It was a close call, but the City of Cold Lake announced on May 19 that the Cold Lake Marina was officially open for the season. Just a couple of days prior, the City had provided notice to boaters that environmental protection measures required by permits to dredge the Cold Lake Marina could delay
Stornoway Port Authority has just released the latest update on the Deep Water Terminal development project. Works undertaken in April include: • Installed final tubular piles at linkspan quay, • Continued placing blasted rock behind the quay walls, • Started attaching the tie rods to the quay walls
Spoilbank Marina announced today that they have reached a major milestone – the entire marina basin has been excavated to design depth. “We’re now turning our attention to the inner channel, excavating material from both sides of the bund and from the bund itself,” according to their official statem
Maritime Constructions has started dredging works for the City of Rockingham at the Point Peron boat ramp to maintain the harbour for facility users. The crews commenced operations in the deeper waters on the north side of the limestone breakwater at the boat harbour entrance, and will work south th
Hall Contracting continues to make good progress on the implementation of the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP). Hall is delivering the TCAP’s coastal protection works in key locations on the islands of Funafuti, Nanumea and Nanumaga on behalf of the UNDP Pacific Office in Fiji, Green Climate
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has awarded a $172.9 million construction contract for the Sacramento Weir Widening Project to Granite Construction Company of Watsonville, California. The Sacramento Weir Widening Project will add a new 1,500-foot-wide weir adjacent to the existi
The portable dredge known as “The Dragon” is working with the Army Corps of Engineers at Grand Isle, LA. The Dragon has been pumping sediment out of Bayou Rigaud, behind Grand Isle, in order to deepen and reestablish the navigation channel there. This Series 1270 Dragon Dredge has been pulling up se
Members of Emergent Method team toured the LSU Center for River Studies recently, alongside the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. “We learned more about the past, present, and future of Louisiana’s coast and were able to see how experts use the state-of-the-art Lower Mississipp
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has announced the recent completion of dredging in five south shore inlets. According to the Corps, the projects have all been dual-purposed, restoring safe depths for navigation, and beneficially using all dredged sands for coastal storm risk resi
A Public Open House on the proposed Lake Scugog Enhancement Project (LSEP) will take place on May 25. According to the Township of Scugog, participants can review the draft LSEP design and provide input for consideration as part of finalizing the design at the open house, which will be held from 4 t
The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just released the latest update on the Manadhoo Harbor development project. According to the company, the channel dredging operations and breakwater construction works have reached 50 percent progress so far. MTCC also revealed that the ramp
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is scheduled to begin dredging the Mississippi River navigation channel near Winona, Minnesota, this week to ensure the channel remains open for commercial navigation. The project will remove around 27,000 cubic yards of river sand from the naviga
In line with NEOM’s strategy and the Saudi Ports Authority’s efforts to transform local ports into globally competitive logistics hubs, the management of Duba Port was transferred from national maritime regulator Mawani, to NEOM in 2022. Located in Oxagon, the home of advanced and clean industries i
Greece has secured 24 million euros in European Union funding to upgrade its northern Aegean Sea Port of Alexandroupolis, privatisation agency HRADF said. Alexandroupolis, which is close to Bulgaria and Turkey, has been used by U.S. military ships to unload munitions and move them to the eastern fla
