Acting President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Mr. David Bohigian, and representatives of the Pace Group, Mr. Joseph Dolidze and Mr. Irakli Tateishvili signed a $50 million loan agreement last week for development, construction and operation of a multifunctional marine termi
Official beginning of the Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP) is set to take place on Wednesday, May 29, marking a significant milestone in the United States’ progress to becoming the net exporter of the nation’s energy production. In January 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of En
St. Johns County and the Army Corps are about to hold a community meeting regarding the South Ponte Vedra and Vilano Beach Restoration Projects. The kickoff meeting starts at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, at the GTM Research Reserve Visitor Center, 505 Guana River Road, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. Th
Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) has won the annual maintenance dredging contracts from Paradip Port Trust and Cochin Port Trust, The Hindu Business Line reports. These are the first contracts since the central public sector undertaking was acquired by a consortium of four major port trusts – Vis
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced the award of a $17.9 million construction contract and a community meeting Thursday, June 6, for the Surfside beach renourishment project. The Corps’ Jacksonville District awarded this $17,987,375.00 construction contract to Continental Heavy Civil Corp
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Norfolk District has awarded Houston based Dredgit Environmental Corporation a $520,070 contract to perform maintenance dredging along the Chincoteague Bay Federal Navigation Channel. The company will be responsible for removing approximately 10,000 cubic yards of m
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has just released the latest edition of their On the Road Again videos, bringing more details about the recently completed East Rockaway Inlet Maintenance Dredging and Beach Restoration Project in New York. In the video, Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, USACE Commanding Gener
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has awarded a $2.486 million contract for the sand nourishment of Presque Isle, located in Erie, Pennsylvania. The contractor – PPW Builders, Inc., based in Cleveland, Ohio – is anticipated to start work in June 2019 with approximately 68,000 cubic
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (May 13–19, 2019). CCCC Expands Dredging Fleet with Two TSHDs Two trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs), Hang Jun 6008 and 6009, equipped with the most automatic dredging control system in the world, were recen
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released this very interesting video about a 160 acre marsh restoration project along the Nueces Bay Causeway between Corpus Christi and Portland. A total of 340 acres of marsh were lost due to erosion and subsidence and harmed the fish and and
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) and its main reclamation contractor for the Three-runway System (3RS) project have signed a tripartite framework agreement with a company directly under the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Government regarding sand supply for the 3RS project. Under the agreement, ea
Construction of one of the biggest flood defense schemes in the country was officially launched by the Environment Minister in Hull on Thursday, 16 May. The £42 million Hull Frontage Flood Defense scheme will see the height of defenses raised along more than 4 miles of the Humber foreshore from St A
The USACE New York District has received an application from the New York City Economic Development Corporation to perform maintenance dredging of a marina and entrance channel in Hammond Cove, with open-water disposal of the dredged material at the Western Long Island Sound Disposal Site and at a s
The first of the 10-canal Hurricane Irma sediment removal projects in the Florida Keys are underway, reports the Monroe County. Tavernier-based Adventure Environmental, Inc. began the sediment removal project in three Marathon canals. The two Islamorada canal projects are also on the way and the fiv
