The world’s most powerful cutter suction dredger (CSD) Spartacus is currently working on the Abu Qir Port project in Egypt – the largest ever dredging and land reclamation contract in DEME’s history. According to the Belgian giant, this project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land.
A fire at the U.S. Moorings complex destroyed two buildings and damaged two others yesterday. Located on the west bank of the Willamette River, near the St. Johns Bridge, the U.S. Government Moorings provides port, supply and repair facilities for USACE Portland District’s fleet of dredges, hydrosur
Mid West Ports Authority is set to begin the Geraldton dredging program in the following days. The 2021 Maintenance Dredge Project will remove naturally accumulated sediments from within the inner harbour of Geraldton Port and southern navigational channel. For this job, RN Dredging Pty Ltd – the Au
Jan De Nul Group has just released their latest blog which tells the story about the construction of energy islands in the North Sea. The North Sea plays a pioneering role in the journey towards a climate-neutral society. Nowhere in the world, more offshore wind turbines will be installed in the com
Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) has launched KOEM’s new trailing suction hopper dredger “ENDAM”. The multi-purpose vessel will primarily act as an oil recovery vessel, and will undertake work as a hopper dredger when not tending to emergencies. Last spring, Damen S
The Dredge Oregon wasn’t always dredging in Oregon. The vessel was built in 1943 as a river tugboat designed for towing on the Mississippi River. In 1965, Bauer Dredging Company converted it to a dredge, and it has served the Port of Portland ever since. Although the Dredge underwent consistent main
The Port of Houston Authority was joined yesterday by the Army Corps’ Galveston District Leadership, Congressmembers, and other US officials for the ceremonial presentation of the signed Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) which delineates funding and construction responsibilities for the various se
Aberdeen Harbour Board announced recently that the final two caissons will soon arrive into the site which will complete the South Pier. They also added that considerable progress has been made on the South Breakwater, which has reached its completed length with work beginning on building its profil
Russian regulatory body Glavgosexpertiza has approved the design documentation and engineering survey results for the construction of new cargo handling facility at Taganrog Port. The new facility that will be built in the area of the port’s Northern pier is expected to handle 270,000 tonnes of carg
The Southsea Coastal Scheme officials have just released the latest update on the UK’s largest local authority-led coastal defences’ project. As reported, placement of the Norwegian anorthosite rock at the Frontage 1 site is progressing well and in line with the target delivery programme. This rock,
After reaching a major milestone with the completion of the 2.2km rock wall, the Port of Townsville’s $232 million Channel Upgrade project is moving to the next phase. This includes construction of an unloading facility which will be used to offload dredge material into the reclamation area. The 150
The Ga. Dhaandhoo Land Reclamation and Shore Protection project has officially started. According to the contractor Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC), the scheme includes: dredging and land reclamation operations of 25 hectares; construction of a 1238m rock boulder revetment; a 240m
Almost a year after the Fairhaven coastal protection project completed, the official ‘opening’ took place on 22 July. VBA, a joint venture between VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and SNC Lavalin’s Atkins business, was awarded the £22m coastal protection project in 2017 by Fylde Council, to provid
Repair works on the 150-year-old Bowen Wharf are now complete. Since late February, about $3.6 million worth of works have been carried out on the Wharf, which has seen parts of the aged timber structure repaired or replaced. Transport and Main Roads Minister, Mark Bailey, said that the project had
