In exactly two weeks the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden will be officially put into use by Rijkswaterstaat. The new sea lock – being 70 metres wide, 500m long and 18m deep – was completed earlier in 2021 by the OpenIJ consortium. Over the last couple of months, the new IJmuiden lock has been [
The Hong Kong Marine Department has just announced that more work will take place in the following months on the ‘Reclamation to the Southwest of Shek Kwu Chau’ for the Integrated Waste Management Facilities. According to their latest project update, “for a period of approximately 12 months, reclama
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has scored another capital development contract – the Thinadhoo land reclamation deal. MTCC and the Maldives’ Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure yesterday signed the agreement towards implementation of the Gdh. Thinadhoo land r
Livingstone Shire Council, Qld, is seeking feedback on the future of the Causeway Lake precinct. The purpose of the initial consultation is to determine what the community’s expectations and aspirations are regarding lake restoration, future use options, and shoreline development. “Livingstone Shire
DSC Dredge LLC and Deep Diggers Ltd recently celebrated an impressive milestone, the successful launch of two 18” Shark Class dredges in Bangladesh. The two dredges, which were built by Deep Diggers at their facility in Chattogram, Bangladesh, are powered by a Caterpillar C32 diesel engine with a ra
Remarkable progress has taken place at the Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project in 2021, and all marine-based activities at the project are now complete. Construction of two critical structures – the South Breawkater and the Crown Wall – has finished, and all 22 caissons are in place. The last of the
A £900,000 scheme to slow the erosion of Seaton’s eroding cliffs has taken a major step forward, East Devon District Council said. The council yesterday announced that the Seaton Hole Beach Management Plan, which has been several years in the making, has been rubber stamped by the Environment Agency
Public beach access at Turtle Trail closed this week as work continues to restore the hurricane-damaged beach dunes, Indian River County Coastal Division Programs said. Turtle Trail Beach Access, which closed Wednesday, is the latest of the beaches to close after restoration work resumed in November
Beacon Marine Construction’s crews are currently very busy working on a dredging project in Osterville, Massachusetts. All the material is being bulk loaded onto a large deck barge and towed to New Bedford where the material is being off loaded and disposed. This is a logistical project working arou
Thirteen projects across South Australia to improve coastal protection will receive $1.2 million as part of the latest round of the Regional Coastal Protection Grants. The projects range from foreshore rock armouring at Moonta Bay as well as a foreshore revetment wall at Smoky Bay, to concept plans
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) will provide an overview and updates on the White Creek maintenance dredging project in Sussex County during a public information session set for 6 p.m., Wednesday, January 19, 2022. The project is now in the engineering
Tom Tate, Gold Coast Mayor, said that the city’s 55 kilometres of ocean beaches withstood the force of ex-tropical cyclone Seth thanks to multi-million-dollar investments in major beach and foreshore protection works. “For the past decade, we have increased our beach and foreshore preservation works
Louisiana Governor, John Bel Edwards, announced the start of construction on the Lake Borgne Marsh Creation Project in St. Bernard Parish yesterday. The project is a part of the large-scale restoration strategy for the Pontchartrain Basin to reestablish the bay rim and intertidal marsh habitat in th
Senegal President, Macky Sall, laid the foundation stone yesterday for the construction of a $1.13 billion deep-water port at Ndayane, located around 50 km (31 miles) south of the capital Dakar. The facility is being developed by Dubai’s state-owned port operator DP World. According to DP World, the
