The latest IADC-CEDA Fact Sheet “Creating a Sustainable Marine and Freshwater Infrastructure” is now available in the IADC Knowledge Centre. Marine and Freshwater Infrastructure is the collection of waterborne works at coastlines, estuaries, rivers, canals and in port areas. In general, such works p
The hopper dredge Essayons is conducting sea trials and testing gear off the coast of Honolulu following her dry dock time for maintenance and repairs. As soon as the trials are done, she will headed back to the west coast to keep those federal navigation channels clear and safe for shipping vessels
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has awarded a $115 million contract to Ames Construction, Inc., of Burnsville, Minnesota, to construct the Red River Control Structure portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, or FM A
Van Oord’s hopper dredger Rotterdam arrived in Harwich Harbour this morning to carry out routine maintenance dredging under the £120m capital Channel Deepening project. With a carrying capacity of 38,000 DWT, TSHD Rotterdam is amongst the largest dredging vessels ever to visit the harbour. From appr
There is a lot of fog these days over the northern Europe’s largest infrastructure project – the Fehmarnbelt tunnel, but the work is moving forward according to schedule. The tunnel, also known as the Fehmarnbelt link, is being built as an immersed tunnel between Rødbyhavn on Lolland, Denmark, and t
The Town of North Attleboro, MA, has been awarded a grant for the town’s Ten Mile River dredging project. On February 11, Congressman Jake Auchincloss secured $1,5 million in funding – part of the House Appropriations Committee’s omnibus spending bill to supplement the costs of the dredging work. To
On March 21, Van Oord will be hosting a livestream event on how to Empower Nature and Communities. “We are focusing on how Nature Based Solutions can protect climate vulnerable coastal communities in order to secure a sustainable future for them,” said Van Oord. The keynote speaker will be Lisa Hart
Dredging equipment was moved into the Port of Iberia a couple of days ago by Magnolia Dredge & Dock – starting the process of dredging the first seven miles from the port to the Intercoastal Canal. “The deepening of the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel is well underway,” said Craig Romero, Por
On March 11, 2022, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, USACE Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, signed the Brunswick Harbor Navigation Project Chiefs Report. The Army Corps’ Savannah District seeks to reduce transportation cost inefficiencies at Brunswick Harbor. The recommended plan is a combinat
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) is mobilizing its equipment in preparation for the Baarah Channel maintenance dredging project. Scope of the project includes: channel dredging operations of 79,100cbm; existing basin maintenance dredging of 8,600; supply and installation of navigati
Members of the USACE Savannah and Jacksonville Districts began collaborating on a restoration project at the Dredged Material Containment Area 1S last month . The area is located on the Savannah River near Port Wentworth, Georgia, and this work is part of the mitigation requirements associated with
Together with its partner Grupa NDI, BESIX is currently building a shipping channel through the Vistula Spit peninsula in Poland. The project includes breakwaters, quays, a channel, lock infrastructure with rotating bridges and sluice gates, buildings and roads, as well as an artificial island. At t
The first delivery of rock for the Southsea Coastal Scheme is almost complete – one of many due over the summer months. The granite (Norwegian anorthosite rock) will be used to build the rock armour flood defence on Frontage Four around Southsea Castle. This revetment is significantly larger than th
Over the past two years, Weeks Marine’s Dredging Division has worked with the Army Corps on the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). The company’s cutter suction dredge J.S. Chatry was just one of many vessels that made this massive project possible. With the five fuel-efficient GE Tier IV dies
