Dear Readers, The Dredging Today editorial team wishes you a happy and prosperous 2020! We would like to thank you all for being with us in this momentous year of 2019, where the dredging sector bloomed amazingly. We hope you stay with us through this exciting ride and follow our contribution to the
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has just announced the receipt of several major dredging contracts totaling $83 million. The awarded work includes: Charlotte/Sarasota Regional Beach Project (Coastal Protection, Florida, $30.5 million); South Atlantic Region Harbor Dredging (Maintenance,
DEME Group’s 17,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Nile River is getting into the new year with a fresh green jacket, the company said in their latest announcement. After a dry dock period in Singapore, the TSHD is now ready to head to her next project in Asia. Earlier this year, Alewijns
The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc (MTCC) has won a contract for the K. Himmafushi Harbor – Phase 2 Project. Director General of Planning Ministry, Fathimath Shana Faarooq, signed the agreement yesterday on behalf of the government and MTCC COO, Shahid Hussain Moosa, put his signatur
Royal IHC, a supplier of equipment, vessels and services for the offshore, dredging and wet mining markets, has just released another update from the reservoir dredging pilot scheme in India. According to their official announcement, “with the arrival of all IHC equipment and the work boat on site o
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, awarded a $58.3 million construction contract to Aptim Federal Services, LLC of Alexandria, Virginia, on December 23. This contract is the first final repair contract to be awarded for the Missouri River Left Bank Levee Systems, which will allow USAC
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 23 – 29, 2019). Titan LNG Delivers LNG to TSHD Scheldt River Via Trucks A joint effort between Port of Brest, CCIMBO, DEME and Titan LNG resulted in the successful truck-to-ship LNG bunkering of the Sche
Jan De Nul Group has just announced that their new trailing suction hopper dredger Galileo Galilei was launched today at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry in Dalian, China. The 18,000m³ TSHD will be equipped with a two stage highly efficient exhaust gas filter system. This will result in emissions compl
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Cottrell Contracting are set to begin dredging the Norfolk Harbor Inner Channel and channel to Newport News on Saturday. Norfolk District will manage the operations and maintenance project as part of an effort to remove shoaling, allowing safe and unrestricted na
Port of Everett (WA) together with the contractor have reached a new milestone on the Central Marina project. The company reported that another milestone was reached at the Port of Everett Marina this morning as crews drove the first of 13 piles for the new Central G-dock. Earlier this year, the Por
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has released its 2019 Year in Review outlining the agency’s accomplishments in coastal protection and restoration. According to CPRA, the past year saw the advancement of 108 coastal projects including 33 projects either completed or
BAM Nuttall has just announced that a major modernization program at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Rothera Research Station begins its second ‘summer season’ this month with the arrival of a 40-plus person team from BAM. As reported, construction work on a new 74m long wharf resumes, and initial gr
Beach renourishment works undertaken by the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) within the near shore area of Rosebud Foreshore Reserve, Victoria, are now complete, informs the Mornington Peninsula Shire. Rosebud and Rosebud West beach have experienced severe coastal erosion
Congressman Peter DeFazio has joined members of the Oregon delegation in sending a letter to Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works R.D. James encouraging the Administration to use a portion of federal funds for operations and maintenance projects at Oregon’s small ports. Rep. DeFazio, alon
