On March 11, 2022, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, USACE Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, signed the Brunswick Harbor Navigation Project Chiefs Report. The Army Corps’ Savannah District seeks to reduce transportation cost inefficiencies at Brunswick Harbor. The recommended plan is a combinat
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) is mobilizing its equipment in preparation for the Baarah Channel maintenance dredging project. Scope of the project includes: channel dredging operations of 79,100cbm; existing basin maintenance dredging of 8,600; supply and installation of navigati
Members of the USACE Savannah and Jacksonville Districts began collaborating on a restoration project at the Dredged Material Containment Area 1S last month . The area is located on the Savannah River near Port Wentworth, Georgia, and this work is part of the mitigation requirements associated with
The USACE Savannah District recently completed maintenance dredging in the Savannah River and recovered additional cannon, bringing the total brought up to 19. Remote sensing technologies and diver identifications used during recent investigations were unable to identify an additional four cannon du
Recent maintenance dredging at Kalbarri – conducted by CGC Dredging’s CSD Mudlark I – has restored depths for safe navigation of the entrance channel at the mouth of the Murchison River. This important dredging was brought forward due to infilling from winter storms and Cyclone Seroja. A record 95,0
Together with its partner Grupa NDI, BESIX is currently building a shipping channel through the Vistula Spit peninsula in Poland. The project includes breakwaters, quays, a channel, lock infrastructure with rotating bridges and sluice gates, buildings and roads, as well as an artificial island. At t
The first delivery of rock for the Southsea Coastal Scheme is almost complete – one of many due over the summer months. The granite (Norwegian anorthosite rock) will be used to build the rock armour flood defence on Frontage Four around Southsea Castle. This revetment is significantly larger than th
Manila Harbor Center (MHC) is expanding its cargo handling capacity with the completion of eco-friendly bulk cargo bays (BCB) and dredging of the berths to accommodate larger vessels. This new development increases MHC’s number of BCBs from two to five, effectively improving the terminal’s bulk stor
Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has broken its own record for the most containers handled on a single ship for the third time in two months. The latest benchmark was set when a total of 27,961 TEU (standard containers) were handled on the MSC AMELIA which sailed from the port on March 8, 2022. Co
Van Oord’s newest trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Amalia is currently working on the Fehmarn Belt project. It is constructing what will become the world’s longest immersed road and rail tunnel, running between Denmark and Germany. The project involves dredging an 18-kilometre-long tunnel
Over the past two years, Weeks Marine’s Dredging Division has worked with the Army Corps on the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). The company’s cutter suction dredge J.S. Chatry was just one of many vessels that made this massive project possible. With the five fuel-efficient GE Tier IV dies
Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have once again used the Senate appropriations process to help Oregonians complete projects and support their communities, creating jobs and better access to essential services. The victories for Oregon are in the Energy and Water portion of Congress
A major infrastructure programme to safeguard the long-term future of the iconic Stonehaven Harbour will commence in May, reports Aberdeenshire Council. The Council is investing £2.2million in the works as part of its wider improvement strategy to protect and enhance the region’s harbours. Following
The USACE New York District is seeking a contractor for maintenance dredging of portions of the Newark Bay, New Jersey, Federal Navigation Project. Plans and specifications are expected to be available in April, bid opening in May and a contract award in July. The proposed work is anticipated to tak
