The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District recently received congressional funding for the design of the Selma Flood Risk Management Feasibility Project in Selma, Ala. The Selma Project will stabilize the riverbank in Selma, near the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge, which was the site of the th
DP World and the Democratic Republic of Congo recently kicked off construction of the massive Banana Port project. This infrastructure project, one of DP World’s largest port investments in Africa, is being developed at Banana, along the country’s 37km coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in Kongo Centra
The Army Corps’ New Soo Lock Project in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, will receives almost $480 million in fiscal year 2022 from the recently announced infrastructure bill IIJA. According to the Corps, out of $561 million allocated for the Michigan, nearly $479 million is slated for USACE’s mega New Soo L
Port Vanino in Khabarovsk Region, Russia, has just announced that the dredging works along the port’s waterfront are now complete. The project resulted in recovery of design depth at their hydraulic engineering facilities. Investments into these works – undertaken in two phases – exceeded RUB 180 mi
An undersea depth and sub-bottom profiling survey of the St Peter Port Harbour is underway, as investigations to develop proposals for a ‘Pool Marina’ continue at pace. Guernsey Ports on behalf of the States’ Trading Supervisory Board has commissioned these studies following direction from the State
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is collecting a second round of comments on the proposed Port Everglades Harbor Improvements project. USACE recently published a Revised Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (RDSEIS) for the Port Everglades project which is now ope
The DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) and a private contractor have finished moving more than 70 coral colonies and numerous individual corals out of the path of an Army Corps channel dredging operation in Honolulu Harbor, days before the dredging operation was to begin. The move followed sev
St. Lucie County’s Erosion District has received final approval to move forward with the St. Lucie County Coastal Storm Risk Management Project – a federal beach nourishment project for South Hutchinson Island from Normandy Beach to the Martin County line. Work to replace sand along this 3.4 mile st
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District announced recently that dredging activities continue to progress on Phase 2 of the $36.5 million Muddy River Flood Risk Management project in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. In Feb. 28, 2022, work will progress to Work Areas #5 and #6 in th
The official opening ceremony of the Port of Duqm in Oman took place yesterday. The ceremony was held in the presence of His Majesties King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium and His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik of Oman. The opening sets a new milestone in the partnership between DEME Group,
OSD-IMT, a specialist consultancy in ship design for newbuild, refit and conversion projects, has just unveiled their new dredging support vessel design. “The experienced naval architects at OSD-IMT have a practical mindset. Their priorities are safety, crew comfort and delivering a custom designed
Royal IHC teams at Kinderdijk shipyard are as busy as a beaver with…well the build and commissioning of a number of their standard modular vessels – IHC Beaver cutter suction dredgers. “These robust vessels can be bought from stock, with standard options, are known for their reliability and excellen
Barnstable County, Massachusetts, recently announced the successful completion of another dredging project, the Truro’s Pamet Harbor Dredge scheme. Mobilization for this project began in early November when the cutter suction dredge ‘Cod Fish II’ began the transit to the north side leaving Mashpee e
After a five year campaign by Independent member for Mount Gambier, Troy Bell, and the Port MacDonnell Professional Fishermen’s Association, the Port MacDonnell Harbour will be finally dredged. This very important dredging program is scheduled to start in April. “It took five years, eight speeches a
