In the largest rehabilitation project in the Port of Antwerp ever undertaken, the transformation of Fort Sint-Filips was successfully completed after two years by DEME Environmental and its partners. After World War II, the 19th century fort served as a dumping ground for millions of litres of oil a
INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd recently presented their plans for the Ichthys LNG Maintenance Dredging Program 2023-2027. INPEX proposed to undertake maintenance dredging activities, as required, within the existing dredged footprint in Darwin Harbour over a five-year period. To date no maintena
Sammut Marine has been contracted for a maintenance dredging task at the Marina Di Ragusa in Sicily. The main goal of this very important program is to allow larger vessels to enter and leave the marina. The works are being carried out by Sammut Marine’s crane barge Gold Dredger. Dredging operations
Cowes Harbour Commission yesterday announced the successful completion of all dredging works in the harbour. The 2023 dredging campaign commenced on Tuesday 21st February 2023 and continued all the way until April. The project covered several sites, including the Town Quay (maintenance dredging), Ki
Leland Harbor Personnel will be starting the dredging of the harbor mouth on or around April 11, said Susan Och, Township Supervisor at Leland Township, Michigan. This is an annual process where the dredging crews suck up the sand that has drifted into the harbor mouth and deposit it onto the beach
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this year outlined its intention to increase the beneficial use of dredge material. Water injection dredging, a technique commonly used in Europe, offers one way to meet these new goals. HDR Senior Dredging Engineer Joe Wagner helped the only U.S. port to use this me
Eight dredgers arrived at the site of massive dredging operations on the Volga-Caspian Sea Shipping Channel (VCSSC) yesterday, FSUE Rosmorport said. These dredgers are Petr Sablin, Artemiy Volynsky, Ivan Cheremisinov, Urengoy, Kronshlot, Severo-Zapadny-503, Mogushy and Arkady Kardakov. At the moment
Later this month, Rijkswaterstaat will start work on their next coastal protection project, the Callantsoog beach replenishment scheme. Dredging and beachfill operations are set to commence in the third week of April and will last about 6 to 8 weeks. During the works, around 800,000m3 of sand will b
APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has announced the expansion of its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam. The project involves a site of approximately 47.5 hectares with 1,000 metres of deep-sea quay. The Port of Rotterdam Authority is now constructing the new quay walls, which will be co
Mariel Container Terminal (TCM) said that the dredging work of its access channel has been completed. Buoys have been relocated as per new channel dimensions, allowing the terminal to receive Neo-Panamax vessels of up to 366-metres long, 52-metres wide, and 15-metre deep. “The deepening of the acces
Civil engineering contractor Land & Water is back in Oxford for the restart of the Queen Pool dredging project at Blenheim Palace. “Our monumental lake dredge at UNESCO World Heritage Site Blenheim Palace has restarted after pausing for winter,” Land & Water said in the update. The decision to shut
The next steps are being taken on a project which will help protect the Brighton & Hove coastline from the risk of flooding for years to come. Planning and Marine licence applications have been submitted to construct two rock armour revetments, a protective layer of rock, adjacent to Basin Road Sout
Paul Balzano YouTube channel has just released an amazing video named Transforming Marco Island, FL. This video provides a narrated visual update on the ongoing Marco Island, FL Tigertail Lagoon and Sand Dollar Island Beach Dredging and Restoration Project, which aims to restore the area to its pre-
The Shanghai – Panamerican Dredging consortium has won a Col$ 55.5 million contract for the dredging of the Port of Barranquilla Access Channel. The signing ceremony was held yesterday, April 3rd, under the patronage of Guillermo Reyes, the Colombian minister of transport. According to him, the dred
