By 2050, the world will look completely different. To face the biggest global challenges, Jan De Nul combines all forces in its new corporate programme the Code Zero. Zero Breaches, Zero Waste, Zero Accidents and Zero Emissions: are the four pillars of JDN’s new programme. However, the focus is not
Dane County, Wisconsin, has officially begun the second phase of its Yahara Chain of Lakes Sediment Removal Project. According to the officials, the county’s “Dragon Dredge” is now in the water, continuing 11-mile sediment removal initiative aimed to improve management of lake levels during high wat
Boskalis’ hopper dredger Freeway is currently engaged in a very important work near the Dutch island of Texel. The project involves replenishing the foreshore near the northern and middle part of the island to dampen the waves as well as nourishing the beach on the southern part. The Freeway has bee
The Army Corps Alaska District commander Col. Damon A. Delarosa, together with civil engineer Emily Amato and project manager Donna West, visited last week hopper dredge Westport which is working in the Alaska. The dredge Westport, operated by Manson Construction of Seattle, Wash., is working under
The World Bank has approved $36 million in additional financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Benin and Togo jointly combat severe coastal degradation. The financing approved last week from the IDA Regional Integration Window provides additional resources for the West
The City of Oceanside Public Works Department will host a second virtual public workshop on June 30, at 6:00 p.m. to share the final results of the beach sand replenishment and retention feasibility study. A previous workshop was held on September 15, 2020 to outline the feasibility study and introd
CPG Consultants (CPG), a subsidiary of Singapore-based consultancy services, infrastructure, and building management firm CPG Corporation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Royal HaskoningDHV as part of an initiative to build local expertise in climate adaptation by facilitating kn
Curtin Maritime, from Long Beach, California, is currently mobilizing their equipment for the Redwood City Maintenance Dredging Project. Work will be performed in Redwood City, California, with an estimated completion date of October 31, 2021. The contract includes maintenance dredging of the Redwoo
The container quayside at the southern end of Pier I in the Port of Koper has been extended by 100 metres. Yesterday, in the presence of Minister of Infrastructure Jernej Vrtovec, the new quayside was ceremonially handed over. The extended quayside with a new berth, named Link 7D, is just one part o
The construction of the cargo handling and storage area of VG Port Oy (member of Meriaura Group) in Luonnonmaa, Naantali is nearing completion. The new storage field has been paved with asphalt, and shipping operations are gradually starting around Midsummer. Two berths have been built in the area,
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just released the latest update on the Hdh. Nellaidhoo Harbour development scheme. According to MTCC, work on the Nellaidhoo project is well underway, with overall 75% project progress. The works on quay wall harbour pavement are currently ongoin
ROHR-IDRECO ended last year with the successful launch of the cutter wheel suction dredger, built for Colombian gold mining specialist Mineros Aluvial – the largest they have built to date. Many were involved in the final assembly and launching of this 53-meter long, 255-ton dredger. Equipped with t
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District and its contractor, Dean Marine & Excavating, Inc., have completed the $3.4 million, 600 feet of repair of the Rochester Harbor east pier, located in Rochester, New York. The section repaired is in the middle of previously repaired sections, and was
This week SPN Commander Lt. Col. John Cunningham and District Construction Branch members will be busy holding dredge safety meetings with their contractors, reports the Army Corps’ San Francisco District. The series started yesterday at the Port of Oakland, Treasure Island is scheduled for today an
