Boaties have benefited from a dredging campaign at Jacobs Well, with Hall Contracting having recently finished dredging more than 80,000m3 of material from the Calypso Bay Access Channel and Main Channel (North and South). Hall General Manager – Dredging, Mark McCurdy, said that the works had improv
It’s been over a year since San Miguel Corporation started the Tullahan-Tinajeros river system dredging and clean-up project. In this video, the company shares some of the key milestones this project has reached, thus far. “Keeping our rivers clean not only mitigates flooding, it also helps address
The USACE Buffalo District is building a beneficial use of dredged material placement area to handle about 400,000 cubic yards of dredged material off the Ashtabula Harbor East Breakwater. “We’re placing 1,500 linear feet of stone to create a long-term solution to dredged material management, which
Dredging operations in Tavira, Portugal, are set to begin next week, representing an investment of half a million euros, The Portugal News informs. According to the General Directorate of Natural Resources, Security and Maritime Services (DGRM), they consigned the contract for the maintenance dredgi
The efforts of Jan De Nul Group to always work in a safe and sustainable way have once again been recognised by VOKA and IADC. Last night, Voka East Flanders honoured Jan De Nul with the Voka Charter for Sustainable Entrepreneurship. Today, JDN received the Safety Award 2021 from the sector federati
Five Damen CSD500s have been successfully shipped to the province of Tabasco, in southern Mexico, the Dutch shipbuilding company said. According to Damen, the dredgers have already started the dredging operations, contributing to an enormous river maintenance job. The Mexican government recently ann
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc (MTCC) has just released the latest update on their Hdh. Hanimaadhoo Harbour development program. According to MTCC, the rock boulders required for the construction of a groyne were successfully delivered to the project site earlier this week. The Hdh.
The WODCON Technical Papers and Programme Committee announced today that it will be extending the deadline for submission of abstracts to 1st October 2021. The organising committee is inviting abstract submissions for the papers, presentations and panel sessions, that will make up the main body of t
The Ocean City Council gave final approval to a bond ordinance last week that will fund capital improvements throughout town. The measure includes $5.5 million for reconstructing streets and alleys and another $5.5 million for neighborhood drainage projects. It includes $2 million for bayside dredgi
Work is progressing well at a breakwater project at Cullivoe in the Shetlands, where the North Yell Development Council (NYDC) is enlarging the marina and business park. “We are installing two grades of rock including armour blocks of up to 2-3 meters,” said Peter Madsen Marine Contractors A/S in th
Work on Stage 1 of upgrades at the Onslow Community Boating Precinct will start in October, the Government of Western Australia said. A $9.2 million contract for stage one works has been awarded to WA based company Ertech. A new two-lane boat launching ramp will be constructed with a central floatin
Lansing Village Creek boat channel dredging will begin tomorrow and is expected to continue through October 15, Iowa DNR said. The navigation channel from the boat ramp to the main channel Mississippi River will be dredged hydraulically. “Hydraulic dredge materials will be pumped into geo-fabric bag
A project to dredge Ryde Harbour will get underway later this month, the Isle of Wight Council said. Fifteen-hundred cubic metres of sand will be removed from within the harbour by local contractors Reynolds and Read. The work will be carried out over three phases, starting from Monday, 20 September
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has announced the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $261.3 million. The awarded work includes: Corpus Christi Upper Bay Reach Channel Improvement Project (Capital, Texas, $139 million); Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point Phase 1 Beach Proj
