Acta Marine’s DP1 Multicat ‘Coastal Chariot’ has successfully finished two cone penetration testing (C.P.T.) projects in the UK and Germany. Coastal Chariot assisted a well-known geophysical services company in Liverpool waters and she has assisted a Swedish survey company in German waters. C.P.T. p
MarineCo UK has contracted Damen Shipyards Group for a Multi Cat 2712. The vessel will be delivered in April 2015. Mr. Mike Conafray, Managing Director at MarineCo stated that “after a long evaluation, with alternative builders, Damen came through with the right vessel at the right cost, the new ves
The International Conference on Water Resources, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ICWRCOE 2015) will take place from March 12-14, 2015, in Surathkal, Mangalore, India. This conference will provide a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists and academicians as well as industrial professionals fr
First Coastal Corporation and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) together with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, are working on a beach nourishment project in Westhampton, Suffolk County, New York. The project aim is to repair and restore the previously built Westhampton
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, has announced a plan for the Monroe Harbor maintenance dredging project in Michigan. This cleanup program will involve removal of approximately 45,000 cubic yards of material which will be placed either hydraulically in the Sterling State Park Conf
According to a study on Indian Ports, undertaken by the industry body Assocham and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the depth at Kolkata Port needs to be increased to 14 meters to facilitate bigger vessels. “The draft in Kolkata Port is inadequate for dealing with bigger ships
Manson Construction Co., Seattle, Washington, has been awarded a maximum amount of $19.3 million to increase the dollar value under a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract for the screening of dredge spoils for discarded munitions and radiological debris from Pier 12 demolition, replacement
The Westport Department of Public Works has announced that a request to extend the weekday construction hours until 10 p.m. for work related to the dredging of the Compo Marina basin has been approved. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ permit for the dredging stipulates that in-water work must be co
On December 19th, 2014, Ms. Maria Wasiak, Minister of Infrastructure and Development paid a visit to the Port of Gdansk. She was accompanied by Ms. Dorota Pyc, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development, and by Ms. Monika Niemiec-Butryn, Deputy Director of the Departme
The first five-year anniversary of Kozmino Port of Transneft, JSC, anticipates an even more important date. At the end of the first quarter of 2015, the port plans to export the 100-millionth ton of oil since the start of its operations. By 2016 the second berth of the Kozmino Port will be able to r
JND Thomas Company, Inc. (JND Thomas), based out of Riverdale, California, was the main contractor for the Wilde Lake dredging project. During the project, approximately 11,500 m³ (15,000 cubic yards) of sediment was removed from two distinct areas within the lake—the northwestern portion of the lak
The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, doubling the waterway’s capacity. To date, the overall program is 83 percent complete, w
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed shipping, harbor craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the Sungei Changi dredging scheme will be undertaken from January 5th until June 5th, 2015. Dredging work will be carried out by an excavator on a flat top bar
Jakarta Deputy Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat recently visited the Ciliwung River dredging project, Indonesia Newsstand announced. “We have to accelerate this project because Jakarta has entered the peak of the rainy season,” Djarot said after inspecting the dredging program on the river at Bidara C
