Marine Management Organisation (MMO) recently granted a marine licence to Associated British Ports (ABP) for the development of the Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF). This followed a period of collaboration and joint working, beginning in November 2020, when ABP applied to the MMO to conduct
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has announced that the state will receive $2.6 billion in USACE funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (Supplemental Disaster Relief). This funding will support co
Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) funds stemming from an oil spill incident will be funding a Louisiana Master Plan marsh creation and habitat project this year. The Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO) reported this today at the monthly meeting of the Coastal Protection and Rest
The Ukulhas Harbour development project at Alif Alif Atoll in the Maldives is nearing completion. Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) today revealed that the work on the design and build of the island harbor quay wall and jetty construction is well underway and currently at 92 percent
Following concerns raised by an ecological activist group, the Federal Administrative Court of Leipzig has recommended a pause on the dredging works on the German side of the immersed tube Fehmarnbelt Tunnel between Germany and Denmark. An emergency application was made last week by Aktionsbündnis g
The latest Suez Canal expansion project is expected to be completed after two years of work – in July 2023, said Osama Rabie, the chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA). Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egyptian President, approved the widening and deepening of the southern part of the Suez Canal in May 20
Crews have been working to assess the damage at the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor, CA, in the wake of Saturday’s tsunami that struck in the early morning hours after a massive underground volcano erupted in the South Pacific. As a result of the strong tsunami surge, the Santa Cruz Power District’s d
The City of Fremantle and Fremantle Ports are proposing to undertake up to 150,000 cubic metres of maintenance and capital dredging from a portion of Fremantle Ports deep water entrance channel and nourish Port Beach with the dredged material. The proposal footprint is 60.27 hectares, located 1.6 ki
Maldives’ Minister of Economic Development, Fayyaz Ismail, and Minister of State for National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, H.E. Mr. Akram Kamaluddin, inaugurated the Sh. Komandoo Shore Protection Rectification Works and the Mathi Komandoo Connectivity Project two days ago. According to Mald
The 8,000m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ghasha – owned by National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) from Abu Dhabi – is currently working on the latest maintenance dredging program at Damietta Port, Egypt. The Ghasha, delivered to NMDC by Royal IHC in September 2020, is based on the design
The backhoe dredger Capall Mara, owned by ABCO Marine, is set to transit from the Port of Grimsby on January 22 to the work site at Bridlington Bay. “The Capall Mara will be carrying out spoil management activities. She will remain on station/site during the night and be manned 24 hours throughout,”
The dredging portion of the City of Whitewater lakes project is set to begin today. The city has contracted with A-1 construction to perform the work. According to the latest project update, “A-1 will have two teams (one for each lake) begin preparing next week with the hopes of starting to dred
Construction of a world-class marina at Ocean Reef has reached another key milestone, the Government of Western Australia said. This includes the crossing of the new breakwaters at the multimillion-dollar project, set to create a safer, more accessible waterside entry for harbour users. Work on the
Environment Agency is about to start work on a £6.5 million flood risk management scheme to reduce the risk of flooding for 350 homes and businesses in Stoke-on-Trent. The scheme is designed to reduce the risk of flooding from the the Fowlea Brook, a 6-mile tributary of the River Trent, when water l
