China Habour Engineering LFTZ Enterprise (CHELE), a subsidiary of China Habour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), the EPC contractor for Lekki Port, has announced the completion of the construction of the Port. Mr. Wu Di, Vice President of CHEC who is also a director of Lekki Port, disclosed this d
In just one week, WEDA’s 2022 Gulf Coast Chapter Meeting will be held in New Orleans, LA. The meeting will take place at the Loews New Orleans Hotel from November 7-9, 2022. According to WEDA, the Gulf Coast Conference is to be well-attended by a wide range of navigation stakeholders, including dred
Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey will get a first look at the city’s $9 million dredging project today when he and other dignitaries visit Plum Island. At 11:00 am, U.S. Representative Seth Moulton, D-Salem, will join the state’s junior senator; State Senator Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester; State Senat
Implementing nature-based engineering solutions is a growing field, but it’s not yet a mainstream practice. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Rijkswaterstaat, Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management are hoping to change that. Working under a memorandum of understanding,
Boskalis’ colleagues at Boskalis Terramare, together with their client and project partners, have been awarded the Project of the Year 2022 award by the Finnish Project Management Association for the deepening of the Vuosaari Channel in the Port of Helsinki. They deepened the channel from 11 to 13 m
One year after the first phase of the contract execution for the capital and maintenance dredging of Payra Port started, Payra Port Authority and Jan De Nul Group again kicked off the second phase of this very important project. The access channel dredging works have started in full force over the l
Van Oord is about to begin the dredging works in the inner shipping channel of the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda. Under the contract, part of the inner harbour will be deepened to 15.5 metres, the port’s authority said in a press release on Wednesday. The main goal of this EUR 45.8 million project is
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District Deputy District Commander, Maj. Lyle Milliman and Deputy District Engineer, Dave Romano, attended a ceremony celebrating the Conneaut Creek Dredge Facility Groundbreaking in Conneaut, Ohio, earlier this week. Conneaut Harbor handles commodities that
Ship channel managers regularly have to schedule maintenance and dredging activities in order to keep channels clear from sand, debris, and trash. Delays in dredging can trigger increased risks, the need for repeated maintenance and lost revenue. A new Dredging Planning Optimization Model (DPOM) dec
Morocco remains strategically committed to the development of its regions. Jan De Nul is also participating in the ongoing development of the north-east region by realising an integrated industrial port platform on the Mediterranean coast called Nador West-Med (NWM). The NWM project will be built in
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Pacific Dredge & Construction, LLC. (PDC) the Napa River Maintenance Dredging project recently. The project’s goal is to return the river to its original navigational depths, allowing boats to transit entirely throughout the river. To perform this project, Pa
The Philippines’ largest and the most sophisticated airport – located in Bulacan Province of Central Luzon Region – is taking its shape. SEAL Sea Air Land recently released these amazing photos from the largest project in Boskalis’ history – the New Manila International Airport (MIA). The land devel
Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of various development works of Payra Port on October 27. The projects include: capital dredging work at the Port, inauguration of eight new vessels, construction of a terminal, 6-lane connecting road and bridge.
New Plymouth fishing crews can expect some delays if they are launching or returning to the Lee Breakwater boat ramp this week, Port Taranaki said. From Tuesday, Port Taranaki will be removing sand that has built up around the boat ramp ahead of the busy summer boating season. The work is being carr
