SeaBed Services, a Norwegian dredging company, purchased an IMS Model 7012 HP Versi-Dredge for use in marinas, ports and fjords in Norway, Sweden and Denmark. With a focus on environmentally friendly dredging, they selected the 7012 HP with a supplementary IMS Environmental Plus cutterhead and an el
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Panel on Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) will hold a roundtable policy discussion Thursday to explore the potential for P3s for America’s ports and waterways. With the recovery of the import and export trade volumes after reductions in 2008 and 200
This year’s IADC Young Authors Award more than fulfilled its goal to recognise young people working in the fields of dredging and maritime research. At the 33rd PIANC World Congress held in San Francisco, California, June 1-5, 2014, the International Association of Dredging Companies bestowed its aw
Moffatt & Nichol – one of the world’s leading specialised maritime planning and engineering firms – installed DHI’s software, the MIKE on their High Performance Computing (HPC) system. Over the last two decades, HPC has become one of the fastest growing markets in the information technology sector.
The UK’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport and Wimbledon MP, Rt. Hon. Stephen Hammond MP has paid a visit to DP World London Gateway to congratulate the team on their success. During Mr Hammond’s last visit in January 2013, the port had only just started to install the first of it
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Portland District has awarded South Coast Clamshell Maintenance Dredging contract to a Vancouver Washington based Marine contractor, HME Construction, Inc. The contract will include work at Charleston, Winchester Bay, Port Orford, Yaquina Bay, and Rogue River locat
The concept of a test facility for innovative temporary flood defence barriers has proven so successful that within its first year the location of Flood Proof Holland in Delft, the Netherlands had to be expanded. The test facility was officially reopened on 3 July and now accommodates six stand-alon
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will host two Regulatory Open House events in south Florida this week. The events will be held Wed., July 9 at Hawk’s Cay Resort Florida Keys, 61 Hawks Cay Boulevard, Duck Key, Florida and Friday, July 11 at Marriott Harbor Beach, 3030 Holiday
A major project to renourish Lee County’s Bonita Beach and Lovers Key State Park begun on Monday. The $5 million renourishment project will help shore up roughly two miles of the eroded beaches. The projects consist of adding sand to 0.8 miles of Bonita Beach and 1.1 miles of Lovers Key Beach. These
The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to perform maintenance dredging from Nutten Hook to Staats Point, New York, NY. The work will involve maintenance dredging of approximately 250,000 cubic yards of material from three discontinuous reaches of the Hudson River Fede
Borets, a global leader in the engineering, manufacturing, sales and service of electric submersible pump (ESP) systems, has added several sales and marketing professionals to its Texas and Oklahoma offices. Cheri Vetter has been named business development manager in Houston; Stan Herl, U.S. sales m
Dredging work is well underway at Eyemouth Harbour with the hopper barge ‘MV Shearwater’ and dredging unit ‘Forth Reclaimer’ busy within the harbour. Mariners are advised that temporary restrictions to vessel movements may occur and they should navigate with caution in the vicinity. In particular th
Letter of Intent (LOI) for the construction of the Lomonosovskaya electrical substation project was signed on July 5, 2014 at the territory of the Bronka multifunctional sea transshipment complex. The Agreement was signed by General Director of FSUE “Rosmorport” Andrey Tarasenko, Minister of Transpo
The US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, is soliciting for a construction contract for Maintenance Dredging at Detroit River, Michigan. The work consists of, but is not limited to, the following: Mobilize dredge to Lake Erie, MI. and dredge the areas specified by the Government. Discharge o
