The cutter suction dredger (CSD) Hussein Tantawy – the newest and largest dredger of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) – has joined the project to expand and deepen the southern area of the Suez Canal. Both the Hussein Tantawy, and the earlier delivered CSD Mohab Mameesh, are 29,190kW heavy-duty rock c
Last week, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA), in close collaboration with their corporate members, organised the ‘CEDA Europort Innovation Event’. During two afternoons 24 companies presented their innovations in 15-minutes-pitch talks with one of the presentations covering innovation in trail
At the Construction World Best Projects gala event on November 3, Hatch won the Consulting Engineers award for Kenmare Resources’ (Kenmare) Wet Concentrator Plant B relocation project in Mozambique, Southern Africa. The Moma Titanium Minerals Mine in northern Mozambique, owned and operated by Kenmar
Denbighshire County Council has announced the latest plans for the defences at Central Rhyl, between Splash Point and Drift Park. The proposed scheme aims to improve coastal flood defences to protect almost 600 homes and businesses and protect the tourist economy from flooding events and coastal ero
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) and the Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (MNPHI) have signed new contracts for implementation of several coastal protection and harbour development projects. Number one is the Lh. Kurendhoo Coastal Protection Project. Scope o
Coastal erosion eats the shoreline several meters every year at some locations in Eastern England. Parts of Withernsea coast were rapidly disappearing and needed urgently defence. KTF software has just released this very interesting video about the coastal erosion protection with KeyTERRA-FIRMA. At
Louisiana state officials and Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) yesterday broke ground on the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC) Lock Complex and announced the completion of the Grand Bayou Floodgate, two critical components of the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection System. With t
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials have announced the start of a project to dredge the outlet of the Beach Creek State navigation channel in North Wildwood, Cape May County. The Beach Creek channel provides access between the back bay of Wildwood and the Hereford Inlet. This p
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District has just announced that USACE and its contractor Beach Transport, Inc., of North Branch, Minnesota, will begin moving dredged material from the Homer Placement Site, south of Winona, Minnesota, this week. Corps officials anticipate the contractor m
The Environment Agency together with ABPmer and Cefas have recently published a practical guide for beneficial use of dredged sediment for estuarine and coastal habitat restoration. The ecological, societal, and economic benefits of estuarine and coastal habitats, and the threats they face from a ch
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc (MTCC) is deploying the largest excavator in their fleet to the R. Rasmaadhoo harbour development project. The work includes: dredging and excavation operations of 8,100cbm; construction of a 377m breakwater; installation of 600sqm of paved area, naviga
Mobilis is currently building an underground parking lot for Amsterdam council, right under the Singelgracht canal in the center of Amsterdam: the Singelgracht garage-Marnix. This is an ambitious project for which Voorbij Funderingstechniek was commissioned to provide the foundations. Applying the
The Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte led the inauguration of the Puerto Princesa Seaport expansion project last week. In a speech delivered in Puerto Princesa City, Duterte said that he is excited to see the outcome of the opening of the improved seaport. “We welcome this infrastructure develop
The South Australian Government has just announced that the development application for the construction of a sand recycling pipeline between Semaphore and West Beach is now available for public viewing. Part of the “Securing the future of our coastline” project, the pipeline will move sand from nor
