Eastland Port said haere rā (goodbye) to their suction hopper dredger Pukunui last week. The Pukunui was built in Hong Kong as a barge in 1958, then in the early 1980’s she was converted into a dredger. “She did a great job for many years clearing the channel so ships could safely enter the Port [&h
The Department of Transport WA has just announced that dredging works are scheduled to take place adjacent to the Lot 13 wharf at the Onslow Marine Support Base (OMSB) from Saturday, 9 October 2021 to approximately 31 October 2021. The contractor for this project is WA Dredging Pty Ltd., a division
Another step to save Brunswick Town and Fort Anderson from rapid shoreline erosion has been successfully completed. Last week, Scenic Consulting Group (SCG) announced the completion of Phase 3A of a shoreline stabilization and restoration project at the state-owned historic site. In spring 2008, BTF
BAM Nuttall’s work to rebuild Marine Parade in Dawlish on behalf of Network Rail has won the ‘Project over £8 million Re-engineered’ Award at the ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards. Following devastating storms in 2014, which caused significant disruption to the railway connecting Devon and Cor
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced finalization of an interim plan to clean up contaminated sediment in the upper nine miles of the Lower Passaic River Study Area of the Diamond Alkali Superfund site in New Jersey. The lower 17 miles of the Passaic River is a study area of the Di
Mid West Ports Authority announced today that Geraldton 2021 maintenance dredging project has reached the halfway point. According to the Authority, trailer suction hopper dredger Modi R has now removed over 50% of the naturally accumulated sediments from the inner harbour of Geraldton Port and the
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District recently presented a video about the Crab Bank restoration project, which is taking place in Charleston Harbor between the tip of Sullivan’s Island and Patriots Point. This project that uses compatible material dredged from the Charleston Harbor
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) stared accepting proposals for projects in the Atchafalaya River Basin last week, in anticipation of its Atchafalaya Basin Program (ABP) Annual Plan for Fiscal Year 2023. ABP was put in place to develop, implement, and manage a compre
J.E. McAmis, a Chico based heavy civil marine contractor, has won the Tillamook North Jetty Repair Project. The scheme is located at the north end of Tillamook Bay on the Oregon Coast, about 47 miles south of the mouth of the Columbia River. Tillamook Bay is a tidal estuary about 6 miles long, north
Two rivers are being made bigger this autumn to help reduce flood risks across 150 square miles of the Somerset Levels and Moors. The River Sowy-King’s Sedgemoor Drain Enhancements Scheme (Phase One) is being delivered for Somerset Rivers Authority by the Environment Agency. The rivers’ capacity to
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District is working with the Flood Control District of Maricopa County, Arizona, to repair five levee systems using the Public Law 84-99 Rehabilitation and Inspection Program. Under the program, USACE is authorized to supplement local efforts to repair l
Nautic Jobs, specialising in intermediary services for maritime and civil engineering personnel, has signed a multi-year contract with dredging giant Boskalis. Under the agreement, Nautic Jobs will become a preferred supplier for the Papendrecht based dredging and maritime services company – startin
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), one of the largest providers of dredging services in the United States, has announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Project Vesta, a clean technology pioneer developing a new way to use sand to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. “We
The dredger Witton and hopper barge Split 2 arrived in Bembridge Harbour on September 27 and the dredging operations are already underway. The area to the east of the Fisherman’s pontoon used for mid-harbour moorings will not be cleared of boats or mooring buoys until dredging operations are complet
