Over the next 18 months, HR Wallingford will be carrying out a study for The World Bank to assess how water levels in the Caspian Sea are likely to change under a range of future climate change scenarios and how this will affect the Port of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Aktau is the largest port in […
The Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, visited Van Oord’s Rotterdam office yesterday. The visit was part of her working visit to The Netherlands. As an island state, Barbados is particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change, including coastal inundation and sea level rise. Pri
After one year of works, Jones Bros Civil Engineering has completed the construction of a £7.5 million Penrhyn Bay coastal defence scheme in North Wales. Following consultation in 2021 and planning permission granted in 2022, work on this scheme started in late January 2023. The project included usa
DEME Group has just released this amazing video named ‘From dredged material to thriving natural habitat’. The fairway between the ports of Szczecin and Świnoujście, Poland, recently underwent a modernisation that goes beyond just improved maritime access. DEME and its joint venture partner Van Oord
Callan Marine has ceremoniously added a new 32-inch cutter suction dredge to its fleet, the General Arnold. The General Arnold was christened in Corpus Christi, Texas, on February 20, 2024, and will immediately begin work on Phase Four of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project. The proj
The dredging works at Singapore’s Gul Basin – for ST Engineering Marine Ltd – are scheduled to begin next month. According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, the dredging operations will take place in the vicinity of Gul Basin and West Jurong Channel. Dredging work is set to be carried
St. Johns County will begin the $38.6 million Ponte Vedra Beach Restoration Project in March. The project is set to restore storm-damaged dunes and berms, providing storm protection to upland infrastructure with more than 2 million cubic yards of sand dredged in for the ocean. Also, the work will cr
The North Carolina’s 7th District Representative David Rouzer paid a visit to Wrightsville Beach yesterday to speak about the ongoing renourishment project with USACE. Since January 2023, Rouzer has pushed for a bill in Washington that would allow the Wrightsville Beach renourishment system to remai
Port of Townsville contractors, CivilPlus Constructions have finished shortening the Eastern Breakwater, removing 22,000 tons of rock in a project that took 5960 work hours. Overall, the project included removal of material to shorten the existing breakwater by approximately 70m and allow capital dr
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and the Terrebonne Levee & Conservation District (TLCD) have announced that the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC) Lock Complex project is moving into Phase 2 construction. TLCD awarded the construction contract, valued at more than $300 mi
The Cassowary Coast Regional Council (QLD) will soon be undertaking beach nourishment works at South Mission Beach. Starting next week, the nourishment works will consist of relocating sand dredged from Tully River to a 700m section of beach at Kennedy Esplanade, between Jackey Jackey Street and Owe
The construction work on the offshore breakwater on Dabhol LNG port, undertaken by Larsen & Toubro Limited, is moving forward. This 2.3 km long structure aims to reduce the action of the swell on the unloading vessels alongside. Concrete Layer Innovations (CLI) has been working with the contractor t
Port Hedland maintenance dredging campaign 2024 is well underway with trailing suction hopper dredger Juan Sebastián de Elcano removing silt and other materials to maintain the navigability of the port. The annual Port Hedland dredging works commenced in early February and are expected to be ongoing
Iloilo City Government is proposing a capital land reclamation project to further boost the city’s economic growth, create jobs and attract more investors and businesses. The project in Iloilo is inspired by the Dubai reclamation project that Mayor Jerry Treñas visited recently. “With reclamation, y
