Dragflow – an Italian manufacturer of dredging and submersible pumps – has just released a very interesting video about the DRP 150, a remote-controlled dredge used in mining fields. According to the company, the dredge is unique because it’s remote-controlled and has many advanced features. Not onl
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, has identified Little Lake Harbor, located near Newberry, Michigan, as a critical need for dredging due to significant shoaling and shoreline flooding. “Little Lake Harbor is a shallow draft harbor that serves as an important Harbor of Refuge and s
The artificial island at the Plantation Best foreshore, West Bank Demerara (WBD), is now connected to the coast by road and the first phase of the project is on track for a December 2023 startup. The mega undertaking dubbed the ‘Port of Vreed-en-Hoop’ is the master plan of three local businessmen wh
Dredging operations are underway at the Barcelona Harbor in Westfield. In the past four years, over twelve feet of sediment has been deposited over a four acre area. Contractors and crews from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are relocating debris at the moment. New York Congressman Nick Langworthy
ADNOC Logistics and Services has won a $975 million contract to build an artificial island in the Lower Zakum offshore field. As part of ADNOC’s In-Country Value program, at least 75% of the total contract value for dredging, land reclamation and marine construction of an artificial island “G” for t
The Philippines’ Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center hosted a delegation of Belgian companies earlier this week. H.E. Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Philippines, Michel Parys, together with the delegation of Belgian companies, visited the PPP Center to learn about the Philippine Gov
Connecticut Representative Chris Poulos (D-Southington) helped secure a $500,000 grant for the remaining project cost required to dredge Sloper Pond, funding that was part of the new two-year state bipartisan budget he voted for and was adopted by the House of Representatives (139-12) early Tuesday.
The City of Surrey is leading the way in B.C. in testing an innovative, green approach to coastal flood protection known as a ‘living dyke’ with the Mud Bay Nature-based Foreshore Enhancements Project. Surrey has partnered with the City of Delta and Semiahmoo First Nation on the project which is val
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have agreed that the Pasig-Marikina River Basin and the Cagayan River Basin will be the top priorities of the upcoming Japan-funded technical cooperation for “Project for Enhancement of Flood Control
After nearly three years of development, a comprehensive plan to protect salt marsh along the coast from North Carolina to east-central Florida has finally come to fruition. In South Carolina, a coalition of over 75 individuals, including those from the Coastal Conservation League, the South Carolin
Analysis of the sediment deposited on Lyme Regis Front Town beach from the annual dredging in March this year shows that there is nothing that could be a risk to human or marine life, Dorset Council said. Five sediment samples were taken across the deposited sediment to give an accurate representati
Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited (ITD) has passed the halfway mark for the Phase 3 of the Map Ta Phut Industrial Port Development project. Eastern Economic Corridor EEC, Thailand government and the GULF last year appointed ITD to complete the Phase 3 of the Map Ta Phut Port project. T
The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) said that the Narudhoo Island Harbor Development Project is well underway. In the latest project update, the company said that the first shipment of precast concrete blocks required for quay wall construction has been delivered to the site. MTCC
The City of Beaufort, South Carolina, has announced that they are set to begin a dredging project on Battery Creek Road and Jane Way today, June 7. “Lowcountry All Works, the contractor on the project, will place matting down along the work area to protect the area from the heavy equipment. Battery
