Kenya Ports Authority has just announced that Kisumu Port will soon be able to receive larger vessels with the capacity to handle more cargo volumes once the ongoing renovations and dredging works at the port is complete. Currently the project scope which covers the Kisumu port basin, Kenya Pipeline
The Mordialloc Boat Ramp upgrade in Mordialloc, Victoria, is now complete and the installation of the new pontoons took place yesterday. “In addition to the dredging works, Australasian Marine Associates (AMA) was able to assist our client DELWP with the removal of rock from the edges of the dredge
Keeping the Mississippi River open to navigation is not an easy task and Dan Cottrell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District dredging manager, knows this. Recently, he had the opportunity to ride Ingram Barge Company’s MV Neil N. Diehl on the Upper Mississippi River where he got to experien
HEB Construction is making really nice progress with the 6 Wharf project at Napier Port, New Zealand. The contractor is building the new multi-purpose wharf which will boost the port’s ability to handle much larger ships. “It’s all go here for the hard working team at Napier Port with the first fend
A public meeting will be held on July 15 over proposals to build new sea defences in a Cornish coastal village. St Keverne Parish Council has called the meeting over a planning application for the North Corner end of Coverack. An additional piece of coast defence is being installed below the cliff a
After successful dredging trials in the Netherlands, state-of-the-art cutter suction dredger (CSD) ‘Hussein Tantawy’ is ready to go to Egypt. Following intensive testing during May and June, Royal IHC will now load out the new dredger onto a semi-submersible transport vessel that will finally bring
St. Lucie County, Florida, will begin dredging Taylor Creek in early August to remove unwanted silt and muck from the bottom of the waterway. This $2.7 million project is entirely funded through grants from the South Florida Water Management District, Florida Inland Navigation District and a Legisla
Despite COVID-19, a Chinese dredging vessel is working hard to dredge the port channel at Mongla – a major seaport in Bangladesh’s southern Khulna industrial region, XinhuaNet reports. This work is being conducted under an agreement between the Mongla Port Authority and China Civil Engineering Const
The Ekiti State Government, Southwest region of Nigeria, has officially started the dredging works on waterways across the state. The main goal of this project is to prevent flooding, deaths and destruction of lives and property – caused by floods. For this flood protection program, the government h
FSUE Rosmorport has announced another tender for further construction of the international terminal in Pionersky, the Kaliningrad Region. The contract foresees the completion of the freight and passenger terminal including 2 berths with the total length of 725 meters and a water area for freight and
USACE Jacksonville District has announced the award of an $8 million construction contract for the Miami-Dade County beach renourishment project – Bal Harbour. The $8 million contract was awarded to Cavache Inc. based in Pompano Beach, Fla. This effort will restore eroded shoreline along Miami-Dade
USACE Jacksonville District awarded a $3.78 million contract last month to Diamond Service Corp. of Morgan City, La., for maintenance dredging of the 9-foot Anclote River channel and turning basin. The work is located in Pinellas and Pasco Counties, Florida. “The non-federal sponsor is the City of T
The Charleston Harbor is on track to have the deepest port on the east coast and harbor some of the world’s largest ships. Large container ships, even super-post-Panamax vessels like the 1300-foot-long CMA CGM Marco Polo which cruised into Charleston’s harbor this May during high tide, will soon hav
Onsite activities for the planned dredging of boating navigational channels within the Manning River at Farquhar Inlet will begin next week, according to MidCoast Council. Dredging Solutions will undertake the work on behalf of Council and the team will start mobilisation of the dredge, pipeline and
