Port Taranaki Limited has just released this beautiful video from their latest dredging project. This work is the second dredging campaign carried out at Port Taranaki by the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Albatros – owned and operated by Dutch Dredging. The Albatros replaced the decommissio
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) successfully completed the V. Rakeedhoo Harbour development rogram last week. This very important expansion program included: dredging and excavation operations – 5.654cbm; construction of a 198m quay wall; construction of a 156m breakwater; a 44m re
Following a total investment of $800 million in APM Terminals MedPort Tangier, the company is now celebrating the next major milestone by kicking off phase-2 of this development project. The phase 2 of the MedPort Tangier development will add an extra 1 million TEU capacity to its footprint. Followi
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) will this week release the “Engineering With Nature: An Atlas, Volume 2”. The Atlas was developed to communicate the diversity of projects, contexts, and organizations that are advancing worldwide progress in the field. According to the C
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is seeking nominations for the annual IADC Safety Awards. For several years, the award was granted to safety innovations made for the dredging industry. As of this year, two safety awards will be given: one to a dredging organization and a s
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District will soon begin works on the $8.5 million Fort Pierce beach renourishment project in Florida. Starting in mid-April, this shore protection project will entail sand replenishment of approximately 1.3 miles of beach immediately south of the Fort
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District recently hosted a media day on the status of Faulkner and Perry County Levees. The 2019 Arkansas River flood was a historic event that impacted hundreds of communities in Arkansas and Oklahoma. 11 levees in the USACE Rehabilitation and Inspectio
The US Army Corps of Engineers, together with Manson Construction, will next week begin the annual dredging of the Oceanside Harbor, CA. Equipment mobilization will begin on April 5 and Harbor Parking Lot 12 will be closed for use during the project, according to the officials. During the works, app
FSUE Rosmorport is continuing work on one of the biggest capital dredging projects in Russia – the construction of Muchke Bay coal handling facility in the Khabarovsk Territory. The project – initiated by VaninoTransUgol, a company of the Kolmar GC – aims to increase the volume of exports of high-qu
The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has signed a contract with Maldives Ports Limited for redevelopment of the Addu Regional Port. Scope of works for the project will include: dredging operations – 972,500cbm; reclamation operations – 8.05 hectares; a 2360m breakwater construction;
A bipartisan bill, authored by Michigan Senator Gary Peters, to address rising water levels and shoreline erosion in the Great Lakes has been signed into law. The new law provides support for local communities facing rising water levels, coastal erosion, and flooding that have put homes, property, a
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is pushing ahead with the construction of the Centerm Expansion Project, which will increase the port’s capacity from 900,000 TEUs to 1.5 million. In their latest update, the port officials announced that the second phase of preload in the western expansion area i
Due to continued shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor, the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division (NCDOT) is extending the alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke. Shoaling occurs when sand and sedi
The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) officially kicked off the physical works of S. Hithadhoo Habour Upgrade Project at a special function held at the island today. The project was awarded to MTCC earlier this week. Scope of works for the project will include: dredging and excavatio
