Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has just announced the successful completion of maintenance dredging operations in the Port of Olvia. As reported by the company’s officials, the dredging was carried out in order to restore the authorized depths in the harbour area to the passport mark of 10.8m.
Later this week, Jenkins Marine Ltd will begin the next round of maintenance dredging works within the Haslar Marina Gosport. The dredging is set to begin from 17 September 2021 with the completion expected by early November 2021, reported the Queen’s Harbor Master Portsmouth. Haslar Gosport, Hampsh
New York Governor, Kathy Hochul, yesterday announced the start of in-water construction of the Living Breakwaters, a $107 million effort that will provide physical, social, and ecological resiliency for the South Shore of Staten Island. Under the project, the 2,400 linear feet of breakwaters – consi
Lansing Village Creek boat channel dredging will begin tomorrow and is expected to continue through October 15, Iowa DNR said. The navigation channel from the boat ramp to the main channel Mississippi River will be dredged hydraulically. “Hydraulic dredge materials will be pumped into geo-fabric bag
A project to dredge Ryde Harbour will get underway later this month, the Isle of Wight Council said. Fifteen-hundred cubic metres of sand will be removed from within the harbour by local contractors Reynolds and Read. The work will be carried out over three phases, starting from Monday, 20 September
In the summer issue of Terra et Aqua magazine, IADC posted an interesting interview with Dr Todd Bridges, National Lead of the Engineering With Nature initiative. Dr Todd Bridges is the U.S. Army’s Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science. He leads research and applications for the U.S. A
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has announced the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $261.3 million. The awarded work includes: Corpus Christi Upper Bay Reach Channel Improvement Project (Capital, Texas, $139 million); Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point Phase 1 Beach Proj
After years of planning, the restoration work on the Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary between Sullivan’s Island and Patriots Point is now underway. The USACE’s Charleston District announced yesterday that Virginia-based contractor Norfolk Dredging Company was moving hydraulic pipe into the area for its d
The world’s largest container ship – Ever Ace – has made its maiden call at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe. Operated by Taiwanese line Evergreen Marine, the 24,000TEU capacity vessel arrived at the UK’s largest container port from Hamburg, having started its voyage at Qingdao in July. Chris Lewi
The Geraldton 2021 Maintenance Dredge Project is officially underway, Mid West Ports Authority informs. The cleanup program will involve removing naturally accumulated sediments from within the inner harbour of Geraldton Port and southern navigational channel. For this job, RN Dredging Pty Ltd – the
Argentina’s government has agreed a short-term deal with Jan de Nul to dredge the Parana River, Reuters reports. The company completed a 25-year maintenance agreement earlier this year and currently carries out the work until a new long-term contract is signed by the National Ports Administration (N
USACE and the Texas General Land Office (GLO) have released the final version of the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Study. The Coastal Texas Study is a six-year, $20.63 million comprehensive study led by USACE in partnership with their non-federal cost-share sponsor, the TXGLO. According t
HID Dredging Equipment Company has delivered two new sets of their 650 cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) – with discharge distance up to 4.000 meters – to China Railway Group. Two new CSDs were successfully launched and brought into position to start their first dredging task in Suya Lake recently. “Ne
Damen has just released these amazing photos from the sea trials of one of their latest Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD). Focusing on safety and comfort, this new dredger will be working for UK-based Hanson, said Damen. The company will use the vessel to conduct offshore aggregate extraction in water
