The Victorian Government has announced that applications are now open for the latest round of the State Government’s Recreational Boating Access and Dredging Grants, made possible through the Better Boating Fund. Grants of up to $150,000 will support organizations that manage public boat ramps acros
Van Oord has successfully finished the dredging of the outer channel to the Port of Suape, an important port in the Northeast of Brazil. The dredging of the channel up to 20 metres enables the port to handle larger, more efficient, container and (liquid) bulk vessels. This is a key part of the port’
IHC Dredging delivered a new cutter suction dredger (CSD) to a customer in the Asia Pacific region recently. “The commissioning and delivery to our valued partner Hall Contracting Pty Ltd is a significant milestone as it is the 8th Beaver that IHC Dredging has recently delivered in the Asia Pacific
Seemanagement Burgenland GmbH has completed their first season of maintenance on the Austrian side of Lake Neusiedl using Watermaster dredgers. From October 2023 to mid-April 2024, they dredged 60,000m³ of soft sediment to deepen boat paths and marinas. This work improves access for recreational act
Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed subsea dredging operations remotely from shore for the first time ever. This milestone activity was carried out for Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP. DeepOcean’s remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) onboard the Edda Fauna were utilized fo
PC Marine Services has just released the latest update on the massive marine works at the Jeddah Islamic Port on the Red Sea Coast. Construction of new berths (from 26 to 31) at the port is moving ahead according to schedule. Demolition and removal of berths and services from berth 26 to berth 31 ar
The Port of Aveiro, Portugal, launched a public tender for a maintenance dredging contract yesterday. With a basic value of more than EUR1.2 million, the dredging work will take place in the fishing ports of Largo and Costeiro, the Jardim Oudinot leisure port and the maneuvering areas. According to
Essential restoration work will continue in the Hay River Harbor this summer to ensure safe navigation for all users, and to support vital marine resupply activities, the Government of the Northwest Territories said. Dredging operations are scheduled to occur between June 3 and September 14, 2024, p
The City of Oceanside, California, announced last week that the annual Army Corps’ dredge of the Harbor entrance has been put to a hold. The city said yesterday that dredge vessel’s repair should be complete by the end of this week, and the Harbor dredging operation aims to re-start on Tuesday, May
Van Oord recently kicked off work on a £7 million beach renourishment project in Lincolnshire, UK. Over the next few weeks, around 400,000 cubic meters of sand will be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point. The work began in early May and will help reduce the risk of flooding fo
The Virginia Port Authority (VPA) is working on a new dredging project that will provide safe navigation for the Ultra Large Container Vessels on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth. VPA has proposed to perform new and maintenance dredging by mechanical and/or hydraulic methods to widen and deepen the
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife has initiated a project to restore wetland vegetation across 300 acres of Middle Harbor in East Harbor State Park. The project began in April with a completion date later this year, said ODNR. The Middle Harbor wetland restoration
The USACE Honolulu District, on behalf of the Hawaii Department of Transportation Harbors Division, completed the Kaunakakai Harbor Maintenance Dredging project last month. This was a crucial project as it had been 51 years since the last maintenance dredging of Kaunakakai Harbor which occurred in 1
A massive dredging program is currently underway in the Port of Santander. The work is being carried out by the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Tristão da Cunha, owned by Jan De Nul. According to the Port, this dredging campaign is set to last about two weeks. During the latest project, up to
