Fugro has completed a geotechnical site characterisation project for DRA Global as part of the proposed expansion of the port of Richards Bay in South Africa. The very soft soils encountered at depths of more than 40m below seafloor required an innovative solution for positioning the two geotechnica
Construction of the Nigerian Lekki Deep Sea Port has reached 66 pct completion, local media reports. According to the company’s Managing Director, Mr. Du Ruogang, China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is working round the clock to ensure its timely completion and to deliver a world-class port tha
The long-term solution to save West Beach is one step closer with a development application being lodged this week for the construction of a sand recycling pipeline between Semaphore and West Beach. Part of the Marshall Liberal Government’s ‘Securing the Future of our Coastline’ project, the pipelin
The Karnaphuli River dredging project is moving ahead, with more than 60 pct of works completed so far, The Financial Express said. Bangladesh Navy is executing this capital cleanup program, taken up by Chittagong Port Authority (CPA), to increase the navigability of the waterway – the lifeline of C
A public comment period on the future dredging operations in Hatteras Inlet is currently open, Island Free Press reports. The public comment period runs from October 18 to November 18, 2021, and corresponds with a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on t
Texas A&M University has just announced that their 51st Texas A&M Dredging Short Course will be held online from January 10-14, 2022. The Dredging Engineering Short Course is held each year in January. Due to the ongoing pandemic conditions, the weeklong course will be held via WebEx platform, and i
Sorensen Civil Engineering continues to make great progress on the refurbishment of Dinish Wharf in Castletownbere, Ireland. The project scope includes extension of the quay wall, construction of breakwater cells, dredging of the navigation channel and berth pocket along with all associated ancillar
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2021 is approaching! With only a few days left, don’t forget to sign up to be part of a great event filled with networking opportunities, insightful sessions and doing business. This year’s content theme is: “Offshore Energy in a Changing World”. Four talk sho
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has just released a video named ‘Maintaining the Mississippi River navigation channel is vital to the regional economy’. In the video, Dan DeVaney, St. Paul District channel maintenance coordinator, discusses the importance of maintaining the Miss
In one week, Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will hold their Pacific Chapter WEDA Fall 2021 meeting in Seattle, Washington. The event is taking place in downtown Seattle at the boutique MOTIF Hotel from Wednesday, October 27th to 29th, 2021. Similar to past conferences, this year’s event will en
J.E. McAmis has just released the latest update on their work at the Mouth of the Columbia River (MCR) South Jetty project. The Chico based heavy civil marine contractor, along with major subcontractor Rognlins Construction, and the USACE Portland District worked very hard all year to complete repai
Rijkswaterstaat has awarded the dyke reinforcement contract for the former island of Marken to the Hof van Marken consortium established by DEME Group subsidiary de Vries & van de Wiel and JLD International BV. Under the contract, the West and South quays of the surrounding dyke need to be reinforce
Hall Contracting has just introduced an update on their maintenance dredging works at the Molongle Creek access channel. Having been tasked with widening the channel to 20m and deepening it to 2m below lowest astronomical tide (LAT), Hall plans to dredge up to 120,000m3 of sediment from the Molongle
A lecture about the wonder world of dredging, civil engineering of waterway construction and architecture is set to take place on October 23. On that Saturday, Mr. Remco van der Ven, in cooperation with Mr. Bas de Goeij, will lead the discussion on these items in the National Dredging Museum in the
