Business & Finance
Royal HaskoningDHV and Room for the River
Royal HaskoningDHV, international engineering and project management consultancy with over 130 years of experience, is taking part in the Room for the River program. Room for the River breaks with the traditional Dutch reliance on dike reinforcement in flood risk management. Instead, it seeks soluti
Site Investigations for Eden Breakwater Kick Off
Site investigations for the $15 million Eden Breakwater Wharf Extension Project will begin today, Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water Kevin Humphries and Member for Bega Andrew Constance announced. “The long-term economic opportunities provided by this project will greatly benefit local
Corps Awards Kissimmee River Restoration Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has awarded one of the four remaining construction contracts for the Kissimmee River Restoration project, moving this large-scale Everglades restoration project one step closer to completion. The $4.65 million MacArthur Ditch Backfill construc
Manson Wins Loch Arbour Replenishment Project
The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a contract for beach replenishment from southern Deal to Loch Arbour, worth $38 million, to Manson Construction Company. The project will cover the area stretching from Philips Avenue in Deal south to Loch Arbour. Work to replenish this stretch of the shore wi
Boskalis: Latest Addition to Its Hopper Fleet
The naming ceremony of the Freeway, the newest addition to Boskalis’ hopper dredging fleet, was held on Friday, announced Beleef Boskalis on their official facebook page. The Freeway, a medium-sized hopper dredger with a capacity of 4,500 m³, will be taken into service in 2015. More info will follow
BIG Workshop on March 31 in Charleston
The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR), in partnership with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, administers the National Boating Infrastructure Grant Program (BIG) in South Carolina. The BIG program provides grant funding to construct, renovate, and maintain tie-up facilities with features for
Media Delegation Visits New Suez Canal
The State Information Service (SIS), in cooperation with the Suez Canal Authority, has organized a visit to the New Suez Canal project for reporters of newspapers, mass media and news agencies accredited to Egypt. The delegation was led by SIS Chairman Salah Abdel Sadeq and included the head of the
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
DEME: Dredging Simulator, New Office Building The Flemish Minister-President Geert Bourgeois has laid the foundation stone of the new DEME office building in Zwijndrecht. He also put into operation the brand-new high-tech dredging simulator. VIDEO: Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mud Dredger The biggest scien
GLDD Scores Another Coastal Protection Contract
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced yesterday the receipt of an award for a $23.4 million contract with an additional $11.2 million in options to construct a beach berm and dune at Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet, New York. Fire Island is a barrier island that helps protect back-bay
Southbay Civil Wins Port of Tyne Contract
The Port of Tyne has appointed the main contractor for the £25 million extension of Riverside Quay, the Port’s multifunctional deep-sea facility at South Shields. The main contract for over 300m of quay work includes a 125m quay extension, an upgrade of 118m of existing quay and 90m of quay wall ren
Port of Cork Invests in Cobh Terminal
The Port of Cork will invest over €1.5 million in upgrading facilities at Cobh Cruise Terminal, Ireland’s only dedicated cruise berth, with the installation of a number of high load mooring bollards at the east and west end of the Cobh Cruise Berth which will enable larger ships to be berthed. The w
Senators Urge Corps to End Open-Lake Dumping
In a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) urged the USACE to explore alternatives to disposal of dredged sediment in Lake Erie. The senators called for an independent assessment to determine the practice’s impact on water quality, the eco
Picture of the Day: Digging the New Suez
Egypt launched the New Suez Canal project in August 2014, and the construction was ordered by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to be completed in one year. Some of the world’s top dredging companies are taking part in this capital project that is designed to enlarge the transit capacity and t
$13M Funding Announced for Delaware River Watershed
The U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have announced $13 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is headed to New York State to partner with the America Farmland Trust to implement conservation projects in the Delaware River Basin watershed. Th