The U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a full committee hearing entitled, “The Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and the Need to Invest in the Nation’s Ports.” The hearing is scheduled for 10:00am EST in 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building. This is the first hearing on legisl
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District Commander Col. Christopher W. Sallese visited the La Quinta Channel Extension Project in Nueces County, Texas. Work includes deepening the channel extension and creating a beneficial use site with a scheduled completion of July 2013. USACE Galveston aw
Construction is currently underway at the La Quinta Channel Extension Project in Nueces County, Texas. Work includes deepening the channel extension and creating a beneficial use site with a scheduled completion of July 2013. USACE Galveston awarded a contract September 2011 in the amount of $33,537
A joint venture formed by Per Aarsleff A/S and E. Pihl & Søn A.S. is to build port structures in the port Värtahamnen in Stockholm. Aarsleff has entered into a contract with the Port of Stockholm, and Aarsleff and Pihl will be carrying out all works, including design, in connection with the turnkey
Silver Lake dredging project has received the green light from a school board, reports capegazette. Cape Henlopen Board of Education is ready to accept sediment from an upcoming dredging project on Rehoboth Elementary School property. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control officia
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District will host a public meeting to discuss the draft Post Authorization Change (PAC) Report and draft Revised Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (RP EIS) for the Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico (MTG) project on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2013. The dr
The Port Authority of Guam (PAG) Board of Directors and Management announced that they will be breaking ground on the long awaited and anticipated port modernization projects. Slated for Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 0900 hours at the Port’s Container Freight Station, the groundbreaking ceremony wi
With reference to the press release of 21 December 2012 in which Boskalis announced its decision to make an all cash voluntary public offer for Dockwise, Boskalis hereby announces that it has resolved to make a mandatory offer for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Dockwise (the Share
IHC Beaver Dredgers, the world’s market leader for standard cutter suction dredgers, is continuing to deliver workboats to complement its dredging vessels. Now for instance, the company has supplied another Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1050 to support an IHC Beaver® 1200 for its operations in Nigeria. Th
In the City of Oceanside approximately 292,000 cubic yards of new sand now resides on more than 3,900 feet of beach between Buccaneer Beach and just north of Hayes Street. Replenishment began on October 5, 2012, near the Oceanside Blvd. access point and was wrapped up on October 20, 2012. This conte
The Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a contract to replenish the Virginia Beach oceanfront. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. The $11.92 million renourishment project includes the placement of 1,250,000 cubic yards of
On Friday, 1 February, Jaap Kwadijk, the Deltares Scientific Director, will be introducing Dutch flood protection policy at a conference in New Jersey for planners. He will be focusing in particular on the long-term policy, including areas like the Delta Programme. Friday will be the 60th anniversar
Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) will announce within a month the purchase of the first dredger for salt harvesting, according to the Globes. Five US and European companies will take part in the tender for the procurement of this dredging machine. Immediately after receiving the dredger, Israel Chemicals
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District has a requirement for dredging a segment of the Waterway on the Coast of Virginia (WCV) Federal Navigation Project. The work in Wachapreague Channel consists of maintenance dredging to a required depth of 6 feet MLLW with one foot of allowable overd
