Boskalis has won a contract for the protection and replenishment of more than 40 kilometers of coastline stretching from the eastern coastline of Togo to the western coastline of Benin in West Africa. The project is part of the West African Coastal Areas Management (WACA) program. The award was made
Extreme weather conditions can cause rivers to reach dangerously high levels and even to flood. That’s why the Flemish government started the Sigma plan in 1977 to protect Flanders against flooding of the Scheldt and its tributaries. By creating higher dykes and a chain of natural flooding areas, th
Almost 2,000 tonnes of rock have been rolled in to protect the seafront at Onaero and Urenui, the New Plymouth District Council (NPDC) said. NPDC has finished reinforcing the sea wall at Onaero, which had slumped due to large waves and gravity. The project shifted to Urenui this week, with work unde
A new coastal defence project worth over £1.7M has recently been completed adjacent to A82 in Fort William, BEAR Scotland said. The works, which commenced in February 2021, involved the demolition and replacement of 750 metres of the coastal defence system, which is situated along the shoreline of L
The Wiggins Pass and Doctors Pass Dredge Project is moving ahead, the City of Naples, Florida, said. Dredging equipment has been moved to Doctors Pass and the dredging work is already underway – set to last approximately 2 weeks dependent on equipment and weather conditions. The dredged sand from Do
Martens en Van Oord, specialising in roadworks and civil and hydraulic engineering, is once again in the Port of Antwerp. The MvO dredging crews are now busy working on the deepening operations in the Vierde Havendok area of the Port. “The Port of Antwerp is a well-known site to us, in 2019 and 2020
The USACE Kansas City District has received significant funds to make repairs to river training structures on the Missouri River damaged over the years culminating in the floods of 2019. “I’m pleased to share that there is positive movement on Missouri River repairs to training structures. The Distr
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) announced yesterday the receipt of several major dredging awards totaling $132.3 million. The awarded work includes: Coastal Storm Risk Management Rockaway Inlet Beach Fill Subcontract (Coastal Protection, New York, $37.2 million); South Atlantic Division
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
