Callan Marine has won a contract for maintenance dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway – Rollover Pass to the Galveston Causeway. This project will include the removal of 1,500,000 cubic yards of sediment from the area. Also, the material will be placed at a designated Dredge Material Placement
The Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, yesterday hold a ceremony celebrating the completion of the Unity Island Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project. The ceremony celebrates the completion of the Unity Island project that restored 10 acres of coastal wetland habitat. It is an example of a m
FUSE Morspassluzhba has begun installation of piles for the berth No. 2 of the new ferry and passenger terminal under construction in the village of Ugolnye Kopi (Chukotka), reports FSUE Rosmorport. The project envisages construction of three new berths – cargo, cargo-passenger, and passenger-only.
Plans to provide new flood defenses for the Southsea Seafront continue to progress. This week saw demolition works finally getting underway on the beach, starting with the removal of three dilapidated groynes from the eastern side. “This was easier than expected as they were found to be fairly shall
APM Terminals Poti and Poti New Terminals Corporation have signed an agreement for the joint development of a new bulk cargo facility on the northern side of the Poti Sea Port. Under the contract, APMT will invest in: constructing a new breakwater, 400m of quay wall, dredging up to 13,5 meters vesse
Suffolk County has successfully completed the dredging works on Accabonac Harbor near Louse Point in Springs, NY. Ideally, the entrance has a depth of six feet. Periodic dredging is necessary to maintain the depth. The last dredge was in 2013 and over the past few years, the littoral current and sto
Yannuzzi Group has won a $1.1 million contract to conduct periodic nourishment of the Lower Cape Meadows-Cape May Point project. The project is a joint effort of USACE Philadelphia District, NJDEP, Borough of Cape May Point, City of Cape May, Lower Township, the Nature Conservancy, and Cape May Poin
Work to install a containment dike at the Caminada Back Barrier Marsh Creation project in Lafourche Parish is now underway. This $30 million project, a partnership with Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will provide support t
Madsen Giersing recently completed a marine project for Curtain Bros on their Motukea Island complex in Papua New Guinea. Since 1998, the company has been involved in the design and development of many of the facility’s marine structures. Also, their latest project saw the team design a new general
The dredging equipment for the Lake Worth Inlet works is to be mobilized sometime between Sunday and Monday, October 26. The contractor assigned to the project is Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co., LLC. Cashman owns the dredge Atchafalaya, which is the expected plant to accomplish the work
Cormac recently won an important award for the design and build of the Long Rock Coastal Protection Project. The company received the CEEQUAL’s “Excellent” Whole Team Award for this task. The project involves three elements to improve resilience to flooding and coastal erosion along the coastal fron
Rohde Nielsen A/S has successfully completed the dredging and reclamation works for the Swedish Ystad Harbor expansion project. The main goal of this development program was to accommodate the construction of two new ferry terminals. The Copenhagen based company started the Ystad dredging and reclam
The USACE Jacksonville District hosted at a groundbreaking ceremony in western Miami-Dade County yesterday to celebrate the first contract for the Central Everglades Planning Project. The project is designed to improve flows south to Everglades National Park. The Corps awarded the Central Everglades
The Downers Grove Park District is currently working with the village of Downers Grove, Illionis, to pursue improvements to Prince Pond. The Prince Pond Dredging & Park Improvements project will begin on or after November 30. The sediment will be pushed into a pile near the existing concrete boat la
