The South Australian Government recently launched a comprehensive independent review of long-term sand management options for the Adelaide beaches. The review’s Independent Advisory Panel – working since last December on the best alternatives – has now shortlisted three primary options. The first on
This week, Barnstable County Dredge Cod Fish II initiated the Popponesset Approach Channel dredging project. The mobilization phase, while complex, has been successfully completed, and the focus has now shifted to the dredging itself. According to Mashpee Harbormaster Robert Tomaino, the channel is
MPI is trialing suction dredging methods to remove the invasive seaweed Caulerpa from the seafloor at Aotea Great Barrier Island. The operations are due to begin this week and run for two weeks. After the removal some areas will also have chlorine applied and contained with mats, to test if the suct
Dragflow – an Italian manufacturer of dredging equipment – recently delivered and successfully commissioned a Drh85/180 cable dredge at a hydroelectric dam in Guinea. The Drh85/180, equipped with a dredging pump with a pumping capacity of up to 800 m3/h, will be essential for pumping mud and debris
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) started the physical works on the N. Holhudhoo Harbor Development and Shore Protection Project earlier this week. Also, the dredging works on the new harbor basin are currently ongoing at the site. The scope of works for the project includes: The val
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has won several dredging contracts totaling $177 million. The awarded work includes: Lasse Petterson, President and Chief Executive Officer said: “These projects bring dredging backlog to approximately $1.1 billion to date.” “Great Lakes is pleased to add
Concordia Damen recently delivered a special project: the conversion of a Dutch barge into a Nigerian dredger. The trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Sayonara’ has now arrived and is at work on the Lagos lagoon. Three years ago, the Werkendam shipyard came into contact with a Nigerian dredging company
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District said that they recently issued an advisory regarding upcoming maintenance dredging. The government owned and operated Dredge Merritt will be conducting maintenance dredging of portions of the federal channel of the New Jersey Intracoastal Water
Transport Cabinet Secretary, Kipchumba Murkomen, met the Dutch delegates to Kenya on a trade mission on port development on Monday. This development program is an effort by the Dutch Government to strengthen trade and investment relations between Kenya and the Netherlands, said the official. “This m
Over the last ten days, significant coastal cusps have formed along the coastline between Lagoon Beach and Sunset Beach in Cape Town, resulting in large drops in the beach level in the area of these cusps and the resulting erosion of the adjacent dunes. This is a natural coastal process that is taki
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to play a key role in maintaining navigation on the nation’s major waterways. According to the Corps, the St. Louis District dredging team, and everyone that supports them, works 24/7 to keep the Mississippi River open, allowing commerce to move. Dredge Pot
The Environment Agency together with their contractor, KIER, are carrying out works to stabilise 360 metres of a vulnerable shingle ridge on the coastal frontage at the Warren. Work on the project began on Monday 11th September and is likely to last for 10 weeks, depending on weather and coastal con
Manson Construction Co. of Seattle, Washington, has won a $23.9 million USACE Regional Harbor Dredging Contract (RHDC). According to the Department of Defense, work will be performed in Morehead City, North Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; Brunswick, Georgia; and Wilmington, North Carolina, with an esti
The Coastal Protection and Flood Resilience Institute (CFI) Singapore – the first Centre of Excellence in Singapore dedicated to strengthening local capabilities and expertise in coastal protection and flood management research and solutioning – was officially launched at NUS by Minister for Sustain
