City of Newcastle said that they have welcomed this morning’s announcement by the Deputy Premier, Paul Toole, that NSW Public Works will be charged with project managing key activities to enable sand nourishment for Stockton Beach. In October 2022, the NSW Government was successful in obtaining a $6
Starting Monday, February 6, the Rocky Point boat launch, docks, and boat trailer parking area will be unavailable to the public due to maintenance dredging activity around these facilities and the navigational channel in the Port Moody Arm of Burrard Inlet, the City of Port Moody said. Rocky Point
Maritime transport is the backbone of international trade and the global economy. Keeping up with the growing volume of maritime transport requires both port and waterway development and maintenance. The Harwich project team’s mission is to give the latest generation of container vessels unimpeded a
PD Ports Teesport has announced that starting at the end of January capital dredging works will be carried out in three different areas within the port limits. The works are part of the wider South Bank Project, which will see the creation of a new £107 million heavy-lift quay. According to the PD T
City of Newcastle (CN) said that they have welcomed the $2.3 million in funding from the NSW Government’s 2021-22 Coastal and Estuary Grants Program for the first of three protection structures to address immediate erosion risk at Stockton Beach. This grant will be boosted by further funding from CN
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s and City of San Rafael’s dredging contractor, The Dutra Group, will continue dredging operations in the San Rafael Canal in the month of February, 2023. Due to extreme weather activity in January 2023, some dredging activities have been delayed. Dredging will contin
NOAA’s National Sea Grant College Program and the U.S. Coastal Research Program (USCRP) are backing new work to protect North Carolina’s shorelines. A North Carolina Sea Grant collaboration with East Carolina University and Carteret Community College will develop a framework for coastal protection d
Due to coastal erosion, the beaches at the popular seaside resort in the South-Eastern part of Romania, Eforie, are in drastic decline. Van Oord is now reinforcing approximately 6 kilometres of coastline, using the best and most sustainable solutions. Van Oord is responsible for both project design
Due to the ongoing sea level rise, the coastline of Togo and Benin in West Africa is eroding by more than two meters every year. The result: houses literally end up in the ocean and the local population – which lives largely from fishing and arable farming – is struggling to make a living. To [&hell
New Jersey Representative, Chris Smith, has just announced that in response to his ongoing advocacy and requests, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin a significant dredging operation on the Manasquan Inlet as early as this week to ensure the channel remains safe for marine traffic. “The Army
The Gahdhoo Harbor Development Project is moving forward according to schedule, Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) announced today. First shipment of concrete blocks required for quay wall construction has been delivered to the site. Also, harbor bridge column concrete works are curre
The Oosterweel infrastructure project is entering the next phase, DEME Group announced today. The official starting signal was given yesterday for the construction of the eight tunnel elements for the Scheldt Tunnel, which will be built in a dedicated drydock in Zeebrugge. Once the tunnel elements a
Boskalis’ hopper dredger Causeway has begun dredging operations to deepen the new main quay and approaches in Stornoway, UK. The Stornoway new deep water harbour project includes construction of a new quay, berthing dolphin and foundation works for a new linkspan as well as the removal of two shipwr
Pacific Dredge & Construction (PDC) has won the Napa River Maintenance Dredging project by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The project goal was to make the river deeper back to its original navigational depths, allowing boats to always transit fully throughout the river. The last time the Napa Riv
