With immediate effect and for a period of approximately six months, dredging operations will be carried out off West Coast of Lamma Island, the third largest island in Hong Kong. According to the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the works will be carried out by a fl
Sri K. Rama Mohana Rao, the Chairman of Visakhapatnam Port Trust and Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI), inaugurated the 2020-21 Beach Nourishment Works at RK Beach today. According to DCI, these important job will be conducted with their massive trailing suction hopper dredger Dredge XX. Speak
At Deltares in the Netherlands, a research team is developing a portfolio of technologies dedicated to the management of the finest and most challenging fraction of soft sediments. These technologies may unambiguously be called nature based because they make use of natural processes to enhance dewat
Construction work under the Centerm Expansion Project continues and is progressing well, according to the Port of Vancouver. The preload settlement in the eastern expansion area is completed and is currently being moved to infill the area around the perimeter of the original Ballantyne Pier, the por
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has just announced that they will begin dredging sections of the Okeechobee Waterway (OWW) in the vicinity of Jensen Beach and Stuart (Reach 3) and Palm City (Reach 4) by the end of February 2021. According to the Corps, maintenance dredging a
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has been awarded $26.7 million to fund the dredging of 1.2 million cubic yards of earthen material to begin construction of a lock complex adjacent to the Bubba Dove Floodgate on the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC). The grant subrecipien
The progress made by DEME and Van Oord joint venture in Poland can easily be seen from space. At the Świnoujście-Szczecin fairway dredging project, two circular islands, which will serve as natural habitats, are gradually rising out of the water. The outline of the northern island is nearing compl
The Seattle-based Manson Construction Co. has won $9.85 million contract for maintenance dredging in the Port of Alaska. According to USACE, the work will be performed in Anchorage with an estimated completion date of January 26, 2022. An important aspect of the Anchorage maintenance dredging contra
Damen has just released these amazing pictures taken by the Servimagnus crew on board of CSD500 Lucio. They are working in the Buenos Aires province on the Río Salado maintenance dredging project. With a production of 4.000 m3/h and a max dredging depth of -14m, the powerful dredger is a perfect cho
The hopper dredge Liberty Island is on schedule to arrive in Emerald Isle on February 20 to begin dredging, holding, sailing and pumping sand on the beach at Reach 1, the far west of the Carteret County beach town, as part of Phase III of the post-Florence Renourishment Project. The Liberty Island w
Three modern and powerful dredgers of FSUE “Rosmorport” began dredging works in the Kaliningrad Sea Canal after a break caused by ice formations. According to Rosmorport, the dredgers engaged in the operations are Yuri Maslyukov, Severnaya Dvina and Beloye More. During the works, they will remove ar
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and Nicholls State University have announced that Duplantis Design Group has been hired to design the Coastal Center. This announcement officially sets in motion the facility formation phase of the $14.5 million project. Announced in
Sediment dredged from shipping channels leading to the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore is helping restore the underutilized Ridgley’s Cove park property in Baltimore City into a multiuse recreation area with walking trails. Restoration of Ridgley’s Cove, located behind Horseshoe Casino and ad
J.E. McAmis crews are currently receiving the first loads of jetty stone at their material handling facility at Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale), Florida. Stone is being railed from Georgia and then trucked and finally barged to two separate U.S. Army Corps of Engineers jetty projects in South Flori
