Van der Vlist has successfully transported several large machines for a dredging project in Nigg Bay, Aberdeen. The shipment included two Hitachi EX 1900 SCP units, a Hitachi EX 1200 SCP, a CAT 988K and a CAT 390F. In this photo, the transport of the EX 1900 SCP base machine – loaded in Hoorn at [&h
The atoll nation of Maldives is making an innovative floating city that mitigates the effects of climate change and stays on top of rising sea levels. The Maldives Floating City Project was launched in March, in presence of Former President and Speaker of Parliament Hon. Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, Ministe
Conrad Shipyard recently hosted a steel cutting ceremony for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock’s three 7,100 cubic yard dump scow barges at its shipyard in Morgan City, Louisiana. Dump scows are barges which have hopper type cargo carrying compartment and a split hull design to facilitate bottom dumps to di
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District, has just announced that the President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget includes $268.3 million in federal funding for the district’s civil works program. This is part of the $6.79 billion in discretionary funding for the Army Corps’ civil works progra
Louisiana’s Barataria Basin has experienced some of the highest rates of land loss on the planet: Between 1932 to 2016, the region lost nearly 295,000 acres of land, displacing communities, threatening critical infrastructure and jobs, and decimating formerly diverse and abundant wildlife habitat. L
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) have inked a strengthened partnership on safety and discussed ways, through shared understanding and commitment, to create and sustain an injury-free workplace and safety-first culture for the men an
HME Construction from Vancouver, Washington, has won a $9.2 million modification to the contract W912DW-21-C-0003 for a dredging project. Work will be performed in Aberdeen, Washington, with an estimated completion date of February 22, 2023, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said in its latest an
Aransas County has started the Cedar Bayou dredging project that will, once complete, result in substantial benefits to the coastal and estuarine ecosystem and marine fisheries habitat. Cedar Bayou is located near Rockport, Texas and is a tidal inlet between San Jose Island and Matagorda Island, two
Dare County officials recently proposed a beach nourishment project for Avon that will place over 1 million cubic yards of sand along the 2.5 miles of oceanfront. The Board of Commissioners have voted unanimously to proceed with the process of establishing a special tax service district in the Villa
The President’s proposed budget for fiscal 2022 released May 28, 2021, includes nearly $40 million in Civil Works funding for USACE Baltimore District to construct aquatic ecosystem restoration projects that benefit the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. Aquatic ecosystem restoration projects propose
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, has published the Final Environmental Assessment for the Channel Islands Harbor Breakwater and Jetty Repair project. The proposed activities are within the Channel Islands Harbor in the City of Oxnard, California. According to USACE, the propos
Dredging has begun on Bayou de Cade in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) reports. The Basin, which has lost 20% of its wetlands since 1932, will gain 480 acres of marsh upon project completion. The project includes over two miles of ridge habitat and is
Shark Bay Resources is proposing to undertake maintenance and capital dredging of up to 100,000 cubic metres from berth pocket and entrance channel of the Port of Useless Loop to restore navigable depths. The proponent operates two solar salt fields and an associated port facility at Useless Loop in
The proposed Old Colwyn coastal defence scheme in North Wales has been rated as outstanding for its strategy and design stages by sustainability assessment provider CEEQUAL. With a 32-40% reduction in carbon, it is the first project in the world to be rated as outstanding under the latest guidelines
