New Zealand’s South Port lodged a Resource Consent Application with Environment Southland yesterday to deepen the entrance channel and harbour to 10.7 metres, reports What’s On Invers. “Extensive consultation has been undertaken and we have completed a number of environmental assessments in preparat
Work begins this week to move sand from where it builds up at Semaphore to eroded sections of West Beach – part of the South Australia Department for Environment and Water’s regular beach replenishment program. Sand will be collected initially from the Semaphore South breakwater at Point Malcolm, wh
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has officially kicked off the dredging operations to extend a second lane that allows for two-way traffic in the southern section of the canal. The recent grounding of the 20,000TEU containership Ever Given in this part of the canal delayed the passage of hundreds of v
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced yesterday the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $112.8 million. The awarded work includes: Mobile Harbor Navigation-Phase 3 Project (Capital, Alabama, $53.9 million); Golden Triangle Marsh Creation Project (Capital, Louisiana, $3
USACE Galveston District recently awarded the Brazos Island Harbor (BIH) Jetty and Entrance Channel Maintenance Dredging Contract with Beneficial Use Beach Placement at South Padre Island to Weeks Marine, Inc. for a total of $7.5 million. Dredging of the BIH Jetty and Entrance Channels will remove
Curtin Maritime, from Long Beach, California, has won a $7.9m firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging project, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said in its latest announcement. Work will be performed in Redwood City, California, with an estimated completion date of October 31, 2021.
A planned expansion will allow the Port of Brunswick to accommodate additional vessels carrying automobiles and machinery. The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has received a federal permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to add a fourth berth for cargo ships to dock at its Colonel’s Island Termi
Following the construction of Mancetter Marina in Warwickshire, The Rothen Group (TRG) has won two prestigious awards and was highly commended in a third category at the renowned Institute of Civil Engineering West Midlands Awards 2021. The civil engineering business has been commended for its inven
Wasa Dredging, a Finland based marine offshore and inland water construction company, has won two dredging contracts in Kemi, Finland. Under the first contract, they will be working as a subcontractor for YIT Suomi Oy. This project will be executed from June to September this year, and the scope of
The market picture and developments in the first quarter at Boskalis are in line with expectations as outlined at the announcement of the 2020 annual results. When the 2020 annual results were announced, the expectation was that the first half of 2021 would be reasonably stable as a result of the CO
Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) has officially launched the next phase of construction along the waterfront, including work in the adjacent Menominee River. Beginning this week and planned to continue until late October, FMM will have several inches of sediment and bedrock removed from the river
The navigation channel of the Cameroon’s Kribi Deepwater Port Phase II Project successfully passed acceptance testing and was put into use on May 2. The 1,015-m channel has a depth of 15 meters, width of 200 meters, and a 600-meter diameter turning basin. According to China Communications Constructi
The Marine & Property Group Ltd provides water injection dredging, marina berthing, drystack, boatyard services and commercial property for the benefit of both marine leisure and marine commercial customers. The company headquarters are based in Cardiff with additional facilities in Swansea, Burry P
DP World is set to kick off the development of the Banana Port in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A term sheet summarising the contract changes followed a review by the two parties of some existing clauses in the agreement signed three years ago. “The objective of the amendments was to readjus
