A highly specialized pontoon, designed specifically for the Fehmarnbelt project, is ready to undertake a crucial task. The pontoon will install the gravel bed on which the 89 concrete elements of the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link will rest as they are immersed to the seabed. The Multi Purpose Pontoon, buil
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has just announced the delivery of the Cape Hatteras and the Cape Canaveral, the two Damen 3013 Multi Cats built by Conrad Shipyard in Morgan City, LA. Chris Gunsten, Great Lakes’ Senior Vice President of Project Services and Fleet Engineering, commented
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) for the Manteo Shallowbag Bay (Oregon Inlet) Navigation Corridor project. This Draft EA addresses the emergency dredging of the western alternate route as well as long-term maintenance of t
Jan De Nul Group’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Kaishuu and BMT Bunker and Mineralöltransport GmbH have executed a groundbreaking bunkering operation with 100% sustainable biofuel. This delivery, the first of its kind in Germany, comprised 1,200 tons of UCOME (Used Cooking Oil Methyl Ester
For the first time in long time, the Lewes-Rehoboth Canal is getting some much needed help as a three month dredging project started yesterday. “We’ve been dredging every three years all on our own and there’s never really been major dredging of the full canal,” the general manager of the Lewes Yach
Royal IHC is celebrating a new milestone with the launch of the newly-designed DMC 1050 Workboat. “This outstanding workboat marks a significant milestone as it has evolved into a genuine in-house Royal IHC product,” the company said in the release. “This exciting development empowers us to raise th
The Port of Brownsville’s Cargo Dock 3 reconstruction project has secured an $11.5 million grant under the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) new Maritime Infrastructure Program. On September 28, the Texas Transportation Commission approved a historic $240 million in funding for Texas port
Scotland’s Transport Minister, Fiona Hyslop, was in Tarbert (Harris) yesterday to officially open the multi million-dollar Tarbert ferry terminal project, led by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL). Ms. Hyslop MSP toured the facilities with Kevin Hobbs, chief executive of CMAL, before speaking
Douglas County Board of Commissioners Tom Kress, Chris Boice, and Tim Freeman have announced the successful completion of a historic dredging project at Salmon Harbor Marina in Winchester Bay. “We are pleased that we were able to get the dredging done, but the journey to accomplishing this was quite
A dredging vessel working on the Laem Chabang Port Project Phase 3 Harbor in Thailand last week caused an oil leak impacting the nearby ocean. The Laem Chabang Port Department, Chonburi Harbor Master and Sriracha Offshore 88 Co, Ltd. immediately launched an operation to take control of the oil leak
NOAA Fisheries recently released a beautiful video named ‘Marsh Creation in Action – Louisiana’s Upper Barataria Marsh Creation Project’. Building marshlands in coastal Louisiana involves dredging and pumping sediment from the Mississippi River, then carefully shaping it to function like a natural m
The unique Bargara coastline will have added erosion protection as Bundaberg Regional Council begins the coastal works for its Bargara Shoreline Erosion Management Plan (SEMP). The Coastal Hazard Adaption Strategy (CHAS) project identified and prioritised areas throughout the region which were at ri
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has once again urged the Federal Government to expedite the dredging of the Rivers Niger and Benue to mitigate annual flooding and human losses along their banks and tributaries, local media reports. Speaking at the Government House in Ilorin while recei
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is continuing field studies in October 2023 as part of ongoing environmental and technical work for the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project. Read the October 2023 field studies information sheet to learn more about the planned field studies for the month. The
