Pilbara Ports, Western Australia, has acquired the first customers for the company’s new port facilities at Lumsden Point in the Port Hedland. The agreements with Mineral Resources and Pilbara Minerals will enable Pilbara Ports to move on to the next stages of this construction project. Minister for
A groundbreaking ceremony to mark the commencement of the Th. Kinbidhoo Land Reclamation Project in the Maldives took place this morning. The Honorable Minister of Construction & Infrastructure, Dr. Abdulla Muththalib, officially inaugurated the ceremony. The scope of work for the project includes:
The classroom is ready for the Royal IHC Pumps and Slurry Transportation course, taking place April 22-25, 2024 at the IHC shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. Next week, IHC will welcome 14 participants representing 5 companies located in 4 countries: United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Australia
California Representative Josh Harder said that that he secured $2.7 million for the Stockton Metropolitan Area Project Reimbursement which will go directly to the Lower San Joaquin River Flood Control Project. This Community Project Funding (CPF) will go towards completing this vital project to pro
A joint venture between Boskalis and Van Oord – Fehmarn Belt Contractors (FBC) – has completed the dredging work for the tunnel trench of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel between Denmark and Germany. Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredgers Crestway and Shoalway together with Van Oord’s trailing suction hop
Cemex Marine recently conducted an essential maintenance dredging campaign at the Port of Tilbury, keeping the berths deep enough to accommodate vessels of up to 100,000 tonnes. The Port of Tilbury is one of the UK’s largest ports and is located on the River Thames just 22 nautical miles east of cen
Four units of Italdraghe dredging heads model BD2 docked at the Port of Manila, the Philippines, yesterday. Each dredging head comes equipped with custom-made couplings personally designed by Italdraghe’s Technical Department to simplify installation. According to Italdraghe, these dredging heads ar
Work is complete on Tuvalu’s outer island of Nanumaga, said Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project – TCAP in its latest project update. In December 2023, when Funafuti works completed, the TCAP team mobilized construction work and moved to Nanumaga. Hall Contractors established their site at the northern
Local and state officials in Jamaica have signed a $197 million contract for the Annotto Bay Coastal Protection Beach Nourishment Project in St. Mary. The contract was signed by the Jamaica Social Investment Fund Managing Director, Omar Sweeney; Minister of State in the Ministry of Labor and Social
Hall Contracting has just introduced the latest addition to its dredging fleet – the Kirra. The main hull was loaded for transport to the Hunter Valley, for Kirra’s first task of cleaning a coal tailings pit, with the cutter ladder and side pontoons to be fitted once she arrives. The cutter suction
Last month, the Army Corps‘ Jacksonville District paused the start of St. Augustine Beach shore protection renourishment project by three to four weeks to allow for the mobilization of additional equipment. According to the Corps, this rescheduling of the sand placement will maximize the effectivene
An oil spill at the Gregorio D. Perez Marina in Hagåtña occurred during the dredging operations at Guam Fishermen’s Co-op property yesterday, the Port Authority of Guam said in a press release. According to the Port Authority, the incident occurred at 10:30 p.m. Monday, April 15, when contractors wo
Maintenance dredging of Fremantle’s Inner Harbor is now underway, according to the Fremantle Ports, Western Australia. The maintenance dredging, developed and planned over the last two years, will remove sediments that have accumulated in the Inner Harbor from the Swan River estuary since capital dr
St. Johns County (FL) has officially marked the start of the $38.6 million Ponte Vedra Beach Restoration Project with a sandbreaking ceremony at Mickler’s Landing Beachfront Park. Attending the ceremony were Florida Sen. Travis Hutson, Florida House Rep. Cyndi Stevenson, St. Johns County District 4
