USACE Norfolk District awarded a $84.8 million Norfolk Harbor 55’ Deepening Project contract last week to Norfolk Dredging Company of Chesapeake, Va. This first Corps contract will include the Newport News Channel and the Norfolk Harbor Channel. Future Corps contracts are also planned for the Atlant
In Boskalis’ latest Annual Report, the company CEO, Peter Berdowski, announced the latest update on the Manila International Airport (MIA) project in the Philippines. According to the update, preparatory works started in Manila in the course of 2021 – ahead of the construction of the platform for th
Living near a body of water has always appealed to many, yet some of these areas may require maintenance operations – such as dredging – to keep up with the ever-changing environment. To achieve this, an amphibious excavator or some other suitable dredging equipment is used to remove the underwater
Construction of a new tunnel that will supply northern Hamburg, Germany, with heat from industrial waste started on August 4. According to Implenia, work kicked off when a large diaphragm wall excavator began the first dredging to construct the tunnel shaft on the south bank of the Elbe. The company
A delegation from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce, Oklahoma Finance Authority, Central Technology Center, Cushing Economic Development Foundation, and Senator Tom Dugger toured VMI, Inc., a long-time local dredge builder located in the Andrew Little Industrial Park, earlier this week. The group
The new rock groyne at Point Richards is almost complete and new channel navigation markers are planned to be installed over the next two weeks, directing boaters safely past the groyne, Better Boating Victoria said. The Point Richards boating facility upgrade, which included 50 additional boat and
The Nadi River dredging project, aimed to protect households, communities’ farms and infrastructure adjacent to the river, is now underway. A total of 9 kilometers of dredging work will be undertaken by the Ministry of Waterways under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with Hong Yuan Dev
Japan will provide a loan of $306 million to Cambodia for the expansion of a new container terminal at the Sihanoukville Port, according to a press release from the Cambodian Foreign Ministry. Cambodia’s Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn, and his visiting Japanese counterpart, Hayashi Yoshimasa, exchan
Consents to build wharves and a marine hardstand have been granted to Whanganui District Council and the community is well engaged in a conversation on dredging and reclamation to inform upcoming resource consent, as part of Te Pūwaha – Whanganui’s Port Revitalisation. In an update to the council on
Breedon Group has entered the marine aggregates business with the acquisition of Severn Sands Limited. Severn Sands is a family-run marine dredging business operating in the Bristol Channel. It has licences to dredge 500,000 tonnes of sand a year, using its 60-metre suction dredger, The MV Penfret.
This month, USACE Charleston District will start the final part of the Post 45 Harbor Deepening Project. Years in the making, Post 45 will deepen Charleston Harbor to 52 feet. “Upon completion later this year, the harbor will be the deepest on the east coast and allow the largest ships in the world
James Fisher and Sons (James Fisher) and Abu Dhabi-based National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on key projects and opportunities in the oil and gas sector as well as decommissioning, offshore wind, and marine civil construction i
Crews are at work dredging the Snye to keep the channel clear for boats and watercraft, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo said. The mouth of the Snye fills with sediment deposits (silt) brought by the current of the Clearwater River. Each year, this silt is dredged from the river to maintain an
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, South Atlantic Division (SAD) Commander, Brig. Gen. Jason E. Kelly, signed the Final Report of the South Atlantic Coastal Study during a virtual, online ceremony July 25. The four-year, $18.4 million, comprehensive regional study was designed to identify the risks a
