Bergerson Construction, Inc. completed a hydraulic dredging project last week for the Port of Newport at the NOAA facility in Newport, OR. According to an official Bergerson’s announcement, this project was their first endeavor with the new Damen dredge pump. Initially, before the project started in
Milestone Environmental Contracting recently won a contract for the Y Jetty & Lang Cove Remediation Project at the Department of National Defence’s (DND) Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt naval harbor. The Y Jetty & Lang Cove project is the next phase of the DND’s ongoing Esquimalt Harbor Remedia
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the City of New York are moving forward with a joint plan to dredge the East Rockaway Inlet and use the sand gathered there to replenish the eroded parts of Rockaway Beach that were closed last season, informs Senator Charles E. Schumer. In a November letter to L
The New South Wales’ MidCoast Council will continue to replenish the sand on Jimmys Beach next week thanks to financial assistance from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, MidCoast Council announces. “The plan is to place 5,000 cubic meters of sand onto the Beach along the Boulevarde, betwee
The process of sand pumping at Noosa’s Main Beach officially started last week, the Queensland’s Noosa Shire Council said in its latest announcement. The key objective of the project is to ensure appropriate levels of sand remain on the beach to meet community and business needs, and to maintain ser
The new 6,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Hang Jun 6008 has successfully completed sea trials in the area outside the Yangtze Estuary in China. The new dredger was built at the Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) shipyard with basic engineering and dredging automation syste
The U.S. President, Donald Trump, signed an executive order yesterday to help sea veterans seamlessly transition into the U.S. Merchant Marine. The order is designed to bolster the ranks of the Merchant Marine and increase job opportunities for transitioning troops. Under the order, the Departments
The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) and SSA Marine have reached a long-term agreement for the development and operation of international container terminal at JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The facility, SSA Jacksonville International Gateway Terminal, is an expansion of SSA Marine’s
Col. Sam Calkins, commander of the USACE’s St. Paul District, has signed a ‘Finding of No Significant Impact’ for an Environmental Assessment (EA) completed for the proposed Fargo, N.D./Moorhead, Minn., Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project. “This EA, called the ‘Final Supplemental Environ
Dragados UK, principal contractor for the Aberdeen Harbor Expansion Project, has marked another significant achievement with the installation of the first of the 22 enormous concrete units that will form the closed quay sections at Aberdeen South Harbor. The caisson – 50 meters long, 17 meters wide
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Monday formalized a joint commitment to undertake an extensive cleanup of the Tullahan River system, informs the Philippine News Agency. Ramon S. Ang, SMC president and chief operating officer, and DENR se
Manson Construction Co., a Seattle based company involved in dredging, waterfront construction, piers and wharves, bridge building, heavy lifts and offshore work, has won a $15.4 million contract for the Thimble Shoal Channel maintenance dredging project in Virginia Beach, VA. The Thimble Shoal sche
The UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment will convene its second global session in Nairobi, Kenya, from March 8-10, 2019 in the lead up to the Fourth Session of the UN Environment Assembly. The forum’s work is aligned with the theme of the assembly: Innovative solutions for environmen
Surveying and maintenance dredging operations are to be conducted within the areas of the Portsmouth Harbour and its approach channels from 8 to 22 March 2019, reports the Queen’s Harbour Master Portsmouth. In the notice, the QHM Portsmouth said that the contractor for the works will be Boskalis Wes
