The Government of Maldives has just released a video named ‘Addu City’s Land Reclamation Plan’. Under this project, a total of 228 hectares of land will be added to Addu City. Moreover, 8.3 hectares of 3 islands and 5 hectares of 2 islands will be dedicated to tourism development. Under the program
The Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority SA and a consortium consisting of DEME Concessions N.V. and Qterminals W.L.L., have signed a preliminary agreement for a 30-year lease of land located in the outer port in Świnoujście, for the financing, building and operation of the Deep-water Contain
Lerwick Port Authority is gearing up for their next major land reclamation project, this time to accommodate future expansion by the important pelagic fish processing sector. The project, costing just over £601,000, has received £450,759 in grant from the UK Department for Environment Food & Rural A
President of the Maldives, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, has inaugurated two completed development projects in Rakeedhoo island of Vaavu atoll. According to Maldives Transport and Contracting Company, the president officially inaugurated the harbor and coastal protection projects in Rakeedhoo, as part of h
The annual dredging of the Art Keller Marina, Quincy, IL, is moving ahead, said KHQA. The dredging makes it easier for boats to get in and out of the marina and bay, and it’s especially important this year because the high water in the river brought more silt. “We usually dredge around a couple of [
The Bayelsa State Government’s Commissioner for Environment, Hon Iselema Gbaranbiri, paid an unscheduled visit to the project site in Obogoro Community in Yenagoa on Thursday, July 13, 2023 to inspect the progress of the work. Accompanied by the Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Environme
The City of Cape Town’s Coastal Management branch has made great progress with the upgrading of the Fisherman’s Lane precinct located at the Strandfontein Pavilion. The upgrade, which includes the removal of the damaged road and seawall, the provision of a new access road to link the parking areas e
Havenbeheer Suriname and Phoenix Development Company recently signed MOU’s with Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors B.V., Combi Lift Projekt GMBH & CO., Van Aalst Group BV, and Safeway BV. for the development of the Port of Nickerie. These partnerships aim to collaborate on the development of t
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District (USACE), will resume dredging in Grand Haven Harbor today, with additional testing for E. Coli and safety measures. King Co. Inc., of Holland, under an Army Corps contract, will dredge the remaining 35,000 of 141,000 cubic yards of sediment contract
APM Terminals Poti recently completed reconstruction of Poti Port’s 150-year-old 1850-meter-long main breakwater. The contractors, BESIX and STFA Construction Group, commenced reconstruction works in April 2021 and the project took two years. It was designed and constructed using rubble mound rock,
The USACE Chicago District, in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, bp, East Chicago Waterway Management District (ECWMD) and the cities of Hammond and East Chicago, Ind. held a ribbon cutting ceremony yesterday to celebrate the
Cross River State Governor, Senator Prince Bassey Otu, has appealed to the Federal Government for the speedy dredging of the Calabar Port. Speaking in Government House, Calabar, when he received the Calabar Port Manager, Mr. Festus Ikechi Olumati, and his team, the governor explained that transformi
Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced last week that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources is providing $13.5 million in Waterway Improvement Funds. The funds will support new and improved public boating access facilities, dredging of navigable public waterways, emergency vessels and equipmen
The USACE Detroit District is pausing dredging in Grand Haven, Michigan, in response to Ottawa County Health Department’s “no-contact order” for North Park Beach after preliminary testing found E.coli concentrations in the area. Dredging will be paused in the area until testing results show the E.co
