the barge for tree-clearing operations this week, followed by ro
Royal Smals, a Dutch company involved in hydraulic and civil-engineering works, has released a video about the flood protection and reinforcement embankment project in Slochterdiep, the Netherlands. During this flood protection scheme, Smals removed around 120,000 m3 of material from the working are
All American Marine (AAM) has won a contract for the construction of a hydrofoil-assisted survey catamaran for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District. The vessel will primarily perform survey missions and some dive operations in support of dredging work planned within the Corps’ Phi
The construction of a second container terminal at JadeWeserPort, approximately 2 kilometers to the north, is not only technically realizable, but also economically prudent in the medium term. This is the key finding of a feasibility study begun at the end of 2013 on behalf of Container Terminal Wil
WM Plant Hire, a Bridgnorth-based company that operates one of the largest fleet of long reach excavators in the UK, has just released a video about the River Parrett maintenance dredging scheme. The project used a wide range of long reach excavators to dredge a 2.5 km stretch of the River Parrett i
