The Government of Canada has awarded a contract for the construction of a new small craft harbour in Clyde River, Nunavut. The announcement was made yesterday by Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Filomena Tassi, Minister of Public Service and Procurement Ca
The commissioning of the first of two Italdraghe 10” dredgers supplied to the Indian Government has just been completed. In the next few days, the assembly and commissioning of the remaining one will take place as well. Currently, Italdraghe technicians are on site, in order to instruct and collabor
Works have been progressing well to dredge Lyme Regis harbour and replenish the sand beach, with no further plans to close the beach, Lyme Regis Town Council said. “Dorset Council has been carrying out essential annual dredging works, which are expected to continue into early next week,” according t
Systems integrator Alewijnse recently completed the comprehensive electrical and automation installation on board the new build trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Krakesandt. The Krakesandt is the second advanced dredging project that Alewijnse has undertaken for Thecla Bodewes Shipyards for its
The Interagency Ecological Restoration Quality Committee will host a webinar named Characterization of Seed Banks in Dredge Material on June 30. Dredging operations are a crucial part in maintaining navigation channels. Historically, dredged material has been stored in confined disposal facilities (
Earlier this week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor began critical annual maintenance dredging at Gold Beach, Ore. to keep the Rogue River Harbor open for recreational vessels. Rogue River dredging at Gold Beach usually occurs on an annual basis for the entrance channel; however, the Cor
Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) is cooperating with PUB – Singapore’s National Water Agency in developing a tailor made coastal protection for Singapore against sea level rise and climate change. According to DMC, “the objective is to develop multi-functional coastal protection systems based on our m
First-year Global BBA students have carried out a market study on the Brazilian mining sector and presented it at an event with several authorities. Increasingly, public and private sectors have partnered with teaching and research institutions to find solutions to collective problems. Recently, SKE
Last Friday, the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met in a special session and awarded two of the largest contracts in the organization’s history. The Commission approved the staff’s recommendation to award Weeks Marine and Curtin Maritime Corporation contracts totaling $430 million
Callan Marine’s latest fleet asset – the 28” cutter suction dredge General Bradley – recently initiated a maintenance dredging project located at the Bolivar Ferry Terminal. This is the inaugural project for the General Bradley, consisting of the removal of 600,000 cubic yards of material and return
A Hall Contracting backhoe dredge arrived in Port Hedland last week, Spoilbank Marina said. Due to its low clearance hull design, the dredge was transported from the Middle East on board a semi-submersible heavy load carrier. After arriving at anchorage, the heavy load carrier was submersed, allowin
Dare County (NC) and Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. have provided an update on the projected arrival dates for the two dredges that will be tasked with performing beach nourishment in the villages of Avon and Buxton. The dredge Ellis Island—which was scheduled to arrive in Buxton after July 4—has b
A few years ago, Melbourne Water began working on a design to upgrade the ramp at Kirk Point, also known as Point Wilson. According to Better Boating Victoria, “We’ve taken that design and, along with specialist maritime engineers BMT, progressed the designs to include wave protection via a breakwat
Eastern Shipbuilding Group yesterday held a christening and launching of the Weeks Marine latest hopper dredger – the R.B. Weeks. The dredger, measuring 356 feet long by 79.5 feet wide and with a draft of 27 feet 3 inches, is an identical vessel to the Magdalen that was delivered to Weeks in 2017. L
