The ground-breaking Port Beach sand nourishment project is now complete, the City of Fremantle said. In the latest and final stage of works, 150,000m³ of sand was dredged from Fremantle Port’s deep water channel during February and March and used to extend the beach. The Port Beach sand nourishment
Complex construction projects that use traditional procurement practices are often impacted by significant cost overruns and delays. Early contractor involvement (ECI) is a concept that strives to involve the contractor collaboratively at an early stage of a project’s development to mitigate or othe
NEOM has invited selected companies to bid for a contract to complete the next phase of the Duba Port Expansion at Oxagon Industrial City. According to MEED, the companies need to submit their offers before May 11. The prospective bidders are: The contract to execute the first phase of the Duba Port
In its 2022 financial highlights report, DEME Group said that they achieved two records in 2022. These records include: There was healthy demand in all segments, leading to a 285 million euro increase in orderbook compared to December 31, 2021. A series of contract awards for offshore projects aroun
The Maalhos Island harbor development project in Alif Alif atoll, the Maldives, is moving forward. The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) said yesterday that the fifth shipment of rock boulders required for the harbor development project has been delivered to the project site. Current
A second and final season of dredging on Black Hawk Lake, located in Sac County, is scheduled to start this week. An additional two to three weeks of site clean-up and contractor demobilization will follow the dredging work. The dredge will move across the lake slowly as it removes silt. Also, the p
Leland Harbor Personnel will be starting the dredging of the harbor mouth on or around April 11, said Susan Och, Township Supervisor at Leland Township, Michigan. This is an annual process where the dredging crews suck up the sand that has drifted into the harbor mouth and deposit it onto the beach
APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller – Maersk, has announced the expansion of its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam. The project involves a site of approximately 47.5 hectares with 1,000 metres of deep-sea quay. The Port of Rotterdam Authority is now constructing the new quay walls, which will be co
Mariel Container Terminal (TCM) said that the dredging work of its access channel has been completed. Buoys have been relocated as per new channel dimensions, allowing the terminal to receive Neo-Panamax vessels of up to 366-metres long, 52-metres wide, and 15-metre deep. “The deepening of the acces
For professionals involved in dredging related activities for water infrastructure development, IADC and CEDA have decided to organise another “Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure” course from 20-22 June 2023 in Hotel Van der Valk in Beveren, Belgium. During this 2.5-day course, participants wil
Dredging operations are in full swing again at the Spoilbank Marina site. “Now that the flatback turtle’s nesting season has finished, we’ve resumed marine construction activities at the marina,” Spoilbank Marina said. Dredging will take place 7am to 7pm, seven days per week for the next few months.
Col. Damon Delarosa, Alaska District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commander, signed a feasibility cost share agreement with the City of Homer, March 29, during a meeting with city officials. This major milestone officially begins a general investigation study conducted by USACE to examine expanding
Finding the balance between dredging, protecting coastline structures and conserving the environment is an important task. Nowadays, extreme climate events such as coastal erosion, droughts and flooding are occurring at an increasingly alarming rate worldwide. Also, sediments and floating debris col
DEME today presented its first Annual Report since listing on Euronext Brussels. In the Annual Report, they articulate how DEME continues to shape the world as it plays a key role in the energy transition and tackles global issues such as rising sea levels, a growing population, a reduction of emiss
