The Chilmark Pond Foundation said that the Chilmark Lower Pond dredging project in Massachusetts has officially begun. The Foundation received the go ahead earlier this year to dig up 6,000 cubic yards of sand from the pond, and Chicago-based contractor ILM Environments started dredging work a few d
Under Phase 2 of the Deep Blue Project, BMT has been engaged by the Department of Infrastructure and Transport of South Australia (DIT SA) to develop a prototype of its ADAPT platform for management of State harbors. The prototype is based on BMT’s ADAPT (Adaptive Dredging Automated Prediction Tool)
The General Company for Iraqi Ports has contracted with a Dutch company to survey the Al-Faw Canal and adopt Admiralty charts to reduce insurance costs, Iraqi News Agency said. Commenting the latest news, the company’s Director General, Farhan Al-Fartousi, said: “After the completion of dredging ope
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) said that the Shrewsbury Channel Complex dredging program is underway. The channels were impacted by Superstorm Sandy and continued to be shoaled in throughout the years. “This project will return the impacted channels to a state of good repair. The ap
Over the past week, USACE’s Baltimore District engaged Wilmington District’s dredge Murden to remove approximately 5,000 cubic yards of dredged material from the Ocean City Inlet, as a continuation of dredging that began earlier this year. The northern portion of the West Ocean City Harbor was dredg
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has released a video named “Presque Isle Beach Nourishment Completed for 33rd Year”. “Maintaining the Presque Isle shoreline is essential for safe navigation in Erie Harbor, the health of the local economy, and the continued success of tourism in t
The Port Authority for Sines and the Algarve (APS) has announced a set of major upgrades that will expand the capacity of Portimão Port. According to their latest statement, APS is preparing to initiate three major interventions aimed at improving and increasing the competitiveness of Portimão Port,
Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Gateway has been very busy these days adding over a million tons of beach material onto the Southsea beaches. “The Gateway has powered through pumping shingle to the west side of South Parade Pier and has now started on the eastern side,” Southsea Coa
An unexploded World War II bomb was discovered in Budapest’s Csepel district earlier this week during the dredging operations in the Petrol Bay area of the Free Port. After the dredge workers noticed a suspected explosive lying partly embedded in the mud on a barge, the discovery was reported to the
Mammoet said that they have successfully completed the complex recovery and relocation of 12 giant barges for a capital land reclamation project on an offshore island in Singapore. This massive project, known as Pulau Tekong Polder, is being led by Singapore’s Housing Development Board and executed
The second Hall Contracting dredger Warraber is now in the water, getting ready to take part in the Bribie Island Emergency Work. According to local media, it will start the dredging operations in the narrow area on the northern side. The work is set to restore Bribie Island’s northern tip and prote
The Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC) has unveiled a plan to invest about $500 million US to equip and expand of its infrastructures at the Port of Maputo in the next three years. During his working visit to the Port of Maputo yesterday, Mozambican President Daniel Chapo said that this investme
Yucatan Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena inspected the dredging operations at the Progreso Deep-Water Port two days ago. The project, now over 60% complete, is a key part of the Maya Renaissance initiative to boost the region’s economy. During the visit, Mena also toured Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredge
The Bacolod City Government said that they target to remove about 2 million cubic meters of waste from rivers and creeks in the ongoing major dredging operations, following the massive floods brought about by Tropical Depression Verbena. In its official statement, Mayor Greg Gasataya said that the c
