ML (UK) Dredging Ltd. is about to begin routine maintenance dredging of the Trafalgar Wharf in Portsmouth. According to the KHM Portsmouth, the dredging of the Trafalgar Wharf and its Approach Channel is set to take place between 25 September – 17 October 2023. The ML vessels conducting this task ar
Earlier this year, the Picton Terminals Team supported Doornekamp Construction on a Lake Ontario shoreline dredge project. The Amy Lynn D tug crew with Jacob Joseph C barge and Liebherr LH120 crane operators, completed a dredging project to increase water depths at a ship loading facility. The dredg
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Wilmington District awarded a $23.9 million contract to Manson Construction Company on September 15 for the maintenance dredging of the Savannah Harbor, Georgia; the Brunswick Harbor, Georgia; and the Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina. The Morehead City Harbo
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has awarded a $3.3 million contract to Barnegat Bay Dredging Company to conduct maintenance dredging of the lower Maurice River in Cumberland County, N.J. The dredged sediment will be beneficially used to support eroded marsh areas within the
The first section of the expansion and modernization works at Gamboa Pier in the Port of Rio de Janeiro is now complete. The section was inaugurated with the docking of the BBC Plata vessel last week, said Segs – Portal Nacional de Seguros. The BBC Plata, with a length of 138 meters, arrived at the
The Dzawada’enuxw First Nation and B.C. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy are working together to dredge the mouth of the Kingcome River. The Kingcome River Channel Dredging project covers the lower 1 km of the mainstem of the River, directly upstream from where its delta meets Kin
Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC) said that the land development activities for its massive international airport complex in Bulacan, 35 kilometers north of Metro Manila, would be completed by the end of 2025. Overall progress at the airport project – the largest land reclamation project in Boskal
Glavgosexpertiza (Russia’s Main Department of State Expertise) has approved the construction of a sea terminal in the Port of Pevek (Chukotka Autonomous Territory) for shipment of cargo from Baimsky GOK. RF Government earlier expanded the limits of Pevek seaport with additional plots of land and wat
Norfolk Dredging Co., from Chesapeake, Virginia, has won a $9.8 million firm-fixed-price contract for a dredging job in Norfolk. Work will be performed at Degaussing Station Range; and the waterfront area of Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, and will be completed by July 2024. Fiscal 2023 op
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
