MGN Civil crews are making great progress on the new seawalls at Lumsden Point, according to the Pilbara Ports Authority. The contractor began work on the east seawall in March and is now 70 per cent complete. To date, 127,000 tonnes of core and armour rock have been delivered to site, with 115,000
The City of Mitchell is seeking up to $25 million of funding from the South Dakota Board of Water and Natural Resources for a project that will consist of various components designed to improve the health of Lake Mitchell. The project will include, but is not limited to, drawing down the lake to exp
The dredging phase of the Kingstown Port Modernization Project is now complete. Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, revealed this information to NBC Radio St Vincent and the Grenadines, after his meeting with officials from AECON and the project management team. U
Due to excessive buildup of material in the sand trap, daytime dredging of the Rudee Inlet channel and sand trap will be extended until June 11 – weather permitting, Virginia Beach City Government said. The sand will be pumped onto the resort beach at 3rd Street, and the area where the material is b
The City of Mandurah and the WA Department of Transport are set to begin annual maintenance dredging of the Mandurah Ocean Entrance. Starting this week, around 150,000 cubic metres of sand will be excavated from the beach at Halls Head and pumped to the beaches immediately north of the entrance chan
Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, USACE Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, has signed a Chief’s Report recommending the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway Coastal Resilience Study for congressional approval. The recommended plan from the study includes: – Interior breakwaters on the GIWW-side of the bar
The Borough of Stone Harbor (NJ) yesterday provided an update on their beach fill project, saying the cutter suction dredge TEXAS has arrived at the borrow area and is now ready to commence dredging operations. Additionally, the booster pump has also been positioned onsite and installation of the re
Spoilbank Marina has just announced the latest update on its marina development project. “The 760 metre marina basin rock wall is almost complete, thanks to our contractor MGN Civil. With only 50 metres left to go, we’re excited to be nearing the finish line.” Once complete, MGN Civil will continue
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District has proposed to conduct maintenance dredging of shoaled areas within the Cumberland Dividings area of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) in Camden County, GA. The proposal calls for the maintenance dredging of the Cumberland Dividings reach
Following the unique collaboration between Boskalis and Royal IHC in the design and engineering phase of two state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredgers, the two parties have now signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the construction of a 31,000m3 TSHD for Boskalis. The new dredger – to be built
Environmental groups urged the Philippines’ Government to cancel all reclamation and dredging activities in Manila Bay, saying that these operations would affect at least 27,000 hectares of the country’s coastal areas. Jon Bonifacio, national coordinator of Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environ
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, started the month of June with a ceremony commemorating the completion of the Little Sodus Harbor West Pier project in the Village of Fair Haven, New York. Leadership from the Buffalo District in attendance included District Commander, Lt. Col. Lyl
After tugboats managed to tow away the Malta-flagged SEAVIGOUR oil tanker that broke down in the canal on Sunday, the traffic in the Suez Canal has now returned to normal. According to Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA), the canal’s tugboats towed the 274-metre-long, 48-metre-wide tanker that broke
While the Adelaide Beach Management Review is underway the 2023 metropolitan beach program continues with approximately 50,000 cubic metres of quarry sand being delivered to West Beach. This is in addition to the 50,000 cubic metres delivered in September 2022 to meet the state government’s commitme
