DEME’s simple but efficient design for manhole covers that keeps the crew safe and minimises the risk of falls during on-board maintenance and inspections is entering the race for IADC Safety Award 2022. Over the last couple of weeks, IADC has been revealing two nominees each week and will continue
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz met with Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District leadership on Wednesday, August 24th and toured proposed construction sites for the Coastal Texas project. This project is going to provide real protection to help keep Galveston and the TX Gulf Coast safe for years to come. E
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, and the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) signed a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) for the $4 billion Mid-Chesapeake Bay ecosystem restoration project at MDOT Headquarters, Aug. 23, 2022. The PPA – signed by Col. Estee Pinc
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is seeking comments on its draft Environmental Assessment (EA) released yesterday, Aug. 22, for the St. Paul Small Boat Harbor dredging project. The project, located on the lower end of Harriet Island in St. Paul, Minnesota, would promote safer tr
Governor Larry Hogan has announced a historic agreement to advance a major dredging project at the Port of Salisbury that will provide long-term economic and environmental benefits for the state and the region. “I’m pleased to report that thanks to a unique partnership between government at all leve
Dredging at boat ramps and channels is critical to ensuring boaters have access to boat launching facilities. This is undertaken at many facilities as routine maintenance. $1 million in grant funding has already been made available to facility managers through the 2021-22 Recreational Boating Access
The Western Dredging Association recently launched a new online publication, WEDApedia, a glossary of maritime terminology designed to be a dynamic, up-to-date resource for all parties coming in contact with the field of dredging. This was a project that had its roots in the 1990s but was only recen
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has awarded a contract worth almost $13 million to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co for the maintenance dredging works in Tampa Harbor. Each year, contractors remove around 120,000 cubic yards of sediment from the port’s berths and its channel. A
Van Oord’s new system named the INSPECTION HATCH will compete for the IADC Safety Award 2022. According to IADC, the system uses a cantilever to allow the inspection hatch to be operated by a single person. The design enables quick inspections, making it less labour intensive and removes the need fo
Earlier this week, the Baker-Polito Administration announced $3.2 million in grants to six dredging projects through the Massachusetts Dredging Program, established to promote the strength and sustainability of the Commonwealth’s coastal harbors through support of saltwater dredging. The announcemen
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, is inviting comments on the Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and the Lower Snake River Channel Maintenance Immediate Need Dredging for Commercial Navigation Environmental Assessment (EA). The Corps is proposing to restore the lowe
Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 55th Chief of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon recently signed the New York & New Jersey Harbor Deepening and Channel Improvements (NY&NJHDCI) Chief’s Report. The Port of New York and New Jersey is the busiest container port on the East
In the jubilee issue of the scientific journal Terra et Aqua, International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) published an article exploring the progress of health and safety in the dredging industry over the past decades. It is hard to imagine a time when safety was not deemed important, whe
The Department of Public Works and Highways (Philippines) is continuously working to increase the carrying capacity of Dupinga River in Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija, by conducting dredging activities along the river’s Dupinga-Calabasa section. DPWH’s Bureau of Equipment (BOE) is working closely with the DP
