Southampton Marine Services (SMS) Group, a UK based marine engineering services provider, has started 2021 with a D Class refit on behalf of Hanson Aggregate Marine in Bristol, UK. The refit of the hopper dredger Arco Dart was completed in a Covid-secure environment inside the footprint of The Brist
After 1,037 days of hard work, Sokhna’s Second Container Terminal Project, undertaken by China Communications Construction’s subsidiary CHEC in the Suez Canal Special Economic Zone of Egypt, has been wrapped up. This port hydraulic project mainly included dredging, backfilling, construction of the w
The Northwest Seaport Alliance Terminal 5 Modernization Project is a critical component to expanding the company’s cargo-handling capabilities. Due to the complex nature of this large infrastructure construction combined with unforeseen circumstances, this project is now seeing schedule impacts, acc
MGN Civil Pty Ltd has successfully wrapped up their first project in 2021. The Queensland based company was engaged by North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP) to stabilize a failing section of the western revetment area within Mackay Harbor. 20,000t of various classes of rock were used to complete the pr
Construction activity is underway on the Cameron Meadows Marsh Creation and Terracing project located in Cameron Parish, northwest of Holly Beach, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) informs. This restoration project will address a large area of marsh that has degraded
Jan De Nul has just released this amazing photo from their project in Benin. Dredging is like art, said Jan De Nul. The art of shaping water and land. It’s more than dredging. In every project, protecting the biodiversity in the working area is paramount. “We therefore depart to the maximum extent p
The Port of Mackay and North Queensland Bulk Ports announced today that works will commence on a new $8.5 million tug berth facility. According to Julieanne Gilbert, Member for Mackay, the tug berth project was the latest, and the largest, in a series of significant investments totalling $17 million
Damen Trading has recently sold a stock Damen Stan Pontoon (SPo) 6316 to its client GPS Marine Holding BV in Hulst, the Netherlands. The customer was looking for delivery of a flat-top barge in quick time in order to participate in a project taking place in the IJselmeer lake in the north of the Net
Department of Transportation Secretary, Arthur Tugade, joined Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary, Roy Cimatu, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary, Mark Villar, and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary, Silvestre Bello III, in launchin
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a contract for maintenance dredging of the Okeechobee Waterway in sections of the Saint Lucie River in Martin County. “Work began last month 1.6 miles east of the Roosevelt Bridge (US1) and is expected to continue westward continuing along the St. Lu
ECOncrete Tech LTD and the Port of San Diego are teaming up to debut one of the most sustainable coastal armoring on the market – Coastalock. The Coastalock system, developed by Israel-based company ECOncrete, comprises interlocking hollow units made of proprietary bio-enhancing concrete that provid
Dredging on the lower Monongahela River has progressed to river mile 31, Pittsburgh District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said in their latets project update. Two cranes perform production dredging on 12-hour daylight shifts. A third crane is being utilized to dredge under bridges and powerli
Plaquemines Parish officials have announced another coastal restoration project award from Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA). The project is located in Breton Sound Basin, Plaquemines Parish, west of Delacroix along Bayou Gentilly in Louisiana. “Allocating these fund
The accumulation of sediment at the bottom of Santa Barbara Harbor, California, began as early as the last 1920s. The federal government began vital annual dredging projects of the harbor in 1972. Pacific Dredge & Construction was recently awarded a three-year contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engi
