Ald Eddie Andrews, Cape Town’s Deputy Mayor & MMC, Spatial Planning and Environment, has just released a statement on spatial planning budget, prioritising health of vleis, coastline, resilience to climate change. In November last year, at the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Partie
Under a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Weeks Marine Inc. has begun dredging and beachfill operations in Rehoboth Beach. According to the City, dredging and sand replacement which began last weekend is expected to continue for 2-3 weeks. The dredge, seen in the background of the phot
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District recently reached a major project milestone and awarded a task order for dike construction at Below Walnut Bend and Shoofly Bar near Helena, Arkansas. The project delivery team awarded the task order via the Mississippi River Multiple Award Task Orde
Callan Marine has launched its newest fleet asset – the 18” cutter suction dredge (CSD) named the General Marshall. At 194’ feet long and 41’ feet wide, the General Marshall was constructed by DSC Dredge LLC beginning at Poplarville, Missouri, and completed construction at Reserve, Louisiana. The Ge
Van Oord’s water injection dredgers Maas and Mersey are getting the identical sisters – their names are Rijn & Rhône. This weekend, the Rijn arrived at the Kooiman Marine Group shipyard in Zwijndrecht, where the outfitting work will take place. According to Van Oord, this vessel will be commissioned
The Province of British Columbia is helping improve access to Steveston Harbour by supporting dredging that will maintain the Cannery Channel approach to the harbour, the largest commercial fishing harbour in Canada. “Reliable harbour access is vital for fishers and Steveston’s rich community of mar
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company’s cutter suction dredge ‘Texas’ arrived in Townsend’s Inlet over the weekend to begin work on the Avalon Beach Nourishment project. “The dredge ‘Texas’ started the process of placing sand on the Avalon beaches on Monday, April 17th, at 11:45am,” the borough said i
Boats on the Kennet & Avon Canal have been benefiting from a recently completed dredging programme on the canal near Hungerford, the Canal & River Trust said. The specialist project was part of the Trust’s ongoing work to protect and keep open the 200-year-old canal for the benefit of boaters, towpa
Town of Duck has just released the latest update on their beach nourishment project. According to the announcement, Weeks Marine has continued to move north from the Dianne Street subline since beach nourishment construction began last week, with the active construction zone between Port Trinitie an
VolkerStevin recently announced that they have been shortlisted for two, prestigious, Constructing Excellence SECBE awards. The awards recognise and celebrate the very best companies, collaborations and projects from across the London and South East region, with a mission to drive the construction i
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will soon hold their next big event, Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation in Delft. The five-day seminar will take place from July 3-7, 2023 at the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands. Since 1993, IADC has provided this semin
The City of Tulsa said that a contractor was dredging the pond at the park near Edison and L.L. Tisdale Parkway when an excavator began to sink in the mud. “The machinery is so deep in the mud you can really only see the driver’s seat and part of the machine’s arm,” according to the […]
To perform all the planned dredging works in the Northern Sea Route waters, FSUE Hydrographic Company plans to buy two dredging vessels in 2023. This information was revealed by Andrey Chumachenko, Director for Construction and Operation, Hydrographic Company, at the Arctic – Regions forum in Arkhan
Angus Council officers recently met with Montrose Community Council to update them on plans to manage coastal erosion along the town’s coastline. The meeting, which was also attended by local councillors, gained insight to the short and longer-term plans to defend the sand dunes at Montrose Bay and
