The Whyalla City Council said that the dredging works are underway at the Whyalla Marina, aimed to ensure the long-term safety and usability of the facility. The project, awarded to Maritime Constructions through a tender process, will involve the removal of sand and sediment to restore the marina’s
Over the last couple of years, Boskalis’ hopper dredger Medway has been almost fully dedicated to maintaining the Weser River in northern Germany. Since 2020, TSHD Medway has dredged sand, silt and clay from the access channels to Bremerhaven and the Port of Brake, where large container vessels moor
Port Hinchinbrook has been announced as Queensland’s first-ever Provisional Priority Development Area (PPDA), which will unlock the full tourism, economic and residential potential of the marina and the surrounding Cardwell region. The declaration allows the Queensland Government to begin to transfo
DEME Group, together with its partners, recently took part in the widening and modernization of the Kiel Canal. First opened in 1895 and continuously modernized ever since, the Kiel Canal, the world’s busiest artificial waterway and the direct route between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, is now e
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a cleanup plan for the first mile of the Lower Neponset River Superfund Site, located in Boston and Milton, Massachusetts. This covers the area of the Neponset River from where it merges with the Mother Brook near the Dana Avenue Bridge, to the T
Pinellas County (FL) beach nourishment project has officially reached Treasure Island. Contractors began work on the south end of Sunset Beach last week and will stay there for a couple of weeks before crews move north to other sections of Sunset Beach. During construction, Sunset Beach from the roc
Jenkins Marine has been hard at work near Portsmouth working with a large international dredging contractor at the Southsea beach replenishment project. This is part of a large-scale coastal defence project which is adding approximately one million tonnes of new shingle to the beach between October
With limited real-time visibility of their vessel’s equipment health, crews can feel like they’re sailing in the dark. But what if vessels had a digital deckhand that could keep watch over equipment day and night? When you’re on watch at sea, the horizon can feel endless and uncertain. For maintenan
The Midwest Chapter of Western Dredging Association will next year (April 21-23) take place at the DoubleTree Nashville Downtown in Tennessee. Once again, the event will provide a forum for exchanging information of interest to the dredging industry and its associates. Representatives from all areas
In a major step toward strengthening the United Arab Emirates’ position as a global energy hub, AD Ports Group and Nimex Terminals have signed two long-term agreements that will position Khalifa Port into a leading trading hub for low-carbon energy and petrochemical logistics. The agreements include
The Port Authority of Douala (PAD) has signed a public-private partnership (PPP) with the Lebanese-Chinese consortium Mira S.A for the construction of a 1,500 meter multipurpose quay. According to local media, the agreement was signed earlier this week by Cyrus Ngo’o, PAD’s managing director, and Ib
Laguna Governor, Sol Aragones, and San Miguel Corporation (SMC) President, Ramon Ang, formally signed a memorandum of agreement today to launch a collaborative flood control and dredging initiative across Laguna. In a news release, Provincial Information Officer, Danilo Lucas, said that the dredging
Dorset Council said that the urgent repairs started yesterday in Lyme Regis at the base of the Cobb’s high seawall, after a large hole was found during a routine inspection earlier this year. The hole is under the Gin Shop turn, at the base where the Cobb forks and is exposed to strong waves. To [&h
The City of Newport Beach and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week celebrated the launch of the Newport Harbor Dredging Project — the largest and final major dredge planned for the harbor. The project will remove about 900,000 cubic yards of sediment from the harbor floor over the next 10-12 m
