The dredging vessel Ginger has gone down at its berth at the Port of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, spilling oil into the harbor, the State Environmental Inspectorate of the Southwest District said. The Ginger went down in Mykolaiv on January 15. According to officials, the cause of the accident was not reporte
Malaysia has kicked off the RM15 billion ($3.17 billion) Kuala Linggi International Port (KLIP) project. Scheduled for completion in 42 months, KLIP’s vision is to transform Kuala Sungai Linggi into a Green Global Industrial Hub for Energy Source, Port and Maritime Services. The development plan inc
J.E. McAmis crews have been busy lately dredging at FRC (Fast Response Cutter) Homeport for the U.S. Coast Guard at Tongue Point, OR. The company is working as a subcontractor to Granite Construction, part of the GWWH A Joint Venture that won the contract to expand Coast Guard facilities at Tongue P
The Belgian specialist diving company SUBMAR BV recently ordered a DOP200 dredge pump for one specific project: cleaning out the Charles de Gaulle lock in Dunkerque, northern France. The lock, measuring 365 by 50 meters, involves a structure with four rolling doors of 1,700 ton each. These doors are
Noosa Council, Queensland, has selected a preferred contractor to tackle severe erosion along the beach section of Noosa Spit. Last week, the Council endorsed Hall Contracting as preferred contractor – to be ratified tomorrow – and authorized CEO Larry Sengstock to oversee contract negotiations. “Th
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has completed closeout of the habitat restoration along the Buffalo River near Katherine Street, Buffalo, N.Y. The $2.7 million project, funded by the EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initi
Mike Bell – North Somerset Councilor for Weston Central Ward – has just announced that the next phase of improvement work at Weston-super-Mare’s Marine Lake will start next month. This is part of a program of work made possible thanks to North Somerset Council’s successful bid for £20 million invest
Cairns Regional Council has received more than $1 million of State Government funding to assist in the construction of two breakwaters at Clifton Beach. The proposed breakwaters are permanent structures constructed from rock for the primary purpose of mitigation of sand loss and retention of the bea
The first campaign of the new multi-year maintenance dredging contract in the Port of Waterford has been completed by Irish Dredging Company (a subsidiary of Boskalis). The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Freeway returned to Waterford and removed over 130,000 cubic metres of sediment to ensur
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor is about to begin dredging for Brevard County (FL) beach renourishment project. According to the Corps, the Brevard Co beachfill project will begin on or about Jan. 24; the sand placement along the shoreline will begin on or about Jan. 29. The project inc
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District awarded a contract to Agate Construction Co., Inc. of Egg Harbor Township, N.J. for $5.3 million to repair a portion of bulkhead and to sand-tighten a portion of the south jetty at Indian River Inlet in Sussex County, DE. According to USACE, wo
Dredging of contaminated sediment is expected to begin later this month at the Bellingham Shipping Terminal, Washington State Department of Ecology said. With federal funding, the Port of Bellingham is making improvements to the terminal, including dredging about 22,000 cubic yards of contaminated s
Rijkswaterstaat recently successfully completed another beach replenishment project – the Scheveningen beachfill campaign. During the works, a total of 700,000 m3 of sand was dredged and spread over the beach, between the harbor head and the beach north of the Pier. The project, completed late last
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, will conduct two public meetings to present and discuss its Key Biscayne Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) Feasibility Study for residents and interested parties. Public meetings will take place Wednesday, January 24, and Thursday, January 25,
