The dredging works are due to start on the Harwich Haven Channel Deepening Project. On or around September 30, the trailer suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Sospan Dau will start dredging the main channel, disposing material to the beneficial disposal schemes at Horsey Island and Mersea Harbour. The dre
The flagship event of the Central Dredging Association, CEDA Dredging Days 2021 will be held online next week on 28 -29 September. “Central Dredging Association organising committee is pleased with the programme curated for this year’s event. It is presented, for the first time, as a virtual confere
USACE Commanding General and 55th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, signed the Chief’s Report for the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Study (The Coastal Texas Study) last week. This is a six-year, $20.63 million comprehensive study led by USACE in partnership with their
Louisiana’s CPRA has been awarded a $28.68 million grant amendment to apply funds to the Calcasieu-Sabine Large-Scale Marsh and Hydrologic Restoration project in Cameron Parish. These funds will advance the project to benefit the 65,000-acre Cameron Creole Watershed through targeted large-scale mars
In order to receive the world’s largest oceangoing vessels, the fairway leading into the Port of Gothenburg needs to be deepened by around four metres and six kilometres of fairway need to be dredged. Around 13.5 million cubic metres of spoils will need to be excavated and transported to a designate
Dredging of the North Channel is on track to finish this week and all the dredged sand has been used to replenish the sand lost by winter storms at Narrowneck. According to the Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) latest project update, dredging of the Seaway Entrance will commence in early October
Roam Marine is assisting TAMS with the design and installation of a landbacked wharf at Lumsden Point. The wharf is 59m x 22m with a retained height of 16.5m. According to their latest project update, the main piles are dia 1625mm and the anchor piles 1067mm. Roam Marine designed the two level pilin
Hall Contracting, Australia’s largest privately-owned dredging, civil and marine construction company, has just released this very interesting video about the Jacobs Well maintenance dredging program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRIObHlAv-w For this work, Hall used cutter suction dredge Saibai t
The Dinish Wharf Completion Works project in Castletownbere kicked off in August. The scope includes the extension of the quay wall, construction of breakwater cells, dredging of the navigation channel and berth pocket along with all associated ancillary works. Earlier this week, Sorensen Civil Engi
The dredging work on the Tweed River entrance is almost complete. Around 150,000 cubic metres of sand has been dredged to maintain a clear and safe channel for boaties. Southern Gold Coast beaches have benefited from the project, with sand delivered offshore of Bilinga, Snapper Rocks, Duranbah, and
Rohde Nielsen A/S recently completed a beach nourishment project in Denmark. During the scheme, around 20.000 m3 of sand was placed for the coastal protection work in the Faxe Ladeplads coastal area. “The sand was pump ashore via sinker line and land pipes and levelled along the coastline. Our TSHD
BW Ideol and Ardersier Port Authority have signed a partnership agreement on securing access to the Scottish port for the production of its concrete floaters. Under the agreement, the parties will study the creation of a serial production line for floating wind substructures based on BW Ideol’s tech
Dredging work to restore safe navigation for boat users between the Manning River South Channel and Scotts Creek has now been completed. MidCoast Council’s contractor, Dredging Solutions finalised the dredging works this month, which saw a total of 33,010 cubic metres of marine sand removed from the
The most powerful cutter suction dredger (CSD) in the world ‘Spartacus’ has joined DEME’s fleet in Abu Qir, Egypt, to work on the largest dredging and land reclamation project in their history. The project includes: reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land; deepening of the port’s approach channel
