Van Oord’s Supervisory Board, in consultation with the Executive Committee, has decided to appoint Ms. Katja Otten as the new CFO. She will start on 1 January 2024. Katja Otten is 52 years old and for the last 6 years has been CFO at APM Terminals. She also has 20 years of experience in various [&he
Matt Yarosewick has just released this amazing video named ‘How Dredging Keeps The Mississippi River Open’ on his youtube channel. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Memphis Division, allowed Matt to climb aboard the biggest dustpan dredge in north America. Dredge Hurley has been working the waters of
Col. Jeffrey Palazzini, Alaska USACE district commander, signed the project partnership agreement for the Kenai River Bluffs Erosion Project during a ceremony at the Kenai Senior Citizens Center on September 25. Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Terry Eubank, city
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Kaunakakai Harbor Maintenance Dredging Project is being delayed until Spring 2024. Work was originally scheduled to start in Fall 2023. Maintenance dredging is needed to remove the collection of accumulated sediment and to restore the harbor to its authorized depth
The Oswego County Legislature recently awarded the Sandy Pond Channel Maintenance Association (SPCMA) $300,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to ensure continued navigation from Sandy Pond to Lake Ontario and safeguard the local economy, which relies heavily upon fishing and summer tourism
Inland Dredging Co. LLC, from Dyersburg, Texas, has won a $10.4 million firm-fixed-price contract for a channel pipeline dredging project in Texas. According to the Department of Defense (DoD), bids for this contract were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Brown
Colombia’s national infrastructure agency (ANI) has selected consortium Unión Temporal EIF Navegabilidad Rio Meta to structure the project that will allow navigability on the Meta River. The consortium includes Coral Delgado & Asociados, Bonus Banca de Inversión and Ingeniería De Proyectos, and the
ENTACT LLC announced recently that it has completed the acquisition of White Lake Dock & Dredge Inc. White Lake is a specialized environmental dredging, sediment capping, and marine construction provider with 20+ years of successful project execution across the United States. Dean Pisani, Chief Exec
Land reclamation operations for the Hulhumale’ Phase 3 in the Maldives – conducted by Boskalis – officially started last week. Under this phase, around 63 hectares of new land will be created, said Urbanco. Land reclamation works for the Phase 3 started from the north-west end the bridge tunnel, bet
The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority will hold an open house next week about dredging in the Maumee River. The port said that they have worked with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to reactivate a disposal facility for dredged material at the mo
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Galveston District (SWG) awarded the fourth and final multimillion dollar contract for the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CCSCIP) yesterday. Callan Marine will receive approximately $102.9 million to complete dredging on the final stretch of
For anyone who would like to contribute to the CEDA Dredging Days 2024 program there are still a couple of days left to submit an abstract. Whether scientist or practitioner, new to the market or with many years of experience, your contribution to the event is important. CEDA has various session cat
With $4.5 million dollars in funding from NOAA under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act, Jefferson Parish is building the first living shoreline to protect a federal levee system. Stretching from Bucktown Harbor to the Bonnabel Boat Launch, the living shoreline will consis
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially opened Port of Aberdeen’s transformational £420 million expansion project on September 22, catalysing a multi-billion pound economic and jobs boost for Scotland. More than 250 stakeholders attended the opening event on Dunnottar Quay. The Princess Roy
