Townsville City Council has started Stage 1 of the Nelly Bay Dredging Project by excavating more than 360 cubic metres of sediment from Nelly Bay Harbour to help boost the safety and serviceability of the popular precinct. Community Health, Safety and Environmental Sustainability chairperson, Maurie
Earlier this month – international recruitment company Atlas Professionals renewed its multi-year framework agreement with Boskalis. The framework agreement – inked by Boris Kasteel, CEO of Atlas Professionals and Dirk-Jan van Leeuwen, Director, Fleet Management at Boskalis – was signed on December
The High Court of Australia yesterday handed down its decision in Port of Newcastle Operations Pty Ltd (PNO) and Glencore Coal Assets Australia Pty Ltd (Glencore). The High Court decided that Glencore was able to seek an access determination under Part IIIA of the Competition and Consumer Act in res
In the coming weeks, two new dredging vessels will be put into the ever-growing fleet of ships working to build the world’s longest lowering tunnel. According to Femern A/S, these are two big trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD) “Willem van Oranje” and “Vox Amalia”, as soon as she completes the H
Littlehampton Harbour has just released some great photos from work on dredging the Harbour Entrance by the masters of the long reach trade WM Plant. The shoal bank is typically dredged using shore-side excavators at least twice per year. The bar is maintained at 0.9m over datum by the natural scour
Governor Ralph Northam has released the Virginia Coastal Resilience Master Plan, providing a foundational and fundamental step towards protecting Virginia’s coast. Virginia’s coastal areas face significant impacts from rising sea levels and increased storm flooding. “We must acknowledge that climate
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin wrote Monday to the newly confirmed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, who leads USACE, spotlighting the major priorities across Maryland. “The enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) provides an opportunity to accele
South African Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Patricia de Lille, is visiting the Hermanus Harbour today to inspect the recent infrastructure upgrades done by her department. During her visit, the Minister will also officially open the new multi-purpose centre which will be utilised by loca
The Broward County Segment II Shore Protection Project is making headway, USACE said in their latest project update. As of Thursday, December 2, the crews had placed approximately 87,000 cubic yards of beach-quality sand in the section of beach running north from Anglin’s Pier. The team is progressi
NCC is about to begin with improvement work on the harbors in Hammerfest and Forsöl in Northern Norway, on behalf of Hammerfest Municipality and the Norwegian Coastal Administration. The assignment involves comprehensive environmental remediation work and upgrading, and is scheduled for completion i
Construction work at the Lekki Deep Seaport project site in Nigeria has reached 74.15 percent as of November 28, 2021. According to the latest Lekki Port Construction Completion Status report, dredging and land reclamation works have reached 85.38 percent, while the building of quay walls has reache
After announcing its candidacy for the construction of an energy island in the Danish North Sea earlier this week, DEME is now separating from its parent company CFE by summer 2022. CFE’s board of directors announced today in a press release its intention to split the group into two separate listed
Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has passed the 100 million TEU mark since it handled its first container in the 1960s. The 100th million TEU was loaded at Berth 8, the port’s newest facility and one of four berths at the UK’S largest container port capable of handling the world’s largest containe
UK’s Ardersier Port is set to be transformed into Europe’s first fully circular energy transition facility where old oil rigs will be recycled to make foundations for floating offshore wind farms. In the 1970s Ardersier – a vast and currently unused port 14 miles east of Inverness – was one of the l
