The worldwide usage of raw materials has risen to unprecedented heights in recent decades. Sand usage is no exception. It is one of the most exploited natural materials. Of course that doesn’t come without consequences. The social concern about the negative impact involved with the immense sand usag
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) officially started the HA. Dhidhdhoo land reclamation operations earlier this week. The project includes construction of a 1,150-meter sand bund wall, land reclamation with 623,968cm of sand in the beach area, and land reclamation with 10,962cm of sa
Clearwater-based Gator Dredging has won a $9.6 million contract to dredge hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of material from Seaport Manatee, the U.S. Department of Defense said. According to Tampa Bay Business Journal, the dredged material will be used at Washington Park north of Palmetto to fil
The Oswego County Legislature recently awarded the Sandy Pond Channel Maintenance Association (SPCMA) $300,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to ensure continued navigation from Sandy Pond to Lake Ontario and safeguard the local economy, which relies heavily upon fishing and summer tourism
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. today declared that an emergency exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the seawater intrusion beginning on September 20, 2023, and continuing. The Pr
Inland Dredging Co. LLC, from Dyersburg, Texas, has won a $10.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for a channel pipeline dredging project in Texas. According to the Department of Defense (DoD), bids for this contract were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Brown
The Nigerian Navy has successfully finalized the hydrographic and Comprehensive Bathymetric/Investigative Survey Report for the proposed dredging project in Oguta Lake and River Orashi. According to a statement from an executive member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Akin Akinwa
Colombia’s national infrastructure agency (ANI) has selected consortium Unión Temporal EIF Navegabilidad Rio Meta to structure the project that will allow navigability on the Meta River. The consortium includes Coral Delgado & Asociados, Bonus Banca de Inversión and Ingeniería De Proyectos, and the
City of Newcastle has welcomed the news that a contract has been awarded to obtain and place 100,000 cubic meters of sand along the Stockton coastline from next month. “A huge amount of work has been undertaken to get to this point, and this is a very important day for the Stockton community and for
ENTACT LLC announced recently that it has completed the acquisition of White Lake Dock & Dredge Inc. White Lake is a specialized environmental dredging, sediment capping, and marine construction provider with 20+ years of successful project execution across the United States. Dean Pisani, Chief Exec
In an effort to protect Narragansett Bay, promote environmental stewardship, and enhance coastal resiliency and the blue economy, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representative Seth Magaziner yesterday announced $1.1 million in federal funding for Roger Williams University to
Land reclamation operations for the Hulhumale’ Phase 3 in the Maldives – conducted by Boskalis – officially started last week. Under this phase, around 63 hectares of new land will be created, said Urbanco. Land reclamation works for the Phase 3 started from the north-west end the bridge tunnel, bet
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District has awarded a $21.5 million contract to Norfolk Dredging of Chesapeake, Virginia, for maintenance dredging of the Charleston Harbor. According to the Army Corps, the project consists of maintenance dredging approximately 3,500,000 cubic yards of
The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority will hold an open house next week about dredging in the Maumee River. The port said that they have worked with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to reactivate a disposal facility for dredged material at the mo
