Stage 1 of the Onslow Community Boating Precinct (CBP) is now complete, with the works creating modern recreational boating facilities to residents and visitors alike. Upgrades to the precinct included the dredging of a new basin, construction of a two-lane boat ramp with central floating jetty, a c
Dutch Dredging’s trailing suction hopper dredger Elbe has successfully wrapped up the Caribbean dredging campaign in Montserrat. Since late July, TSHD Elbe was busy in Little Bay working on the Montserrat Port Development Project. “On the completion of its dredging duties last weekend TSHD Elbe depa
Canals and rivers are usually important economic lifelines. It is therefore crucial to maintain the depth and flow of these waterways by dredging accumulating sand, silt and other sediments in time. This not only allows – the ever bigger – ships to pass smoothly, it also prevents siltation and flood
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has just announced that the Final Report for Scarborough’s Urban Redevelopment has been approved for public review. THA commissioned JMetrix Ltd to further develop the conceptual plan presented at the first tranche of public consultations held in February – March 2
In just under eight months, Jan De Nul Group’s Galileo Galilei – hailed as the largest dredger ever arrived on the Demerara River – has delivered on its mission. According to a press release from Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase Inc. (VEHSI), the one of the world’s largest hopper dredgers was deployed to the
Jefferson Parish leaders held a ribbon cutting at the site on Friday (August 11) to mark the end of the Laketown Boat Launch Rehabilitation Project in Kenner. Leaders broke ground on the $2.16 million project this past November. It was an effort to make repairs to the boat launch and to dredge its c
Despite the declaration of the Philippines’ President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to suspend all reclamation projects in Manila Bay, dredging activities intended for reclamation continue in Cavite, a fisherfolk group claimed. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) reported
Authorities have identified a boater killed when his craft hit a loose dredge pipe in Cape May Harbor. Christopher W. Heitman, 45, of Cape May, was operating the 17-foot vessel Sea Hunt in Cape May Harbor yesterday, with one occupant, when his boat struck a loose dredge pipe in the channel, causing
Governor John Bel Edwards yesterday joined the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), as well as several federal and state leaders, to officially break ground and begin construction on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion. The project is widely regarded as the most ambitious
Pete Perez, chief of Engineering and Construction for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Headquarters, continued his visit with leaders and other subject-matter experts with the Los Angeles District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during several stops along the Los Angeles River Aug. 3 to discuss updat
The City Government of Dagupan is looking into continuous dredging and investing in infrastructures to address perennial flooding in the city, the Philippine News Agency reports. In a statement on her official social media account, Mayor Belen Fernandez said that these measures were brought up durin
Knights Brown has been awarded the contract to build Cardiff’s new coastal flood defence system in south-east Cardiff. The scheme, on the Rover Way foreshore and the banks of the River Rhymney, has been designed to protect properties from the impact of extreme weather events, and from rising sea lev
The first phase of the University Lakes Project in Baton Rouge is now officially underway. Officials gathered for a news conference on Tuesday, August 8, to reveal the updated plans for Phase 1. “And this is not a small deal. All in we’ve got $65 million dollars lined up for this project,” said Loui
A party-list lawmaker is seeking an investigation into the status of the Manila Bay reclamation projects and its consequential effects on national security and the environment, the Philippine News Agency said. ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo filed House Resolution 1171 today, directing the House
