The USACE Buffalo District awarded a $991,500 contract to Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Company on April 1 to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Buffalo Harbor. Dredging of harbors like Buffalo’s ensures accessible depths for large vessels, the continued flow of commodit
Work on the New Manila International Airport (MIA) – the Philippines’ largest and most sophisticated airport – is moving forward. Approximately 1,700 hectares of land will be developed for the airport, located in Bulacan Province of Central Luzon Region. The land development project will be designed
The Meirionnydd Branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales held meetings recently with Clare Pillman, Chief Executive of Natural Resources Wales recently, and visited various locations in the Dysynni Valley near Tywyn in areas within the Internal Drainage District. The meeting was facilitated by Mabon ap
Since the start of the dredging works in June 2021, San Miguel Corporation (SMC) removed almost 40 percent of silt from Pasig River. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary, Jim Sampulna, recognized the effort of the diversified conglomerate after dredging 321,670
North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) will soon embark on another maintenance dredging campaign at the Port of Weipa. NQBP CEO Nicolas Fertin said that the hopper dredger Brisbane is due to begin work from late April 2022. “Maintenance dredging works are an integral part of port operations,
National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) of Guyana, under the Ministry of Agriculture, and Gaico Construction and General Services Inc. have signed a G$569.3 million Pomeroon River dredging contract. Ministry of Agriculture and NDIA expect that dredging the mouth of this river will provide
The Government of Western Australia has just announced that Westport will soon start geotechnical and geophysical investigations into Cockburn Sound’s seabed. The officials are currently planning for a new port in Kwinana supported by efficient integrated road and/or rail transport corridors. As par
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has awarded a $3.85 million contract to Illinois-based Great Lakes Dock and Materials, L.L.C. for repairs to the Rochester Harbor East Pier in Rochester, New York. Repairs will ensure the pier, along with its adjacent federal navigation channel, con
Stornoway Port Authority and McLaughlin & Harvey have signed a contract for the construction of the port’s new multi-purpose Deep Water Terminal. According to the contractor, work on the transformational project at the Outer Hebrides’ main port is expected to start in the coming weeks, while complet
Boskalis is part of a joint initiative to advance sustainable methods for shoreline maintenance along the Dutch coast. The project – which is in partnership with Rijkswaterstaat (the executive agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), Vereniging van Waterbouwers, Deltares
Alewijnse recently signed a contract with Den Herder Seaworks to deliver the electrical refit of their trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Swalinge. As we reported earlier this year, the 82.2 metre hopper dredger is currently at Kooiman-Hoebee Shipyard in Dordrecht for an extension of 37 meters,
The recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) includes substantial funding for Texas dredging projects, among which is the Galveston Harbor Channel Extension scheme. According to the Army Corps, the IIJA Appropriations Law will provide an estimated $11 million in Federal funding
The new water injection dredger (WID) Aquadelta hit the water at Scheepswerf Bijlsma in Wartena a couple of days ago. Bagger- en Aannemingsmaatschappij Van der Kamp has just released this amazing video of the dredger’s launching ceremony: The Aquadelta is a diesel-electric twin propelled WID which w
A £2.6 billion, six-year programme of work dedicated to improving flood and coastal defences has exceeded its original targets by 14,000 – with over 314,000 homes now better protected from flooding since 2015, the Environment Agency said. More than 850 new flood and coastal erosion defence projects
