The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, works on unlocking the Great Lakes by providing a much-needed resiliency at the Soo Locks with the construction of the New Lock at the Soo. The New Lock at the Soo will be the same dimensions as the Poe Lock, 1,200 feet long, 110 feet wide and [&he
FSUE Rosmorport is seeking a contractor for the implementation of maintenance dredging on the Volga-Caspian Shipping Canal (between 130,0 and 188 km) in 2023. According to the official portal for public procurement, initial (maximum) price of the contract is RUB 1,594,437,643.72 ($26 million). Biddi
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (UWL) and J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. have formally announced their partnership. The agreement between Brennan and UWL will further the educational opportunities for students studying environmental science, equipping them to start on the job right after they grad
South Carolina Ports President and CEO, Barbara Melvin, delivered her first State of the Port address yesterday, sharing her vision to continue succeeding as the 8th largest container port in the country by investing in operations, infrastructure and people. “Our growth is made possible because of t
Above the Philippines has just released these amazing photos of the newly created site for the New Manila International Airport – the largest project in Boskalis’ history. Under this massive program, approximately 1,700 hectares of new land will be developed for the airport, located in Bulacan Provi
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just announced that the Shore Protection Project of Nellaidhoo Island in Haa Dhaalu Atoll is nearing completion. According to MTCC, about 93 percent of Nellaidhoo Shore Protection Project has been completed. Additionally, the company disclosed th
Fraser River Pile & Dredge Inc. on behalf of Lafarge Canada Inc. is proposing to carry out periodic maintenance dredging at the water lot generally fronting 2300 Rogers Avenue, Coquitlam, BC. Dredging is required to remove accumulated sediment and re-establish required depths for safe access of barg
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has joined a group of banks that will finance the construction of a third deep-water container terminal in Poland’s Port of Gdansk on the Baltic Sea. The €100 million EBRD loan is part of a €863.5 million financing package put together by a
The USACE has published an Environmental Assessment (EA) for public review and comment in regard to proposed maintenance dredging of the federally authorized Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) channel, settling basins and advance maintenance areas (AMA) in the waters of Sawpit Creek, the Amelia R
Femern A/S, a Danish planning company charged with preparing the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, is contributing to the green transition of transportation within the EU. Earlier this week, the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Project was featured in exhibition “The track to a successful TEN-T for a sustainably connected Euro
Kenmare Resources plc, the company that operates the Moma Titanium Minerals Mine in northern Mozambique, has just introduced a trading update for the quarter ending 30 September 2022. The company reported the primary zircon production of 17,300 tonnes, a 10% increase compared to Q3 2021 (15,700 tonn
Once a year, industry expert Charles Johnson conducts a Dreducation Class, a dredge operators training course designed to educate and enable industry newcomers on how to become more productive and enable them to work more efficiently. The 2022 course is set to take place on Tuesday, October 18th fro
Port of Aberdeen has just released the latest visual update of its transformational port expansion project at Aberdeen South Harbour. “We are fast approaching the next major construction milestone at the end of October, when around 80% of the quayside will be complete and fully operational,” the Por
The IADC-CEDA recently published a Fact Sheet titled “Beneficial Use of Dredged Material” which describes methods and answers questions about how to deal with large quantities of sediments in relation to dredging projects and ecological developments. Dredging is essential for the maintenance and dev
