Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a EUR 55.5 million uncommitted credit facility with AB Klaipėda State Seaport Authority to support an infrastructure investment program at Klaipėda Seaport, Lithuania. The program includes improvements to navigational infrastructure and port access, new passen
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has completed the Mid-Breton Land Bridge Marsh Creation Project. This project restored 373 acres of vital wetland habitat in an area devastated by Hurricane Katrina. According to CPRA, this $40 million investment is part of a larger land
Palm Jebel Ali is one of the most ambitious development projects in Dubai. The artificial island is designed in the shape of a gigantic palm tree, with a central trunk and sixteen leaves. The project is part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, which focuses on large‑scale and well‑connected communi
KSR Marine Services has relaunched their cutter suction dredger (CSD) KSR-VII Royal IHC Beaver 5016-C in the Maldives – following the completion of her extensive bi-annual maintenance and upgrade program. Over the past two months, KSR-VII underwent major maintenance, repair, and renewal works to ens
The Oplan Kontra Baha dredging project in Sitio Punta is moving ahead according to schedule, the Provincial Government of Ilocos Sur said. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Charles Calima Jr., alongside Governor Jerry Singson, Mayor Eugene Rapanut, PENRM Officer Edgar Yab
The City of Cape Town’s major dredging project at Zeekoevlei is progressing well, with work now underway in the Home Bay section of the False Bay Nature Reserve after 207 000m³ of sediment was removed from Storm Bay. The Home Bay phase will remove an estimated 157 000m³ of sediment over the next 10
A routine dredging project off the coast of Cádiz, Spain, has uncovered something straight out of a pirate era thriller: a 17th century French shipwreck loaded with 27 cannons and nearly half a ton of silver. The vessel, now called Delta I, was discovered buried beneath the Bay of Cádiz during the d
More than two years after their last project in Togo, Boskalis is back in the West African country. “Work to protect the coast against erosion and rising sea levels is continuing further west. Just as in 2023, we are installing 22 new groynes this year. This requires a total of more than 200,000 ton
The Port of Guayaquil is an important economic engine for Ecuador. In order to compete with other South American ports, Jan De Nul deepened the 95‑kilometer access channel in 2019, enabling ships with a draught of up to 12.5 meters to pass through. Since then, larger container vessels have been able
Norfolk Dredging Co., from Chesapeake, Virginia, has won a $45.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging in the Mobile Harbor, Alabama. Bids were solicited online, with five received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Irvington, Alabama, with an
Flagler County officials said that dredging of the Bings Landing boat basin will begin June 1. According to the County, the work is expected to take three weeks, and the boat launch will be closed for the duration of the dredging. “They are increasing the depth of the deepest areas, which should be
As part of the Spring Economic Update 2026, the Government of Canada is proposing $957.8 million over five years, starting in 2026-27, for the Small Craft Harbors Program. This provides investments for ongoing repairs, in addition to Fisheries and Ocean Canada’s (DFO) existing annual program budget
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and the Future of Egypt Authority for Sustainable Development (Mostaqbal Misr) signed a strategic cooperation protocol today to develop and dredge Egypt’s lakes – part of state efforts to restore and rehabilitate the country’s water bodies under directives from Preside
For the dike reinforcement works between Tiel and Waardenburg, Van Oord is developing a fully emission‑free construction site. The project is part of the Flood Protection Program and is considered one of the first large‑scale infrastructure projects in the Netherlands to be executed almost entirely
