Eastern Shipbuilding Group is currently very busy with the construction of the new training suction hopper dredger (TSHD) R.B. Weeks. The 8,550 cubic yards (6,540m³) TSHD, currently under construction at the Eastern’s Allanton premises in Panama City, Florida, is expected to be delivered to Weeks Ma
Two major infrastructure projects in San Rafael will move forward with an influx of federal dollars, County of Marin said. Last week, President Joe Biden signed H.R. 2471, the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022,” which included $6.75 million for canal dredging of San Rafael Channel and $700,000
The USACE Buffalo District awarded a $737,000 contract to Geo. Gradel Company earlier this month to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Ashtabula Harbor. Material dredged from the harbor will be placed in USACE’s beneficial use project in Ashtabula’s outer harbor, leading to the cr
Danos completed four coastal restoration projects in south Louisiana recently, on behalf of Shell Pipeline Company. “Louisiana’s coast is vital to our industry and our environment,” said Paul Danos, CEO of Danos. “Using technology to help restore the ecosystem is one way Danos is living our purpose
The Port of Gdańsk, one of the largest seaports on the Baltic Sea, has been a huge construction site in recent years. An investment of key importance to the development of the Inner Port has just been completed, related to the deepening of the fairway and the modernisation of more than 5 km of quays
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) 2022 Midwest Chapter Meeting will kick off tomorrow (March 22) at Hyatt Regency in Green Bay, WI. According to Western Dredging Association, the meeting will be an exciting educational and social event, with a great lineup of presentations and amazing speakers
The USACE Baltimore District received more than $97 million from the Fiscal Year 2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act, signed into law by President Biden on March 15, 2022. This will provide necessary funding for construction and operations and maintenance missions across the mid-Atlantic region, in
Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) today signed a historic shipbuilding agreement for the first Make in India Project – construction of a Beagle Series 12 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) at Cochin Shipyard. Speaking on the occasion while addressing the welcome speech, Prof. Dr. GYV Victor, t
Construction works on the Lekki Port project in Nigeria are nearing its completion, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) said in their latest project update. The concrete pouring for the last section of the anchored retaining wall of the CHEC-undertaken project was finished recently, mar
California Senator Alex Padilla has secured over $20 million in federal funding for 11 projects across the Central Coast. These projects were included in the bipartisan FY 2022 appropriations package that passed the Senate last week. The bill is now headed to President Biden to be signed into law. “
More than 30,000 tonnes of silt will be removed from Weston’s Marine Lake this week with a summer reopening on the horizon, said the North Somerset Council. The Council was given the go-ahead to begin dredging the lake on Thursday, March 17. “Dredging work will start this week and will take about tw
HAL Holding has announced an intended all-cash voluntary public offer of €32.50 per ordinary share for all issued ordinary shares in the capital of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. HAL has been a shareholder of Boskalis since 1989 and currently holds 46.2 per cent of the issued Boskalis shares. The o
The Department for Infrastructure and Transport – a department of the South Australian Government – has just released this very interesting video on the Port Macdonnell Dredging Project. After much careful consultation, a large scale dredging project in South Australia’s hugely popular Port Macdonne
Manila Harbor Center (MHC) is expanding its cargo handling capacity with the completion of eco-friendly bulk cargo bays (BCB) and dredging of the berths to accommodate larger vessels. This new development increases MHC’s number of BCBs from two to five, effectively improving the terminal’s bulk stor
