The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District in concert with the Philadelphia District and the Marine Design Center recently awarded a $11.4 million contract to Southwest Shipyard LP of Houston, Texas, for a new crane barge on the St. Marys River. “The new crane barge will perform critical loc
Jan De Nul Group and Neptune Marine today held a launching ceremony for the new water injection dredger Cosette near Dordrecht in the Netherlands. This newbuild is a sister vessel to the Pancho, delivered earlier this year. The design of both vessels is based on an existing vessel design from the Ne
The Environment Agency and East Devon District Council have spent £12 million of Government funding, building new and improving existing defences at The Royal Avenue, Camperdown Creek and The Esplanade. The flood risk to residents and 400 businesses in the area has been reduced from a 4% chance of f
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $750,000 grant for an ongoing ADB-supported technical assistance program which is reducing the vulnerability of Fijian coastal communities to the impacts of climate change. “The project is being supported by the Ireland Trust Fund for Building Climate
The wet civil engineering firm Land & Water has reached the milestone of 100,000m3 being dredged from Queen Pool at Blenheim Palace in Oxford. Queen Pool, which was created in 1715, had become heavily silted putting its extensive eco-system at risk. Land & Water started works earlier this year, maki
Van Oord and Dublin Port Company (DPC) are about to begin work on a Capital Dredging campaign in order to create two new riverside berths. As disclosed by DPC, the contractor intends to carry out loading and dumping at sea of dredged material arising from capital dredging as part of the MP2 Project
The Wamberal Beach Terminal Protection Structure Engineering Design Requirements, which outlines minimum engineering specifications and details for coastal erosion protection works in the Wamberal embayment, has been finalised and adopted following a review of 247 formal submissions received during
H&L Contracting, LLC of Long Island, NY will be performing maintenance dredging of the Newburyport Harbor in the following days, the City of Newburyport said. The project will consist of hydraulically dredging approximately 226,000 cubic yards of material from the two entrance channels at the mouth
As of September 27, just over 5 months after beginning the dredging project, the JF Brennan Company has reached 90% completion of the 657,329 cubic yard bid quantity of sediment to be removed from Lake Redwood. The dredger Michael B. continues to work 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, Redwood-Cotto
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works has announced additional U.S. Army Corps of Engineers studies, projects, and programs funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These actions will invest more than $845 million to address urgent issues facing Americans, i
Rehabilitation of the Manistee South Breakwater began last month in Manistee, Michigan. The USACE Detroit District contracted Roen Salvage Company of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin to encapsulate the existing deteriorated structure in steel sheet piling and concrete cap with stone placement. Work is estima
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company has just completed the K. Himmafushi Harbor Development Project – Phase 2. Scope of works included: harbor dredging operations of 19,895cbm, channel dredging operations of 9,900cbm, construction of a 251m quay wall, a 15m breakwater, a 311m revetment, insta
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has just released the latest update on its Adh. Mandhoo Harbor Development Project According to MTCC, the first shipment of precast concrete blocks required for quay wall construction for the project has been delivered to project site. The dredging w
The USACE Buffalo District crews are currently placing sand at Presque Isle State Park, PA in Erie, PA, working to preserve Presque Isle Peninsula from erosion. This federal and state funded Beach Nourishment Program maintains the beaches which is an important economic resource for the City of Erie,
