U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that the Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $10 million contract for an emergency project that will restore 600,000 cubic yards of sand along Rockaway Beach. The construction will take place along Beach 89th to Beach 149th and this is the first of two eme
Piedroba Consulting Group has announced it has been contracted by the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) to write dredging feasibility study. SFWMD manages an extensive, heavily utilized 2,000 mile long canal network and several surface-water impoundments totaling more than 1,000 square
The UK Minister of State for Transport, Simon Burns, visited Jebel Ali Port and the free zone and was welcomed by H.E. Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Chairman, DP World. During a meeting with senior DP World executives and a tour of the port, Mr Burns was briefed on the operational efficiencies that have
Senior APM Terminals leaders met with the Nigerian Federal Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga and a delegation of government officials and advisors in The Hague as part of ongoing discussions on port infrastructure investment to promote Nigerian economic development throug
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District completed its review of the 2012 periodic inspection of the Freeport and Vicinity Hurricane Flood Protection Project, which concluded in an overall rating of unacceptable. The local sponsor, Velasco Drainage District, will host a public meeting Jun
The channel leading into Spider Bay Marina at the Port of Little Current is being dredged to accommodate entry into the marina from the North Channel. This maintenance dredging has a greater urgency to it this year as lower water levels in the Great Lakes have presented challenges. The dredging is p
At the closing ceremony of the World Dredging Congress (WODCON XX) on 7 June in Brussels, a paper from Dr. Thijs van Kessel, a senior morphology and sediment researcher with Deltares, was pronounced the ‘best paper’ of the Congress. The jury praised the originality of his research and the clear pres
Nautikaris has supplied a full Viking Tug Management installation to Acta Marine. The systems consists of a mixture of Viking Navigation, Viking Dredge, Anchoring Module and our Network Module. Using a wireless long range Satel link the system enables the anchoring vessel to share a real time anchor
Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart has commended the work of the South Holderness Consortium of Drainage Boards for the work they have done to dredge Stone Creek and Hedon Haven. Graham said, “This dredging is the product of a huge amount of work from many different orga
President Dr Mohamed Waheed has inaugurated Addu International Airport Development Project. The inauguration ceremony was held on Sunday at Gan International Airport. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, President Waheed noted that Gan International Airport is geographically located in a very stra
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, has introduced a plan for the Traverse City dredging program. Contract work consists of marine construction and dredging at Northwest Michigan College located in Traverse City, MI, on the south end of Grand Traverse Bay. During this project, approx
The Port of Rotterdam signed a contract with a construction consortium last year to extend the Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) [HES interest 50%] site by approximately 5 ha. This will double the area occupied by the existing terminal, allowing the total storage capacity to be expanded from 200,000 to app
Minister for Ports David Hodgett visited Apollo Bay Harbour last week to announce the awarding of contracts totalling more than $3 million to procure a new dredger and workboat for the harbour. Mr Hodgett said the Port of Apollo Bay is a critical asset for the State and a key economic driver for the
Dragflow has launched the new line of advanced electric control panel, the new product which allows real time and historical monitoring of pumps and dredging equipment. With Dragflow’s control panel remote engineers can control working operations, their parameters and inspect downtime causes, obtain
