Designed to help increase shoreline resiliency on Oʻahu, the Waikīkī Beach Maintenance Project is one of four beach restoration projects recognized as a “Best Restored Beach” award by the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA). The national award was created to highlight the benef
NWP Holdings Bhd is venturing into the sand dredging business. The group said that its unit – NWP Marine Sdn Bhd – has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with OneOne Auro Marine Sdn Bhd (OOA Marine) to undertake contractor work to dredge, transport and load marine sand from the concession area o
Jenkins Marine has been busy lately dredging at Ashlett Sailing Club near Calshot, Southampton, to restore the waterways to previously maintained depths. The project calls for up to 2m depth of material to be removed, with disposal to Nab Tower spoil ground to the East of the Isle of Wight. On site
Royal HaskoningDHV together with their local partner Abkons recently presented plans for the new port of Durrës at Porto Romano, Albania. The development of the new Porto Romano and a Dry Port in Pristina, Kosovo, will deliver a positive impact on the economy of the entire Balkans region, along with
Dredging works are almost complete at Port MacDonnell to improve safety and access to the harbor, boat ramp and mooring ground. The project, which commenced in late March, is removing a significant accumulation of sandy materials at the harbour entrance and mooring grounds as well as a build-up of s
Funding of €81,000 has been approved for proposed works to reinforce the sea wall in Kilkee in West Clare. Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Mr. Patrick O’Donovan, T.D., has announced the approval of Clare County Council’s application for funding under the Office
Rohde Nielsen’s two trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) Modi R and Viking R are currently busy on a task in Western Australia. According to the Kastrup, Denmark, based dredging contractor, the TSHDs will first dredge shell sand in the offshore area Owen Anchorage and then navigate close to the
New split-hull dredging vessel Omvac Catorce was successfully launched last week. In March 2021, Nodosa – Spain’s most experienced shipbuilder of split-hull dredgers – closed the contract for the construction of the fourth dredger of this type in recent years. This is the third dredger of this type
Trade West Inc., of Nevada is putting finishing touches to the New Lock at the Soo upstream channel deepening project in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. “We are waiting on final survey results and anticipate they will show the deepened areas as complete, really only have some punch-list type items, groundsk
Qingzhou Golden Julong Equipment Manufacturing (a brother company of Qingzhou Julong Environment Technology) has delivered a second cutter suction dredger to the Bunati Port Authority (BPA), Indonesia. According to the Chinese dredger builder, BPA bought one CSD450 model cutter suction dredger BUNAT
Last Friday, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD) began works on the 2022 Hurricane Dorian beach restoration project in the Town of Nags Head, North Carolina. In July, August, and September of 2022, the contractor will be restoring beach lost as a result of 2019’s Hurricane Dorian, the town said in
A pond improvement project at Hillview Recreation Area, just west of Hinton, IA, is moving forward. Plymouth County Conservation has just released this beautiful photo from this very important cleanup program. Plymouth County County Engineer, Tom Rohe, said that no recreational activities, including
All major players in the dredging industry are ready for the WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo ’22, which starts today in Houston, TX. The event – taking place the Marriott Marquis Hotel until July 28, 2022 – will bring together expert representatives of manufacturers, universities, research institutes, c
Crews have commenced the long-awaited restoration of the University Lakes. The first step includes testing different means for dredging and removing sediment on a small portion of the lake to determine what method works best. This initial phase of the $32 million project consists of dredging, improv
