The Environment Agency and Eastbourne Borough Council will host a series of online consultation events to hear about a new flagship coastal defence project. The project will become one of the largest coastal flood risk schemes in the country and help make Eastbourne to Pevensey Bay more resilient to
Dredging to remove a build up of sand in Brighton Harbour has begun, Bayside City Council said. The work is expected to take two to three weeks, subject to weather, during which time temporary boating access restrictions will apply within the harbour. The operation is a joint Parks Victoria and Roya
Philly Shipyard, Inc. (PSI) and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC, have signed a contract for the construction of one Jones Act-compliant Subsea Rock Installation Vessel – the first such ship to enter the U.S. market. According to PSI, the initial award is valued at approximately $197 million.
The Environment Agency has completed work on the Leominster flood risk management scheme which will help to protect hundreds of homes from the devastating impact of flooding. The improvements and upgrades are designed to protect 381 homes and businesses in The Marsh area of the town when heavy rain
USACE is inviting the comments on the Salem River Maintenance Dredging Plan. Under the project, USACE will utilize small split hull, shallow draft hopper dredges to remove spot shoals of predominantly sand grain sized sediment annually, or as equipment availability allows, from a segment of the Sale
Land & Water won a contract to complete dredging works on the River Wey and River Thames recently, on behalf of the Environment Agency. As part of two separate packages, the project team has undertaken the following works at three primary sites: Wey Navigation, Newark Bridge, near Ripley. Works cons
Suffolk County has awarded H&L Contracting out of Hauppauge, NY, the contract for the dredging of the channel into Silver Eel Cove. The contractor is expected to mobilize to the site on Wednesday, November 17, and work around the clock. A total of 1.700 cubic yards will be removed. With a production
Bechtel has been selected by the U.S. Navy as one of five teams that will compete for work on a multi-year program to construct new dry docks and shipyard infrastructure at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and Puget Sound in Washington state. The dry docks and associated infrastructure will service current an
Francis Asenso Boakye, the Minister for Works and Housing Ghana, said that the Government will soon start works on phase two of the Blekusu Coastal Protection Project. The second phase of the project, which includes the construction of 37 armour rock groynes and a significant amount of land reclamat
The Russian Government has announced its decision to invest over $70 million in the modernization of Onezhsky Shipbuilding, Ship Repair Yard (Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia). The Decree to invest more than RUB 5.1 billion ($72.06 million) in modernization of the shipyard has been signed by Prime
USACE and the City of Duluth have provided some additional info on the recently completed 2021 Minnesota Point beach nourishment, maintenance dredging and beach cleanup. The Corps awarded the 2021 maintenance dredging contract July 14, 2021 to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, based Roen Salvage Company. The
Louisiana state officials and Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) yesterday broke ground on the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC) Lock Complex and announced the completion of the Grand Bayou Floodgate, two critical components of the Morganza to the Gulf Hurricane Protection System. With t
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials announced the completion of dredging in four State navigation channels in Atlantic County last week. The $3.7 million dollar Lakes Bay Channel Complex project outside of Atlantic City restored safe navigation to Lakes Bay, the Lakes Bay Spur,
North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation announced today that the work on their new multi-million tug berth facility at Port of Mackay continues to progress, with pile-driving works almost complete. NQBP Senior Project Engineer, Anoop Pillai said that he was pleased to see the project pass another mi
