Manson Construction has successfully completed this year’s dredging operations in the Oceanside Harbor, CA. According to the city officials, Manson wrapped up this annual dredging campaign on May 11th. The estimated volume of sand that was removed during the work is 320,000 cubic yards, but a final
Curtin Maritime, from Long Beach, California, has won a $7.9m firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging project, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said in its latest announcement. Work will be performed in Redwood City, California, with an estimated completion date of October 31, 2021.
Somerset Rivers Authority is to spend £3.44 million on 21 projects giving Somerset residents greater flood protection and resilience. Towns, villages and rural river catchments across Somerset, from Dulverton in the west to Beckington in the east, will benefit from the SRA’s 2021-22 Enhanced Program
A planned expansion will allow the Port of Brunswick to accommodate additional vessels carrying automobiles and machinery. The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has received a federal permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to add a fourth berth for cargo ships to dock at its Colonel’s Island Termi
Following the construction of Mancetter Marina in Warwickshire, The Rothen Group (TRG) has won two prestigious awards and was highly commended in a third category at the renowned Institute of Civil Engineering West Midlands Awards 2021. The civil engineering business has been commended for its inven
Wasa Dredging, a Finland based marine offshore and inland water construction company, has won two dredging contracts in Kemi, Finland. Under the first contract, they will be working as a subcontractor for YIT Suomi Oy. This project will be executed from June to September this year, and the scope of
DEME Group has won a contract for the maintenance dredging of the River Elbe in Germany, together with their joint venture partner Van Oord. The maintenance work covers the stretch of the fairway from Hamburg to Cuxhaven. Several trailing suction hopper dredgers will be deployed on this project from
The market picture and developments in the first quarter at Boskalis are in line with expectations as outlined at the announcement of the 2020 annual results. When the 2020 annual results were announced, the expectation was that the first half of 2021 would be reasonably stable as a result of the CO
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian President, yesterday approved the widening and deepening of the southern part of the Suez Canal, after the 20,000TEU container vessel Ever Given crippled the critical maritime artery recently. With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters, this giant ship
Weeks Marine is progressing rapidly with the Town of Longboat Key 2021 beach renourishment project. The Town’s contractors are hard a work across the island actively placing sand. As reported, beachfill operations are complete in Segment 2a-South and Segment 3. The contractor is also finishing work
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) boating access site at Oman Creek has opened for the season. Seasonal dredging operations were completed on May 5 and the site will be dredged weekly through September 29. Dredging helps clear sediment washed into the creek and river mouth over the
Port Houston recently marked National Infrastructure Week by highlighting the groundbreaking for the start of construction work to support widening and deepening the 52-mile Houston Ship Channel. The nearly billion-dollar project will create safer and more efficient navigation for the ships and vess
The Western Australia Department of Transport (DoT) is working with the Shire of Esperance to widen Castletown Beach with a special trial that will see dredged sand pumped from Bandy Creek. Dredged sand from the entrance channel at the Bandy Creek Boat Harbour will be pumped 3.6 kilometres through t
The Environment Agency has just released the FCERM (Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management) Strategy Action Plan that will help to better protect over hundreds of thousands more homes and businesses in the years ahead. As the country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, the Action Plan sits al
