Rohde Nielsen has just released these amazing photos from the Fremantle Port Beach Sand Nourishment Program, Australia. The project will combat coastal erosion by depositing thousands of cubic metres of sand at Fremantle’s Port Beach. The work is being delivered as a partnership project by the City
CDR – Coasts Deltas Rivers is about to start work on a new project in Bangladesh with the contract signed for Engineering and Consultancy services related to the Rabanabad channel dredging project in Payra Port. The works that will be performed together with CDR partners Deltares and DevConsultants
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the hopper dredge Liberty Island arrived in Dare County on the morning of Friday, July 8, 2022. TSHD Liberty Island is picking up the Avon beach nourishment project while the Ellis Island continues working to perform beach nourishment in Buxton. Follo
Curtin Maritime has once again pushed the boundaries of performance with their latest dredging project on the East Coast. The company was recently contracted by the NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Branch to deepen the Pier 11 South basin using their workhorse clamshell dredge the DB Ironbound. In general, the p
The USACE St. Paul District, the Minnesota DNR and the Upper Minnesota River Watershed District will celebrate the completion of the Marsh Lake environmental enhancement project with a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 14. The Marsh Lake project involves habitat enhancement by improving conditions for
DEME confirmed a sizable contract for dredging and reclamation works in the Port of Gdańsk this morning. According to the Belgian giant, this represents the second major dredging contract for DEME in Poland. The new contract was signed with DCT Gdańsk, the operator of the largest container terminal
Lakehead Region Conservation Authority (LRCA) is undertaking maintenance dredging of the Neebing-McIntyre Floodway between the Fort William Road bridge and the CPR bridge (across from Home Depot). The LRCA owns and maintains the Neebing-McIntyre Floodway. The dredging of the Floodway Channel is requ
Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Ariane has been spotted in the Dutch water. “Vox Ariane is our latest edition to the fleet. In this picture you can see her performing dredging trials at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam,” said Van Oord. Recently delivered by Keppel Offshore & Marine,
The Government of South Australia announced today that delivery of sand will recommence at West Beach next week to protect the beach from erosion. As reported, between July and September 2022, approximately 50,000 cubic metres of sand will be delivered to West Beach via the Adelaide Sailing Club. De
Members of the Army Corps Alaska District’s USACE Leadership Development Program – Level Two toured the dredge operating in the Port of Alaska on Friday. The field trip involved traveling by skiff to the district’s contracted dredge, boarding the vessel for a tour and up-close views of its work acti
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Minnesota Land Trust are working to restore fish and wildlife habitat at Perch Lake, which was once a bay of the St. Louis River. West Duluth residents in the New Duluth neighborhood will begin seeing more construction equipment moving into
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. (GLDD) is about to begin the 2022 beach nourishment project in the Town of Nags Head, North Carolina. According to the latest update, the beach construction originally planned for July 13, may be delayed a few days due to weather. “Construction is being delayed due to e
California Congresswoman Julia Brownley visited the Ventura Port District recently to celebrate the federal appropriation of $5,516,000 for the maintenance dredging of Ventura Harbor. This is one of the Congresswoman’s ten Community Funded Projects which was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus
Reducing nitrogen-based emissions such as nitrogen oxides (NOX) and ammonia (NH3) is an increasingly urgent issue in the Netherlands. This affects the maritime industry, including the dredging industry. Most of today’s vessels are powered by diesel engines, which emit NOX as a by-product of the comb
