The South Australian Government recently launched a comprehensive independent review of long-term sand management options for the Adelaide beaches. The review’s Independent Advisory Panel – working since last December on the best alternatives – has now shortlisted three primary options. The first on
This week, Barnstable County Dredge Cod Fish II initiated the Popponesset Approach Channel dredging project. The mobilization phase, while complex, has been successfully completed, and the focus has now shifted to the dredging itself. According to Mashpee Harbormaster Robert Tomaino, the channel is
MPI is trialing suction dredging methods to remove the invasive seaweed Caulerpa from the seafloor at Aotea Great Barrier Island. The operations are due to begin this week and run for two weeks. After the removal some areas will also have chlorine applied and contained with mats, to test if the suct
Dragflow – an Italian manufacturer of dredging equipment – recently delivered and successfully commissioned a Drh85/180 cable dredge at a hydroelectric dam in Guinea. The Drh85/180, equipped with a dredging pump with a pumping capacity of up to 800 m3/h, will be essential for pumping mud and debris
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) started the physical works on the N. Holhudhoo Harbor Development and Shore Protection Project earlier this week. Also, the dredging works on the new harbor basin are currently ongoing at the site. The scope of works for the project includes: The val
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has won several dredging contracts totaling $177 million. The awarded work includes: Lasse Petterson, President and Chief Executive Officer said: “These projects bring dredging backlog to approximately $1.1 billion to date.” “Great Lakes is pleased to add
Concordia Damen recently delivered a special project: the conversion of a Dutch barge into a Nigerian dredger. The trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Sayonara’ has now arrived and is at work on the Lagos lagoon. Three years ago, the Werkendam shipyard came into contact with a Nigerian dredging company
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District said that they recently issued an advisory regarding upcoming maintenance dredging. The government owned and operated Dredge Merritt will be conducting maintenance dredging of portions of the federal channel of the New Jersey Intracoastal Water
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to play a key role in maintaining navigation on the nation’s major waterways. According to the Corps, the St. Louis District dredging team, and everyone that supports them, works 24/7 to keep the Mississippi River open, allowing commerce to move. Dredge Pot
Manson Construction Co. of Seattle, Washington, has won a $23.9 million USACE Regional Harbor Dredging Contract (RHDC). According to the Department of Defense, work will be performed in Morehead City, North Carolina; Savannah, Georgia; Brunswick, Georgia; and Wilmington, North Carolina, with an esti
Physical works on the land reclamation of four areas under the second phase of the Thilafushi reclamation project in the Maldives have begun. Urbanco said that the land reclamation works began on Thursday, with reclamation of Area B is currently underway. Four areas in which reclamation works starte
The Corps cutterhead Dredge Goetz will be working on the Illinois River at mile 62.7 this week. According to the St. Louis District, “All boaters should be aware of the dredge, its pipeline and support vessels in the channel,” the St. Louis District said in the announcement. “Boaters are urged to tr
Dredging work on the Ettalong Channel is set to be completed six weeks ahead of schedule, with ferry services expected to resume on Monday, September 25. Member for Gosford, Liesl Tesch, said that the hydrographic studies would be completed this week by several parties ahead of the reopening of the
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD), from Houston, Texas, has won an $18.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging project in Georgia. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, reports the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Work will be performed in Saint Marys
