HID Dredging Equipment Company has successfully delivered a large floating pontoon to Uruguay. The large 30M barge pontoon successfully arrived in Uruguay last week. HID engineers assisted the owner in assembling and commissioning of the barge pontoon. According to HID, this piece of equipment was s
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) recently held a virtual international Book Launch Event to celebrate the release of the Engineering With Nature Atlas, Volume 2. The ceremony, which was held on 7 April 2021, included messages from LTG Scott A. Spellmon, 55th Chief of Eng
The Canal & River Trust is kicking off a five month dredging project that will improve a section of the 220 year old Grand Union Canal at Catherine De Barnes between Henwood and Tyseley in the county of West Midlands, UK. The work involves dredging sections of the canal and installing steel piles al
Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has announced the U.S. Department of Treasury’s acceptance of Louisiana’s Second Amended Direct Component Multiyear Implementation Plan under the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and Revived Economies of th
Gidrostroy, a Kaliningrad based full service marine construction and dredging company, will participate in a new project on building a storage terminal in Djibouti Damerjog Industrial Park (DDIP). The dredging contract was awarded to Gidrostroy last week. The facility will be the first of five termi
Maintenance dredging within Reaches 3 and 4 of the Okeechobee Waterway (OWW) in Martin County, Fla. is underway. Maintenance dredging within the OWW has not occurred since the project was originally dug, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District. Dredging began in February and is
Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) has just announced that all dredging works in the harbour have been completed successfully and on time. As CHC reported, Poole-based contractor Jenkins Marine carried out this spring dredging campaign. The works were performed by the dredge barge Doreen Dorward, with t
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), and representatives of the Town of Mount Pleasant met on April 12 to review a noteworthy adjustment to the placement location of dredged material for the Crab Bank Restoration project.
The City of Portland has received state and federal approvals to build Maine’s first Confined Aquatic Disposal (CAD) Cell in Portland Harbor to address long-term dredging needs. The City and its partners, the City of South Portland, the State of Maine, and the Portland Harbor Commission, have been w
HAROPA – Port of Le Havre has inked a contract with a consortium of companies led by Eiffage Génie Civil for the maritime works on the Joannès Couvert quay – part of Siemens Gamesa’s construction of an offshore wind turbine plant in the Port. According to the Port, these upgrade works will take 84 w
The City of Oceanside Harbor has just released the latest update on their dredging program, saying that Manson Construction started dredging work on Tuesday, April 13. Under the official plan, they will deposit sand at North Coast Village for three days and then move to Surfrider for one day. After
The General Meeting of Shareholders of Van Oord N.V. was held on 15 April 2021, during which the 2020 Annual Report was presented. In the Annual Report, Van Oord looked back on a challenging year, providing an overview of the results achieved in 2020, and their strategy. “Our company had one of the
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has signed an agreement with St. Johns County, Florida, granting the county up to 1.1 million cubic yards of sand from federal waters for shoreline restoration along 5 miles of South Ponte Vedra Beach. The project will alleviate sand loss caused by erosio
North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP) CEO Nicolas Fertin said that the TSHD Brisbane is due to begin the Port of Weipa dredging work from late April. “Maintenance dredging works are an integral part of port operations,” Mr Fertin said. “In the same way we maintain roads and rail lines for freight trans
