The Mordialloc Boat Ramp upgrade in Mordialloc, Victoria, is now complete and the installation of the new pontoons took place yesterday. “In addition to the dredging works, Australasian Marine Associates (AMA) was able to assist our client DELWP with the removal of rock from the edges of the dredge
Pacific Marine Group (PMG) recently completed a dredging campaign in the Ross River for Port of Townsville Limited. The Ross River Channel is the waterway all PMG vessels utilise to exit and enter the dedicated marine facility, and when the channel becomes silted up, the windows of opportunity to en
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) yesterday announced it has signed an agreement with the Army Corps and St. Lucie County, Florida, that will lead to the restoration and protection of approximately 3.3 miles of Atlantic coastline. The agreement gives USACE access to 800,000 cubic yards of
Last Friday, Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced that the Government of Canada is investing $22 million in the renewal of several harbours in South Western Nova Scotia. The funds will support work to reconstruct the existing breakwater, dredging a
Keeping the Mississippi River open to navigation is not an easy task and Dan Cottrell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District dredging manager, knows this. Recently, he had the opportunity to ride Ingram Barge Company’s MV Neil N. Diehl on the Upper Mississippi River where he got to experien
The new Tug Jetty in Durban harbour, South Africa, will be brought to a depth of -8m chart datum by the Damen CSD250 Indlovu. The dredger is owned by Dredging Africa, and has passed all SAMSA inspections for certification. According to Damen, the dredger has just been launched and brought into posit
HEB Construction is making really nice progress with the 6 Wharf project at Napier Port, New Zealand. The contractor is building the new multi-purpose wharf which will boost the port’s ability to handle much larger ships. “It’s all go here for the hard working team at Napier Port with the first fend
A public meeting will be held on July 15 over proposals to build new sea defences in a Cornish coastal village. St Keverne Parish Council has called the meeting over a planning application for the North Corner end of Coverack. An additional piece of coast defence is being installed below the cliff a
Swansea Channel will be one of five NSW waterways set to benefit from future state government funded dredging programs, Newcastle Weekly reports. The Lake Macquarie passage of water will share in a total of $6.2 million worth of dredging work to be carried out as part of a NSW Government stimulus fu
Sandy coastlines are wide spread across the globe. They evolve in time due to the supply and removal of sand, which makes them vulnerable to changes in their sand budget, said Deltares. The presence of a coastal inlet along a coast adds complexity to these budget changes by either supplying sand or
After successful dredging trials in the Netherlands, state-of-the-art cutter suction dredger (CSD) ‘Hussein Tantawy’ is ready to go to Egypt. Following intensive testing during May and June, Royal IHC will now load out the new dredger onto a semi-submersible transport vessel that will finally bring
St. Lucie County, Florida, will begin dredging Taylor Creek in early August to remove unwanted silt and muck from the bottom of the waterway. This $2.7 million project is entirely funded through grants from the South Florida Water Management District, Florida Inland Navigation District and a Legisla
Etermar – Engenharia e Construção S.A. has won a contract for the design, supply and construction of the Solids Bulk Terminal of the Port of Bargny-Sendou in Senegal. “This is our second project at the port, and we could not be more excited to continue working on this impressive development that is
Despite COVID-19, a Chinese dredging vessel is working hard to dredge the port channel at Mongla – a major seaport in Bangladesh’s southern Khulna industrial region, XinhuaNet reports. This work is being conducted under an agreement between the Mongla Port Authority and China Civil Engineering Const
