Work is about to begin on a new infrastructure project at Webb Dock East, Port of Melbourne, which will eventually reduce port congestion, improve efficiency and accommodate larger ships at Australia’s largest container and general cargo port. The project involves demolishing a redundant section of
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host a public meeting on March 31 at the Lewis and Clark State Park’s Visitors Center to discuss ongoing lake restoration efforts at the park, including a hydraulic dredging project slated for the 2022 open water season. Restoration activities plan
Rohde Nielsen’s fleet of hopper dredgers recently completed another coastal protection project, this time for the Dutch government agency Rijkswaterstaat. According to the dredging contractor, the project included foreshore nourishment in front of the island of Vlieland, where 1,840,000 m3 of sand w
Dredging works are now underway at Port MacDonnell to improve safety and access to the harbor, boat ramp and mooring ground. The project will remove a significant accumulation of sandy materials at the harbor entrance and mooring grounds as well as a build-up of seaweed inside the (harbor) channel,
U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced yesterday nearly $7 million in funding for Oswego and Little Sodus Bay Harbors as a part of the recently passed bipartisan omnibus spending package for Fiscal Year 2022. Specifically, the senators said that $5,900,000 will go to repai
Remu Oy’s Big Float E35 is currently busy working on a costal protection and restoration project in the southern portion of Lower New York Bay – Living Breakwaters. The program, conducted by Weeks Marine, is an innovative coastal green infrastructure project designed to reduce or reverse erosion and
Days after passing its first test at the hands of Storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin, there was more good news for the Otley Flood Alleviation Scheme (Otley FAS). Recently, the scheme won the prestigious Smeaton award at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Yorkshire and Humber awards ceremony i
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has open nominations for the annual IADC Safety Awards. In 2022, two safety awards will be given: one to a dredging organisation and a second to a supply chain organisation active in the dredging or offshore industry. The awards seek to iden
Late last year, the Finland based dredging contractor – Wasa Dredging entered into a deal to dredge Harbour of Senjahopen in Norway. According to Anko Bos, Head of Marketing and Tenders at Wasa Dredging, work on this project kicked off in mid-March. “The works have started on the 16th of March and a
C-Job Naval Architects today launched its new Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) series and headlining the series is an innovative new self-propelled CSD concept design to showcase its possibilities. The 34-inch self-propelled CSD features cutter power of 3500 HP and a total installed power of approx. 260
The Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project was included in President Joe Biden’s proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Budget released yesterday under the USACE Coastal Navigation Construction category. The President’s recommended funding targeted project closeout appropriations of $157.3 million. Once
Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI) today celebrated the company’s 46th birthday at its Head Office in Visakhapatnam. Incorporated on this day 46 years ago, DCI has consistently catered to the dredging requirements of the major and minor ports across the country and abroad. The celebrations
Van Oord saw a healthy market recovery in the Dredging business unit in 2021. Revenue increased from EUR 598 million in 2020 to EUR 727 million in 2021. Fleet utilisation was nevertheless still low, the company said. The market picked up in the second half of the year. The results were satisfactory
The USACE Buffalo District awarded a $3.3 million contract to Rochester-based Crane-Hogan Structural Systems on March 22 for critical repairs to the west pier of Little Sodus Bay in Fair Haven, New York. The west pier suffered degradation and damage in recent years. According to USACE, repairs will
