After three years of legal fight, Ports of Auckland Limited (POAL) have reached an agreement with Protect Our Gulf (POG) and received consent to dredge the Rangitoto Channel and dispose of dredged materials at the designated Cuvier disposal site. Ports of Auckland requires deepening of the Rangitoto
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) said recently that the company has made great progress on the reconstruction of the B. Kamadhoo Harbor. As reported, dredging works for the new harbor basin are now almost complete. The second shipment of Quay Wall blocks required for the B. Kamadhoo
Wholly-owned subsidiaries of Shell plc (Shell) in Switzerland, the UK, US and Sweden (Shell (Switzerland) AG, Shell U.K. Limited, Pennzoil-Quaker State Company and Shell Aviation Sweden AB) have entered into agreements to acquire the Environmentally Considerate Lubricants (ECLs) business of the PANO
Earlier this year, Dutra Group landed a contract from the Army Corps for the annual maintenance dredging of the Sacramento River Deep Water Channel (DWSC). The project includes annual dredging of the Sacramento River DWSC to -30-ft (MLLW) plus 1-ft of paid over-depth and transportation of the dredge
Important dredging and beach nourishment works along the Illaroo Road precinct will be undertaken by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council with a $235,000 grant from the NSW Government. According to Minister for Local Government, Wendy Tuckerman, the funding would be used for urgent sand nourishment. “Thi
This week, the Coastal Resources Management Council of Rhode Island (CRMC) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will begin maintenance dredging of the upper Providence River. As reported by TNC, dredging will extend from the Crawford Street Bridge to the Point Street Bridge. The operation will run conti
The Panama City, Florida, has just announced that the maintenance dredging of the Lake Huntington Channel will begin today, November 4. According to the city, Lake Huntington Park and the water access will remain open during the project. The green space with swings south of W. 15th Street is closed
Every year, the KNVTS (Royal Dutch Association of Maritime Technicians) organises the Ship of the Year competition. A prestigious prize awarded to an innovative ship designed and built in the Netherlands. The jury of this award has announced that the SPARTACUS, world’s most powerful cutter suction d
The United Arab Emirates-based shipyard Albwardy Damen has held a keel-laying ceremony for two CSD500 cutter suction dredgers. The ceremony which was organised on November 1, included an offer of a coconut while burning incense – a tradition for every vessel built at Albwardy Damen. As Damen Dredgin
Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins announced last week that the U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding a $10 million Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grant for the Port of Morgan City’s “Western Dock Expansion” project. Funding for the grant is authorized through regular appropr
Construction has started on Phase 3 of the Map Ta Phut Industrial Port Development in Thailand – the ACCROPODE project. The 3D physical model tests were carried out recently at the CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory to check and confirm the stability of the single-layer ACCROPODE™ armour. According
The handover from construction to operations for Dunnottar, Crathes and Castlegate (East) Quays was completed last week. More than 60% of Port of Aberdeen’s £400 million South Harbour development is now operational, marking the penultimate construction milestone in this transformational project. The
In October 2022, the final concrete hanbar was cast for Opotiki’s new $100million harbour entrance, New Zealand’s Opotiki District Council said. These hanbars surround and protect the 400m long seawalls being built to provide year-round river access to Ōpōtiki town and wharf. Hanbars are heavy concr
Construction works are progressing well on the Alotau Provincial Wharf project in the south-east of Papua New Guinea, reports Pacific Marine Group (PMG). Demolition of the existing wharf is complete, and the piling works for the new structure has commenced. “The weather has been challenging with som
