BAE Systems has begun construction on the MV Magdalen, an 8,500 cubic yard capacity trailing suction hopper dredge for Weeks Marine, Inc. Executives from the two companies gathered this week at the BAE Systems Mobile shipyard to oversee the initial cutting of steel for the vessel’s first module, whi
The Sheboygan County has received a $1.5 million Department of Transportation grant to help in dredging the Sheboygan River and its inner harbor, reports sheboyganpress.com. This grant will leverage nearly $14 million in other funding to pay for dredging the river to a depth of up to 16 feet deep th
Kystverket Nordland has announced tender for the dredging and engineering works at the Kabelvåg area. These works include construction of two new breakwaters outside the current port so that there will be an outer and an inner harbour area, including dredging of the outer harbour area and the approa
Wasserstraßen-Neubauamt Berlin has invited bidders to submit their offers for the waterway improvement project at the Berlin area. The plan is to expand the lake route to the White Sea, to both sides of connection or transition areas) for restricted oncoming traffic in the Wastr.Kl. Vb. Therefore, t
Kystverket Nordland has announced a tender for the deepening of the Sandnessundet channel in the Tromsø Municipality. The contract comprises the excavation of approx. 43,500m³ material, drilling and blasting of approx. 3,500m³ rock, loading and transport of the material to the disposal site. Disposa
The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed legislation authored by Congressman McIntyre to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Corps from terminating the Carolina Beach renourishment project. The legislation was attached to the Corps budget bill and passed with unanimous support. Spe
State Senator Patty Ritchie announced good news for boaters and residents in the area of Sandy Pond in Oswego County. Working with residents and county, state and federal officials, Senator Ritchie has won approval for an early start to dredging the sand-choked channel that connects the pond to Lake
Governor Scott Walker has approved grants totaling $6,964,000 for three harbor projects in Wisconsin. The funds will be used to dredge and make repairs and improvements to docks in Green Bay, Sheboygan and Superior. The state’s Harbor Assistance Program (HAP) provides 80 percent of the needed funds,
The State Government plans to spend almost $21 million on new and upgraded infrastructure at Port Kembla in the next financial year, according to illawarramercury.com. “Work undertaken to date has resulted in a portion of the reclaimed area to be handed over to Cement Australia to allow them to comm
On May 21, CCCC Water Transportation Consultants Co., Ltd. won the bid for the preliminary design of the artificial island in Danzhou, Hainan Province, with a value of 13.7 million yuan. Located in the sea area from Baimajing to Paipu in Danzhou, Hainan Province, with a planned reclamation area of s
On May 29, CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won the bid for Phase 3 barge terminal project in Nansha Area of Guangzhou Port, with a value of 142 million yuan and a construction period of 220 days. Located in the reclamation area on Longxue Island in Nansha, Guangzhou, with a coastline of 2,2
The Los Angeles Harbor Commission today certified the final Environmental Impact Report for the proposed expansion of Berths 302-306 and approved the project that will modernize the container terminal operated by long-time tenant Eagle Marine Services, Ltd., a subsidiary of ocean carrier APL. Due to
On May 18, “Junhai V”, a 10,000m3 suction dredger fabricated by CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Co., Ltd., went into operation. With a length of 131.3 meters, a width of 25.4 meters, a dredging depth of 8.45 meters and a maximum capacity of 10,288 cubic meters, it is a self-propelled suction dredger with tw
Abeko Marine received new requests for dredging and land reclamation projects, for which the company had to expand the fleet on the short term with a new Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. Suitable second hand dredgers were not available which made the company decide for the conversion of the MV ‘Siro
