The USACE St. Paul District, will host a virtual public meeting on November 4, from 1-2 p.m., to introduce an island-building project the agency is proposing for the Mississippi River in Hastings, Minnesota. The plan includes constructing a protective island near the Lock and Dam 2 upstream embankme
Rijkswaterstaat, the executive agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, has awarded the final phase of the enlargement of the Twente canals to a consortium of Van Oord – Hakkers – Beens. The contract was signed this morning. Also, the work will start in the spring of 2021
A dredging work to remove 120,000cm of sand from the eastern channel of the Lower Myall River at Hawks Nest is now complete. Following a highly successful campaign, MidCoast Council’s contractor Dredging Solutions will demobilize the dredger tomorrow. The Moira Parade Boat Ramp at Hawks Nest will be
Contecon Guayaquil S.A. (CGSA) has signed an investment contract with the Ecuadorian state to further strengthen and develop the Port of Guayaquil. CGSA, International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) subsidiary in Ecuador, is investing USD18 million to boost the port’s capacity to handle
The next phase of berth reconstruction at Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) Blount Island terminal is set to be complete in December 2020. Contractors are making significant progress on the latest phase in a total of $109 million in berth enhancements at the existing SSA Jacksonville Container T
USACE is currently conducting maintenance dredging at the Port of Fernandina, located on Florida’s Atlantic coast. According to the official plan, the project will deepen the portions of the Amelia River to 36 feet. In fact, the main goal of these works is to allow larger vessels to use the facility
DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Lange Wapper’ is making good progress performing maintenance dredging works along the Buenaventura Port access channel in Colombia. The campaign to recover the navigational depths of the channel will see ‘Lange Wapper’ dredge volumes of more than 1.5 million m
WEDA’s Pacific Chapter Virtual Meeting will take place on Thursday, October 29, 2020 from 2:00 to 5:00 PM PST. The meeting will be kicked off by Chapter Announcements and Future Meeting Updates. It will then proceed with USACE Federal Dredging Program Presentation, Current Rule Updates, COVID-19 Les
Dredging and beachfill operations began yesterday in South Bethany Beach, Delaware. Work is part of a periodic nourishment to maintain the dune and beach system that helps protect the community, said USACE. The project is the result of a partnership between USACE and the Delaware Department of Natur
The City of Mobile, Al, Engineering Department is seeking an Army Corps permit for a dredging project in Mobile Bay. The work will be located at the entrance channel to the McNally Park public boat ramp. The purpose of the proposed project is to maintenance dredge an existing channel to preserve the
Around 378 million euros – this is the amount expected from the European Union for development of the Port of Klaipeda. The plan includes: develop the smart and environment-friendly port, dredging, work to allow cost-effective and sustainable navigation. The possibility to implement these plans will
The South End Container Terminal extension at the Port of Halifax is now complete and is fully operational. The first vessel to call on this expanded piece of critical infrastructure, operated by PSA Halifax, is the Zim Tarragona which arrived on October 23, 2020. Furthermore, with the extension pro
USACE Portland District has just released this amazing photo of their dredger Yaquina, taken during her recent work near Port of Kalama. The Yaquina is one of two Portland District’s hopper dredges. The hopper dredge is a specialized sea-going vessel, ready to dredge and transport material from ocea
Callan Marine has won a contract for maintenance dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway – Rollover Pass to the Galveston Causeway. This project will include the removal of 1,500,000 cubic yards of sediment from the area. Also, the material will be placed at a designated Dredge Material Placement
