The National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) continues work on the expansion of Lake Manzala in northeastern Egypt. This capital development program is being implemented in partnership with Al-Tahadi Egyptian-Emirati Co. The $163.36 million Lake Manzala project is the second contract in Egypt for NMD
Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, USACE Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, recently signed a Chiefs Report recommending the Port of Long Beach Deep Draft Navigation Plan to Congress. According to the Corps, this plan could be included in the next Water Resources Development Act. A separate bill
Land reclamation works for the Everton’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock are coming along nicely and on track to be completed early next year. Boskalis hopper dredger Shoalway kicked off the infill process last month, during which around 500,000 cubic metres of dredged sand will be placed into the
Jan De Nul’s largest cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck has completed its first mission in Mauritania with success. In the port of the capital Nouakchott, the vessel was working for developer ARISE Mauritania, on the deepening of the access channel, the port basin and the new berth alongside
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has reached another significant milestone in the development of the proposed Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project. After more than a year of additional technical work, consultation with 46 Indigenous groups, and engagement with federal agencies, the company has submitt
Earlier this week, Boskalis published a brand new edition of its ‘Creating New HORIZONS’ magazine which offers fresh perspectives from experts and showcases projects and approaches that stretch operational and technological boundaries. In this new edition Boskalis presented one of the largest and mo
PIANC Western Australia Chapter recently hosted a great technical seminar on the Cairns Shipping Development Project. The lack of deepwater access at Cairns was considered a major economic hurdle for Far North Queensland. Ports North (PN) therefore pursed a plan for deepening and widening of the ent
Royal IHC today officially handed over the first Easydredge trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) to SEMAR (Secretaria de Marina) at the Port of Veracruz in Mexico. The BAHIA SAN CARLOS of Easydredge 2700 series was built from stock at the Krimpen aan de IJssel and Kinderdijk shipyards in the Nethe
Boskalis has just announced a major milestone – delivery of the largest-ever consignment of drop-in biofuel which will be used to power two hopper dredgers on upcoming projects in northwestern Europe. According to the company, the use of bio-fuel will result in a CO2 reduction of approximately 90% f
System integrator Alewijnse recently won a contract for the complete electrical and automation installation on board the sister vessel of trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Anchorage, which was successfully launched last week at Barkmeijer Shipyards. This innovative hopper dredger (yard No. BN34
The Mornington Peninsula Shire, located south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, announced recently that they will begin dredging at Hastings boat ramp in mid-March 2022, following Westernport Angling Club’s Whiting Challenge. Originally scheduled to be completed in July/August this year, the works have b
Construction works are underway on the first stage of a planned $20 million upgrade of recreational boating facilities at Onslow. The Onslow Community Boating Precinct (CBP) will provide a new boat ramp and central holding jetty with suitable space for the development of a small marina that may cont
GEOTAG Engenharia, a Brazilian hydrographic company that specializes in bathymetric surveys and dredge works monitoring, has selected the ANavS® Multi-Sensor RTK/PPP & Galileo HAS receiver for precise and reliable position, velocity and 3D-attitude (heading, pitch, roll and heave) information. ANavS
Proponents of future infrastructure projects involving large-scale dredging will be encouraged to comply with new scientific guidelines in order to carry out their activities, reports the Western Australian Marine Science Institution (WAMSI). The Environmental Protection Authority’s Technical Guidan
