The CEDA-IADC Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure course kicked off today in Beveren, Belgium. During the next two and a half days, the participants will learn how to implement the sustainability principles into dredging project practice. Experienced lecturers will inform about the latest thinki
After some delays caused by wildlife, residents and visitors will soon be able to pass through Channel 1A along Greer Island (Beer Can Island). The dredging project will be underway by mid-July, the Observer reports. Currently, a buildup of sand that gradually washed down shore from the beaches has
The second phase of the Canal & River Trust’s dredging programme at Gloucester Docks has been completed, Gloucester News Centre said. A total of 9,000m3 of silt, equivalent to 3.6 Olympic swimming pools, has been removed in the latest phase of the £1 million programme that began last November. Throu
Public notices have been placed throughout Coney Beach in Porthcawl advising residents that Bridgend County Borough Council intends to use some of the land in the waterfront area to deliver new, improved sea defences. The new sea defences planned for Coney Beach are designed to protect businesses an
Back in 2018, TU Delft | Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Port of Rotterdam, and Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote cooperation and knowledge exchange on nautical depth issues. Based on this MoU, the multidisciplinary academic n
A $6.2 million grant from the Federal Government to place sand on Stockton Beach, that was at risk of being lost, has been saved following the intervention of the Minister for Regional NSW Tara Moriarty. The Stockton Beach Taskforce met yesterday for the first time in more than a year with Minister
National Marine Dredging Company has just released the latest update on the Hudayriyat Island development scheme. This mega project – to be spearheaded by developer Modon Properties – will span more than 51 million square metres, accounting for more than half of Abu Dhabi Island. NMDC Group’s dredgi
The Environment Agency is set to begin a multi-million project to protect a vulnerable community on the Essex coast. In the coming days, work will begin at Cockett Wick to strengthen and raise the seawall. More than 150 steel piles will be installed along with the construction of a new concrete wall
Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) said that the dredging of Bachman Lake has been completed. Dredging has restored the lake to recreational depths and removed the “sediment islands” and debris in the lake. The lake is now fully open to the public and rowers, kayakers, and other users to enjoy the lake wi
The Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Infrastructure has put out a call for tenders for an emergency dredging program in the Hay River harbour. It’s been over a decade since the harbour was last dredged and last year residents of Hay River said the sediment buildup in the harbour
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District held a Matagorda Ship Channel (MSC) Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) Open House in Port Lavaca, Texas, June 7, 2023. Galveston District Commander Col. Rhett Blackmon and staff traveled to the region to meet with stakeholders and
Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, and Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala, laid the foundation stone of Modernisation and Upgradation Works of Cochin Fishing Harbour at Thoppumpady, Kerala, yesterday. The overall
Union minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal, launched an online dredging monitoring system ‘Sagar Samridhi’ today. This project is part of the government’s efforts to expedite the ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative, the Ministry said in a statement. Developed by the National
Dredging operations are underway at the Barcelona Harbor in Westfield. In the past four years, over twelve feet of sediment has been deposited over a four acre area. Contractors and crews from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are relocating debris at the moment. New York Congressman Nick Langworthy
