As part of the 2022-23 State Budget, the Western Australia Government will allocate $78 million towards the Lumsden Point development to grow capacity at the Port of Port Hedland – diversifying trade, driving investment and creating local jobs. Government officials believe that this investment will
The USACE St. Paul District will begin dredging the St. Paul, Minnesota, Small Boat Harbor this week. The Corps’ contractor, LS Marine Inc., from Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, is scheduled to use a mechanical dredging operation that includes an excavator sitting on a barge to remove nearly 21,000
Alabama’s seaport modernization program remains on track to meet shipper demand and accommodate new vessel services. In keeping with their commitments to service and efficiency, the Alabama Port Authority and APM Terminals inked a deal to add container capacity at the Port of Mobile. Under the agree
Work is well underway on the USACE Omaha District’s bedrock removal project in the Florence Bend reach portion of the Missouri River near Omaha. The implementation of the excavation is due to riverbed degradation in recent years, which has lowered water elevation at certain river stages through thi
A great milestone has been reached in the construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Germany and Denmark. The dredging of the trench needed to realize the 18-kilometer long immersed tunnel is halfway complete, according to Boskalis. As part of the joint venture FBC (Fehmarn Belt Contractors), Bo
A section of Kure Beach will remain closed over the Memorial Day weekend to the continue the beach renourishment program that began in Carolina Beach at the end of February. Kure Beach Mayor, Craig Bloszinsky, announced Wednesday that the Town decided to allow contractors to continue pumping sand th
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has marked another milestone – the completion of fabrication works for all 227 caissons for the Tuas Port Phase 2. According to MPA, this is the largest of the four phases to be reclaimed at 387 hectares. The 8.6 km wharf structure will consist of 227 c
Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins announced yesterday that South Louisiana waterway projects received significant funding in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers FY 2022 Work Plan. “We continue to work closely with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local stakeholders to prioritize funding for dredgi
The USACE Buffalo District received a total of $101.9 million in the Fiscal Year 2022 Work Plan to complete projects across the District’s area of responsibility. The FY22 Work Plan funding is in addition to the $99.96 million of FY22 President’s Budget and $24 million of FY22 funding from the Infra
The $30 million Airport Perimeter Dike Improvement Project Phase 1 is now complete at Oakland International Airport. The project will provide protection against flooding and sea level rise at the airport for the next 30-35 years. The Airport Perimeter Dike (APD) provides flood and shoreline protecti
Today, the Dutch State, represented by Atradius Dutch State Business (DSB), decided to support the largest project in Boskalis’ history by means of an export credit insurance (ECI). At the end of 2020, Boskalis was awarded a contract for the land development of the new Manila International Airport w
The federal, state, and local leaders joined JAXPORT and the USACE Jacksonville District yesterday to celebrate the completion of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening project through JAXPORT’s Blount Island terminal. The project deepened the federal shipping channel from 40 to 47 feet, providing the ch
Royal IHC has successfully completed delivery and hand-over of the “DACINCO 07”, a Beaver® 65 DDSP cutter suction dredger, to DACINCO Investment Construction Company Limited in Vietnam. According to IHC, on Tuesday May 17th, Director Dredging Standard Modular Vessels Catina Geselschap handed over th
Contractors representing the Big Four dredging companies (Van Oord, Boskalis, Jan de Nul, DEME), which account for over 98% of dredging works in Russian ports, have withdrawn from Russia’s Arctic infrastructure projects. As of today, Russian market of dredging depends on foreign companies, accordin
