International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will this week welcome 36 participants from all over the world for the well known Dredging and Reclamation Seminar at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education. The seminar strives to provide an understanding of the basics of dredging through lect
The City of Mobile, Alabama, recently began a seven-month effort to restore the historic stream channel of Three Mile Creek. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bypassed this segment of the Creek with a straight channel in the early 1980s to control flooding in the area. The project, funded through the
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has completed construction of Berth 8 at Port Freeport, Texas. Part of the Velasco Terminal, Berth 8 features over 925 feet of berth and an associated roll-on/roll-off dock extension. The expansion represents the single largest project built by a public port on the
The ongoing dredging at the Panay River is just one of the interventions to address the flooding in Capiz while the feasibility study (FS) for the Panay River Integrated Development Project is being updated, the Philippine News Agency said. “We will just jumpstart anything that could lessen the silt
With dredging at the NOAA Marine Operations Center-Pacific (MOC-P) facility just a few months away, contractors have begun getting the dredge spoil site ready. The facility, which NOAA leases from the Port of Newport, serves as a homeport for two NOAA ships and provides administrative, engineering,
Marinex Construction has won a $26 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Savannah Inner Harbor maintenance dredging work. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Work will be performed in Savannah, Georgia, with an estimated complet
Lotos Shipyard of USC’s Southern Centre for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair yesterday launched the second self-propelled dredger in the series of four ships of Project 93.159. The vessels, which are ordered by the State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK), are intended to debottleneck inland waterways and
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Louisville District, has begun annual channel maintenance dredging on the Ohio River, which will likely include maintenance dredging at Evansville Bend at Ohio River Mile 792 near Evansville, Indiana. USACE typically dredges at the Evansville location annual
Hall Contracting Pty Ltd has recently mobilised to Nui in the remote Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu to construct a new boat harbour including a wharf, navigational channel, boat ramp and shoreline reclamation. The climate-resilient infrastructure – being delivered on behalf of the Tuvalu Government
The President of Suriname, Chan Santokhi, toured Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Crestway earlier this week. With this dredging vessel, Boskalis – in a joint venture with Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V. and Dutch Dredging – is deepening the Suriname River to make the Port of Paramaribo m
Plans to dredge Lake Cathie have taken another step forward with Port Macquarie Hastings Council (PMHC) meeting with contractors today to discuss the operation. “PMHC Coast and Estuary Coordinator Ben Foster advised that a dredge will likely occur within the next 6-8 weeks, following a detailed asse
The Philippine Ports Authority – Port Management Office (PPA-PMO) in Northern Luzon will continue to improve and modernize its seaport’s facilities and services with the help of the Department of Tourism (DOT), to entice more cruise liners and investors to visit the region, the Philippine News Agenc
The Kaunakakai Harbor will undergo a month-long dredging process starting in October, the Hawaiʻi Public Radio said. The island depends on twice-weekly barge deliveries for food, gas and other essentials, which would not be able to dock if dredging is not done. Nani Shimabuku, the operations and mai
Spoilbank Marina is now connected to the ocean via the new navigational channel, Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) said. The first water flowed into the basin a couple of days ago, on a rising tide once the last of the bund wall was removed. Pilbara Ports Authority has just released this very interestin
