Work on the Meemu Airport Development Project is moving ahead, Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) reports. At the moment, the terminal building foundation and runway land reclamation operations are in full swing. This capital development project was awarded to MTCC in February 2021. T
The upgrade of the Lady Bay boat ramp and dredging at the Port of Warrnambool are expected to begin over coming months, Warrnambool City Council said. Council, Better Boating Victoria, and DELWP are working collaboratively to finalise a program of works minimising potential impacts to the marine env
In the latest edition of Focus magazine, Jan De Nul presented an interesting story about the coastal protection works in Brazil. According to JDN, Brazil is increasingly protecting its coastline through beach restoration projects. Wider and more resistant beaches offer better protection against the
Environment Agency and VolkerStevin are about to begin work on two new locations and have completed part of the multi-million-pound Kendal flood scheme. Construction work at Busher Walk and Benson and Sandes has now been completed on a section of earth embankment and flood walls which will provide i
PSA Sines, Portugal, inaugurated a new stage of the expansion Phase at the Sines Container Terminal last week. The inauguration event was graced by the Portuguese Secretary of State of Infrastructure, Hugo Santos Mendes, the Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, President
Returning from its first season of the current three-year annual maintenance dredging project for the Port of Alaska in Anchorage Harbor, Manson’s only tug-assisted hopper dredge WESTPORT recently arrived in the Seattle yard to undergo general maintenance. Before arriving at the Seattle yard, the WE
Kokosing Alberici Traylor, LLC (KAT), a joint venture headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, has won the $1.068 billion contract for the Phase 3 of the New Lock at the Soo in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The contract allows construction to begin on the largest phase of the project which includes the new loc
The Port of Aberdeen welcomed the first commercial vessel to the new South Harbour on Saturday 2 July, as construction of the £400 million port expansion continues at pace. Subsea 7’s Seven Atlantic dive support vessel berthed at Dunnottar Quay to change over the crew, offload project equipment and
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Miami Beach renourishment work continues placing sand on the beach in the Allison Park (64th Street) section of the project. To date, the crew has placed 65,000 tons of material to restore the beach and strengthen the shoreline. “Residents and visitors will be happy
Federal, state, and local leaders joined JAXPORT and the Army Corps, Jacksonville District in May 2022 to celebrate the completion of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The project deepened 11 miles of the federal shipping channel—from the sea
Opotiki District Council, New Zealand, today confirmed that work continues on a multi-million Opotiki Harbour Development Project. The amphibious excavator made her maiden voyage this week and is now ready to start dredging the river, the council said. As the existing harbour entrance is limited to
Indiana Representative Frank J. Mrvan joined Colonel Paul Culberson from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Superintendent Paul Labovitz from Indiana Dunes National Park, and Chief Operating Officer Andrea Hermer from the Ports of Indiana earlier this week to announce $47,852,000 in Fiscal Year 2022
Area east of Longboat Pass Bridge will be closed to boaters and bathers for about three weeks due to the dredging operations, the Town of Longboat Key said. Beginning this week, the Town’s dredge contractor is mobilizing to begin work associated with an emergency dredge providing access to Canal 1A
Dredging operations are set to get underway in the Gold Coast Broadwater in a bid to improve access and safety for marine vessels. According to Gold Coast Waterways Authority, crews will remove a massive 20,000m3 over the next few months with a focus on the South Wave Break Island Channel. Monitorin
