The Port of Townsville said that the Independent Technical Advisory Committee (ITAC) will meet this week to discuss the Channel Upgrade Project. The public update will be held online on Wednesday, 15 September, from 4pm. The ITAC members have diverse technical backgrounds and all are recognized in t
Preparations are underway for the Augustine Beach Boat Ramp dredging project, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control informs. According to their official statement, the Boat Ramp near Port Penn and adjacent intertidal beach located on the south side of the existing ro
For week commencing 13th September 2021, the dredger Kari Hege, Captained by Tristan Roberts, will be engaged in dredging operations in and around the Port of Wells’ Outer Harbour. “All pre-arranged dredging areas are constrained by the weather and wave heights therefore operations are subject to ch
It’s hard to believe that 107 years ago, the city of Houston was celebrating its first deep-water port. On September 7, 1914, dredge Texas whistled completion of the Houston Ship Channel expanding the channel to 25 feet deep and 150 feet wide. Today, the ship channel continues to be one of the busie
AD Ports Group and France-based CMA CGM Group have announced the signing of a 35-year concession agreement. Under the terms of this deal, a new terminal will be established in Khalifa Port, the first semi-automated container port in the GCC region, which will be managed by a joint venture owned by C
APEC-Antwerp/Flanders Port Training Center has just announced that their course on Dredging Technologies will be held in Antwerp from 11 October to 22 October. According to APEC, this high-level seminar on Dredging Technologies gives an overview of the latest applications, technology, equipment and
The Jam Jerrup coastline has been experiencing significant erosion that is impacting on native vegetation, public access and safety in the area. The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) in partnership with the Bass Coast Shire Council, University of Melbourne and Lang Lang For
Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company (GSCCO) has announced its expansion initiative that includes the installation of additional assets and equipment worth USD 50 million that further enhanced the handling capacity of Jubail Commercial Port (JCP). Initiatives such as dredging to 14m, employing and t
Ohio Congressman Dave Joyce has introduced two pieces of legislation to address shoreline erosion in Northeast Ohio: the Creating Opportunities to Advance Shoreline Treatments (COAST) Act and the Detrimental Erosion Forcing Enhanced Needs to Defend (DEFEND) the Great Lakes Act. “Water levels in the
Information & Analytics Agency PortNews (PortNews) has just announced the date of their 5th International Dredging Congress in Russia. The event named “Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging” will be held in Moscow on February 16-17, 2022. The Congress is a unique and highly acclaimed industr
Union Dredgers & Marine Cont Co LLC is currently working on a project which includes dredging and installation of an HDPE Pipeline in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The scope of works for the project will include: dredging the existing trench to attain the agreed levels; trench preparation including the preparatio
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just released the latest update on their Sh. Feydhoo Harbour development program. The first shipment of rock boulders required for the breakwater construction was delivered to the project site on September 4, 2021. New harbor basin dredging opera
As part of the proposed Gas Terminal, Viva Energy would construct an extension to the existing Geelong Refinery Pier to accommodate the Floating Gas Terminal and LNG carriers. This work will require some dredging around Refinery Pier. In this very interesting video, Laura Bishop, Regulatory Approval
After placing of 4,500 tons of stone and 150 cubic yards of concrete recently, the USACE Los Angeles District marked the completion of repairs to the east jetty at Newport Bay Harbor, CA. Maintenance dredging of the harbor, part of the same project and which started alongside the jetty repairs in Ap
