The USACE Baltimore District and Dutra Group recently began work to dredge approximately 2.36 million cubic yards of material from the Cape Henry Federal Navigation Channel. The District awarded the $14.8 million contract on September 24, 2021. This work is part of the larger Baltimore Harbor and Ch
For the new locks in Terneuzen, MPS’ customer DEME Group is the contract partner in the joint venture SASSEVAART – in charge of all dredging works on the project. A MPS – Modular Pontoon Systems pontoon is used for the excavation work with two Liebherr HS 895 HD grab cranes with a weight of approxim
Over the last 6 months, Port and Coastal Solutions (PCS) have been working with Gippsland Ports (Victoria) on a project to support the future long-term dredging permits and consents at the Port of Gippsland Lakes. The local Authority owns and operates a trailing suction hopper dredge and a cutter su
Damen Shipyards has delivered a new Shoalbuster 3518 SD to Caspian Offshore Construction LLP (COC). The Shoalbuster 3518 SD is a highly versatile workboat capable of taking on a wide variety of assignments. Handling anchors, buoys and hoses, as well as towing and other general support tasks for the
The USACE Buffalo District is making more than $16 million in upgrades to the breakwaters that protect critical infrastructure in Cleveland Harbor. As part of multiple projects, repairs and extensions are being made to portions of the more than five-mile-long structure which allows for navigation be
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, in partnership with the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA), the project’s non-federal sponsor, has prepared a draft supplemental Environmental Assessment (sEA) for the Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem
Rostov Oblast based Tsimlyansky Marine Engineering Plant (Tsimlyansk Shipyard, CSMZ) is set to build three non-self-propelled cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) for State Transport Leasing Company (STLC), PortNews said. Capacity of the dredgers will be around 500 cbm/h. Rosmorrechflot plans to gradually
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority (Port of Cleveland) has been awarded $10.52 million in infrastructure development grants from the Ohio Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) Maritime Assistance Program (MAP). The grants will be utilized for the following projects in the amounts indicated
Faisal Naseem, the Vice President of the Republic of Maldives, attended the signing ceremony of the Fuvahmulah City’s Coastal Protection Project, held at Hafiz Ahmed School last week. Shedding light on the Fuvahmulah work, the Vice President said that they are “realising a long-awaited dream of its
Additional expansion and modernization of the Port of Oakland (California) is now one step closer thanks to the release of Oakland ship turning basins study. Integrated Feasibility Report and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Environmental Assessment (IFR/EA), as well as a draft Finding of No
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District announced last Friday that dredging operations on the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) Palm Valley North Reaches will begin this week. Dredging will address problematic shoaling within this reach of the IWW and is expected to remove approximately 64
Royal Van der Leun has signed an important contract with shipyard CRIST S.A., located in Gdynia, Poland. The deal includes the delivery of the complete control room, a VFD container & Transformer container for the Multi Purpose Pontoon of the Femern Link Contractors project. The pontoon with submers
DEME Group and Alewijnse have successfully completed their seventh project in just two years – supply and installation of AlViVi platform on board a trailing suction hopper dredger which is currently working in Abu Qir, Egypt. The Abu Qir scheme is one the largest dredging and land reclamation proje
The Environment Agency has just released a video of the Lydd Ranges Sea Defence scheme, a major investment being delivered by the EA in partnership with the Ministry of Defence. The project involves the refurbishment and raising of timber groynes, improving the flood defence bank known as the green
