The harbor development works initiated in Muli Island of Meemu atoll are progressing according to schedule. The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) said that the harbor basin dredging operations and installation of concrete blocks required for quay wall construction are ongoing, with 7
Natural barriers like marshland, dunes, and floodplains provide critical protection from storms and rising sea levels. New funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will invest $74.4 million across 14 projects in Washington state to enhance these protections, create job
South Port NZ has just released this amazing photo of the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Albatros. According to South Port, the TSHD just arrived in Bluff and is now getting ready to undertake the capital dredging work, which was granted consent in September 2022. The project will occur over
The Paradip Port Authority Marine Department awarded a very important dredging contract to Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) yesterday. The contract includes dredging on approach channel, entrance channel, turning circle, docks and sand trap of the Paradip Port at an estimated cost of ₹172.22 cror
The USACE Philadelphia District shared an update on the construction schedule for ongoing dune and beach nourishment work along the Delaware coast yesterday. USACE’s contractor, Weeks Marine, Inc., is mobilizing a third hopper dredge to the site, which will significantly impact the schedule with con
Upgrades at three boat ramps around Geelong worth a combined $8 million will begin soon to make it easier to get out onto Corio Bay and Port Phillip, Better Boating Victoria said. At Kirk Point, boaters’ licence and registration fees will be reinvested to make launching a far simpler prospect at the
Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting Co. LLC, Quincy, Massachusetts, has won a $23,9 firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging project. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received. Work will be performed in Baltimore, Maryland, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 9, 20
Getting out on the water will be made easier and more accessible for communities across Victoria, with 35 Recreational Boating Grants awarded to local ramp and waterway managers – improving the boating experience for all. Minister for Outdoor Recreation, Sonya Kilkenny, and Member for Bellarine, Ali
Minister Julie James yesterday said that the Welsh Government was ‘keeping communities safe from the growing risk of climate change’ as she confirmed record levels of funding for flood risk management. Speaking in the Senedd, the Climate Change Minister confirmed a £75m investment as she published t
Another phase of the Kingstown Port Modernisation Project is set to begin today, the Agency For Public Information – St. Vincent and the Grenadines said. According to Assistant Project Manager in the Project Implementation Unit, Lenski Douglas, the all clear has been given for AECON to begin offshor
The Healey-Driscoll Administration last week announced more than $1 million in grants to Barnstable County and the Town of Edgartown through the Massachusetts Dredging Program’s Regional Equipment Grant Round, the first grant round to offer focused funding to coastal municipalities for the purchase
The energy transition brings many uncertainties in the development of sustainable dredging vessels and equipment. At the CEDA/KNVTS meeting in Rotterdam last week, Bernardete Castro, Director Sustainability at Royal IHC, showed how Royal IHC is helping its customers to better manage this uncertainty
Land & Water is in the process of completing the largest winter dredge of Gloucester Dock. The firm, which carries out work at the dock and on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal each year as part of an ongoing framework with the Canal & River Trust, will be carrying out backhoe dredging to remove appr
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will next Friday, April 28, 2023, at 1:30 PM EST host their next webinar titled “4 Project Management Strategies That Will Impact Your Projects Today”. This webinar aims to provide project management strategies one can use today to improve the current and future p
