The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has announced that a Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) project was one of three impacting Louisiana that were awarded over $5.49 million in funding through the America the Beautiful Challenge (ATBC) grant program. NFWF awarded nearly
Next month, Royal HaskoningDHV team will be attending the 37th biannual International Conference on Coastal Engineering in Australia. During the show, which will take place from 4–9 December 2022 at the International Convention Centre in Sydney, the company experts will present innovative coastal ma
The maintenance dredging works on the access channel to the Port of Rio Grande are set to begin today. According to Portos RS – Autoridade Portuária dos Portos do RS, Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) HAM 318 arrived in the municipality yesterday afternoon – getting ready to kick off
Prince Rupert’s Trigon Pacific Terminals Limited (Trigon) has announced a $75-million award from the federal National Trade Corridors Fund that will enable construction of the “Berth 2 Beyond Carbon” project on Ridley Island. The funding will support the construction of a second berth at the Port of
Surinamese President Chandrikapersad Santokhi has officially given the go-ahead for the construction of a new deep-water port – called Port of Nickerie. According to the Surinamese government’s official release, it is planned to complete the port in 2025. The Port of Nickerie is an initiative of the
A large-scale dredging project is about to begin at the mouth of the Padsan River in Barangay Gabu, Philippines. According to the government officials, dredging will commence on December 15 at the mouth of the river moving all the way upstream of more than 5 km. “The sand extraction along the heavil
The cutter suction dredger (CSD) Dubuque departed the Vicksburg Harbor last week for a critical dredging mission along the Red River in response to low water conditions. Drought conditions throughout the Mississippi River Valley have caused a low water event on the lower Mississippi River and its tr
Gorgeous Yichang has just released this beautiful video about a Liebherr P995 floating excavator, taken during the recent Yangtze River dredging program. Taking advantage of the unusually low water level during flood season, Yichang City launched the dredging work to clear the waterway and enhance s
The City of Gig Harbor is proposing to dredge sediment from a location near the northern entrance to the Murphy’s Landing Marina. The purpose of the dredging is to restore the site to previous grades, facilitating boat access into and out from the marina. The proposal includes the dredging of accumu
A new monument to commemorate the successful completion of the modernisation of the Świnoujście-Szczecin fairway in Poland was unveiled recently. DEME and its joint venture partner Van Oord worked closely together to achieve this flagship project – one of the most important investments of the Szczec
The Tweed River entrance is subject to shoaling due to the net longshore sand drift movement, which occurs off the east coast of Australia. Combined with strong currents and wave action, this shoaling can be dangerous for navigation. Maintenance dredging was therefore required at the mouth of the Tw
Earlier this year, J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. started work on a remediation and restoration project in East Chicago, IN. Working under the Army Corps’ Chicago District, Brennan is executing environmental dredging, sampling, capping, and habitat restoration at Lake George Canal – Middle Section. The
Hitachi introduced a new next-generation model from its Stage V-compliant wheel loader range recently at Bauma. The ZW160-7 has been designed to put operators in complete control of their workspace with industry-leading safety features and unrivalled comfort in the cab. To protect the operator and
DEME Group announced its 3Q2022 Trading Update today. The orderbook remains high reflecting healthy demand, strong market positioning and sizeable wins for both Offshore Energy and Dredging & Infra. On a year-to-date basis, Group turnover grew 14%, led by Offshore Energy and Environmental and slight
