The International Association of Dredging Companies announced yesterday that the next edition of their online course ‘Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure’ will be held in March 2022 for professionals in Central & Latin America, Canada and the USA region. Following on from the success of the prev
Lt. Gen. Scott Spellman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commanding general and 55th Chief of Engineers, yesterday approved the Chief’s Report for the Upper Barataria Basin Louisiana Feasibility Study, setting the conditions for $1.6B in flood risk investment in Louisiana. The plan, now pending congres
Jan De Nul Group and Envisan, the environmental division of the Group, have completed the large-scale transformation of Fort Sint-Filips in the Port of Antwerp. The transformation of the site is part of the Sigma Plan, which aims to restore the river habitat in addition to ensuring flood protection.
U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan visited the New Hampshire Port Authority yesterday. During the visit, they discussed the new funding that the New Hampshire Congressional Delegation recently announced for the Army Corps of Engineers to use for maintenance dredging in the Piscataqua Riv
Last week, the Philippines Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) deployed one of its amphibious excavators to the Municipality of Lingayen to address and help alleviate flooding problem in this town. According to DPWH, Limahong Channel – located along the Agno River – as well as other tribu
The long awaited dredging operation at Wiggins Pass in Florida is finally underway. For months weary boaters have been running aground on the sandbars that flank the mouth of the pass. According to the Southwest Florida Television (SWFL-TV), it looks like the first of the sand will be deposited alon
Mr. Michael Connor, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and USACE senior leaders visited the Port of Wilmington and met with elected officials and partners during a January 26 visit to the State of Delaware. The group also toured the Delaware River federal navigation project from
FSUE “Rosmorport” recently announced the successful completion of yet another year of maintenance dredging in Russia. As reported, the company fully implemented the action plan for dredging season 2021. The works were performed in the amount of 7.4 million cubic meters across 49 waterways (channels,
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has just released this very interesting video named ‘Timeline of the Ever Given crisis management’. With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters, this giant ship had been wedged in the Suez Canal since March 23, 2021, blocking all shipping traffic. For t
Damen’s new cutter suction dredger CSD500 is currently very busy working on the Costanera Sur project in Paraguay. Under the work, T&C, a civil contractor in Paraguay, will use the dredger to transform the southern river bank of the capital Asunción. According to Damen, the modular dredger will incr
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Wilmington District awarded a contract for Coastal Storm Risk Management (CSRM) at Carolina Beach and Kure Beach for $20,3 million on January 18, 2022. According to USACE, the benefits of this CSRM project include protection from erosion and other effects from coast
In 2022, Saint-Petersburg Committee of Natural Resources, Environment and Ecological Safety will announce tenders worth approximately $13 million for dredging and cleaning of the city waterways, reports PortNews agency. The major projects of 2022 will include the beginning of ecological restoration
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District has announced their work plan for two recently enacted laws — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; and the 2022 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act– which will provide the District with an additional $328 million for fiscal year 2
The Fiji Government recently started a maintenance dredging project in the Ba River that will safeguard the township of Ba and the neighbouring communities from flooding. According to the Government, the dredging works will mitigate flooding with an increased amount of water discharge capacity that
