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
The historic deepening of the Mississippi River Ship Channel to 50 feet has reached an important milestone, Port of New Orleans said. The controlling depth for over 150 miles of the Ship Channel is now set to 49 feet. “This coordinated increase to 49 feet is a major step toward the increased economi
The Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico, will soon have navigation channels with greater capacity, thanks to federal allocations for construction and maintenance totaling $61,6 million, secured by Representative Jenniffer González Colón. The San Juan project consists of deepening the channel to allow larg
At Maasvlakte 2, 55ha of land is being reclaimed from the sea for companies that make renewable fuels and chemical products. Marine engineering company Van Oord recently started with the project. The company is delivering a total of 5 million m3 of dredged sand onto the southern part of Prinses Alex
Contractors will begin mobilizing equipment in the following days to add 480,000 cubic yards of sand to St. Lucie County beaches. As a result, the county officials have issued an advisory to boaters urging caution because floating pipes will be placed in the water offshore. The beach restoration pro
The Nigerian Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) is calling on the Federal Government to dredge Rivers Benue and Niger without further delay. The commission has raised the alarm over the ecological menace caused by the operations of dams and other hydroelectric powe
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is overseeing the removal of PCB-contaminated sediment within Verburg Park Pond and along the banks of the Kalamazoo River. As a result of this work, Verburg Park will be closed starting this week, through April 2023. Throughout this project, EPA will be coor
