Towering at a height of 138 metres, taller than the London Eye, London Gateway’s colossal quay cranes are on their way to the UK’s new deep-water container port. The first three of the port’s giant quay cranes, manufactured by Shanghai’s Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC), have started their jour
The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Germany has engaged in the coastal permafrost erosion research project (COPER) funded by the Helmholz Association and the institute. Kongsberg Geoacoustic’s GeoSwath Plus Compact system is playing a vital part in this important proj
The Bald Head Island dredging program will commence a little later than expected, reports wwaytv3.com. The dredger has arrived, but a pipe still needs to be shipped, announced the Village of Bald Head Island. The Army Corps of Engineers was expected to begin with the sand pumping next week, but this
VolkerStevin has won a ‘Silver’ Green Apple Award which recognises its outstanding sustainability practices on the Central Felixstowe Coastal Protection Scheme. The award, which was accepted by representatives of the project team at the House of Commons, praised their innovative measures to ensure t
According to the State Irrigation Minister Rajib Bandyopadhyay, the Irrigation Department will undertake dredging works in the lower basin of river Damodar and Banka in Burdwan district. This dredging program should prevent flooding in the monsoon at the mentioned area, reports business-standard.com
Contract signing for dredging and reclamation of six Islands was held at the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure. The ceremony, which was held on January 17, was attended by Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, Dr.Mohamed Muizzu and Managing Director of Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Mr
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 7 (DENR-7) and the Lapulapu City government have formation of a multipartite monitoring team (MMT) for the Mactan North Reclamation Development Project (MNRDP) in Lapulapu City. Dr. Isabelo R. Montejo, DENR 7 regional executive director,
CIS (Centre for Submarine Investigation) has upgraded the Kongsberg GeoSwath system it has operated since 2004 to the latest specifications, ensuring its ability to efficiently support its customers wide-ranging survey. Founded in 1987, CIS is as an environment consultancy company offering a wide ra
According to Herb Nash, the chair of the Glace Bay Harbour Association, the harbor dredging project is progressing very well. He stated that the contractor, J&T Van Zutphen of Port Hood, removed a lot of the material out of the harbour so far, and added: “They are doing what they can reach from the
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority will meet in regular session on Tuesday, January 22, at 9:30 a.m. in the boardroom of the Port Authority Executive Building, 111 East Loop North (Exit 29 off Loop 610) in Houston. History will be made as the first female chairman convenes the meet
The dredging program on Lake Julia at Buhl Park in Hermitage has commenced last week, reports wkbn.com. This very important project will last three to four weeks, and once the silt is removed, Lake Julia should return to its original 15-to-20-foot depth. The contractor, Kirila Contractors Inc, uses
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is seeking public comment on Sumner’s proposed updated shoreline master program. The proposed updated shoreline master program will guide construction and development along Sumner’s eight miles of shorelines including on the White and Puyallup rivers. I
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, has been tasked to solicit for and award a project/procurement to include deep channel pipeline dredging of approximately 1,000,000 cubic yards of maintenance material from the Houston Ship Channel Carpenters to Greens Reach with possible options
CARIS and EIVA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on providing offshore survey organizations with a tightly integrated and streamlined solution. Both companies develop state-of-the-art software for the marine offshore market. CARIS is a world leader in software for hydrog
