Stornoway Port Authority and McLaughlin & Harvey have signed a contract for the construction of the port’s new multi-purpose Deep Water Terminal. According to the contractor, work on the transformational project at the Outer Hebrides’ main port is expected to start in the coming weeks, while complet
Boskalis is part of a joint initiative to advance sustainable methods for shoreline maintenance along the Dutch coast. The project – which is in partnership with Rijkswaterstaat (the executive agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), Vereniging van Waterbouwers, Deltares
A £2.6 billion, six-year programme of work dedicated to improving flood and coastal defences has exceeded its original targets by 14,000 – with over 314,000 homes now better protected from flooding since 2015, the Environment Agency said. More than 850 new flood and coastal erosion defence projects
George Leslie Ltd has started works at Lochmaddy Harbour where the ferry terminal will be upgraded with new infrastructure. This £15.3 million project forms a key part of the Skye Triangle upgrade where Comhairle nan Eilean Siar have been working closely with Transport Scotland, Caledonian Maritime
CentrePort is undertaking the Wellington Harbour maintenance dredging works to ensure sufficient depths for shipping at some of its wharves, and improvements to shipping channel safety. The Dutch Dredging company vessel Albatros returns to clear build-ups of sand in front of the Aotea Quay, and the
Van Oord’s Goliath, one of the world’s largest backhoe dredgers, is currently busy working in Felixstowe. The dredger is equipped with a bucket that can hold between 20 and 40 cubic metres of material, and can work at a dredging depth of up to 26 metres. In Van Oord’s fleet, backhoes Simson and Goli
The Port of Townsville’s $232 million Channel Upgrade project has reached a significant milestone with the largest Australian owned backhoe dredge, Woomera, now dredging in Cleveland Bay. “If you’re on the bay, you’re sure to spot Woomera loading the material dredged from the channel on to support b
Southsea Coastal Scheme has just released this amazing video update, named Frontage 4 (Southsea Castle) drone footage. Delivery of rock took place March 26-27 during the day – with the tides in two sessions each day 03:00 to 11:00 and 16:30 to 23:00. The latest model Dave from Ovenden Earthmoving wa
The USACE Portland District is resuming work to rehabilitate the Mouth of the Columbia River South Jetty. “This marks the beginning of our third season of the rehab project, which began in June 2020 and is scheduled to finish in late summer 2025,” said USACE. “We and J.E. McAmis are teamed up, geare
Boskalis and its partners made major advances recently on the large-scale upgrade of a dike bordering the Markermeer lake in the Netherlands. The project demonstrates how Boskalis, as partner in the public-private Markermeer Dikes Alliance, is responding to climate change and can deliver tailor-made
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) said that the physical works on the H.A. Baarah Channel maintenance dredging project are officially underway. The contract was handed over to MTCC by Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure. The Baarah dredging agreement was signed
The Port of Los Angeles has completed construction of the $65 million Everport Terminal Improvement Project located at Berths 226-236 along the Los Angeles Main Channel. The project allows Everport to improve the container-handling efficiency and capacity of its existing terminal to accommodate the
This afternoon the new Water Injection Dredger ‘Aquadelta’ hit the water at Scheepswerf Bijlsma in Wartena, The Netherlands. The ‘Aquadelta’ is a diesel-electric twin propelled WID which was developed by Conoship International in close cooperation with Bagger- en Aannemingsmaatschappij Van der Kamp
Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey yesterday announced $8 million in federal funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the dredging of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. The Army Corps’ Delaware River Philadelphia to the Sea project also received $500,000. The funding comes from the FY23 alloc
