Barren Island Phase I construction is set to begin this week, and will last through October 2024. Phase I construction will include installation of a majority of the stone sills and breakwaters. The Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Ecosystem Restoration Project – commonly known as Mid-Bay – is located in D
Neom is not a city. It is a place that will be made up of a number of regions – including the linear city The Line, center for advanced and clean industries Oxagon, the mountain destination Trojena and the luxury island resort Sindalah. Neom is arguably the world’s largest and most controversial arc
Boskalis has won a contract for a Red Sea port development to service a new futuristic city in Saudi Arabia – Neom. Early 2023, the Dutch giant was awarded “a significant contract for the development of a port on the Red Sea coastline of Saudi Arabia as the first step in the development of a [&helli
Coastal works to protect the foreshore and Great Ocean Road from further erosion are now complete at Eastern View. The job included constructing a section of rock revetment at the Devil’s Elbow carpark, and rock bag protection for car parks and power poles north to the Memorial Arch. The project is
Michigan Congressman Bill Huizenga announced recently that his office helped secure just over $1,000,000 in critical funding from the Army Corps of Engineers to ensure the St. Joseph inner harbor will be properly dredged. The Army Corps of Engineers will also be providing an additional $560,000 for
Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) has won another major dredging contract – the Ernakulam project. Southern Naval Command (SNC) Kochi today awarded the prestigious Annual Maintenance Dredging Contract of Ernakulam Naval Channel to the Indian dredging giant. The work includes removal of 1.5 million
The Harwich Haven Channel Deepening Project, undertaken by Boskalis and Van Oord, is underway. Under the project, the trailing hopper suction dredger (TSHD) Rotterdam will be carrying out capital dredging in the Harbour. The TSHD will also dispose the dredge material at the Inner Gabbard East dispos
Immense steel rolling door, weighing nearly 1 million kg, was installed at a safety lock in the Afsluitdijk dam in the Netherlands today. According to Van Oord, the rolling door was chosen because of the width of the waterway and will be closed in case of very high water levels. To enable installati
The Ilocos Norte Government has distributed fish aggregating devices called “payao” to about 300 fishers from the coastal villages of Metro Gabu in this city to help boost their livelihood. Composed of three fisherfolk associations, the beneficiaries are from Barangays 34-A (Gabu Norte West), 34-B (
The USACE Baltimore District has received more than $8.9 million in funding for numerous projects benefiting the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed, including $6.5 million for the Baltimore Harbor and Assateague Island. This funding is through the fiscal year 2023 Work Plan for the Army Civil Works Pr
Around $3 million is up for grabs to upgrade boating facilities and improve access thanks to the Recreational Boating Structural Maintenance and Dredging Grants, Better Boating Victoria (BBV) said. The Victorian Government-backed programs offer eligible organisations the chance to apply for funding
Beginning this week, the boat ramp at Burnsville Lake, W.Va., in the Riffle Run Day Use area will be closed for dredging, per a release from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps will be working with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) to dredge the Riffle Run Day Use area lo
The Dutra Group has won the Sacramento River Erosion Contract 2 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District. This contract was awarded at $77,846,550. According to Dutra, the work will provide 3 miles of waterside erosion protection along the east side of the Sacramento River from the
Minister Charlie McConalogue officially named the new €10 million “Fishing Pier” at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre yesterday – one six State-owned Fishery Harbour Centre. This major redevelopment project was funded through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Fishery Harbour and Coasta
