At the closing ceremony of the World Dredging Congress (WODCON XX) on 7 June in Brussels, a paper from Dr. Thijs van Kessel, a senior morphology and sediment researcher with Deltares, was pronounced the ‘best paper’ of the Congress. The jury praised the originality of his research and the clear pres
Nautikaris has supplied a full Viking Tug Management installation to Acta Marine. The systems consists of a mixture of Viking Navigation, Viking Dredge, Anchoring Module and our Network Module. Using a wireless long range Satel link the system enables the anchoring vessel to share a real time anchor
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, has introduced a plan for the Traverse City dredging program. Contract work consists of marine construction and dredging at Northwest Michigan College located in Traverse City, MI, on the south end of Grand Traverse Bay. During this project, approx
Dragflow has launched the new line of advanced electric control panel, the new product which allows real time and historical monitoring of pumps and dredging equipment. With Dragflow’s control panel remote engineers can control working operations, their parameters and inspect downtime causes, obtain
Deltares was host on 6 June to Ecuador’s Minister of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation. Minister Rene Ramirez, who was accompanied by Ecuador’s ambassador to the Netherlands, was visiting Deltares to be introduced to the Institute and to investigate openings for further collaboration. At
Plans for Montserrat’s new port in Carr’s Bay have reached the critical 90% design stage. This week, representatives from the consulting firm Halcrow gave presentations to both government officials and other stakeholders on the developing plans for the port. In 2012, the government approved a new de
Details of the developer to undertake work on the Caymanas Economic Zone and other facilities in St. Catherine associated with the Global Logistics Hub initiative, are expected to be announced within the next few weeks. Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister, Hon. Anthony Hylton, whose Ministry
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced a plan for the Pascagoula Harbor dredging program. This development project consists of maintenance dredging of the Pascagoula Harbor Bar Channel, and requires the disposal of dredge material in the Ocean Dredge Material Disposal Site (ODMDS), located west
North West Basin Branch of FSUE Rosmorport seeks contractor for ecological control of the Ust-Luga maintenance dredging program. An area which will be dredged under this tender is an approach channel to Ust-Luga mouth, reports portnews.ru. Initial price of this contract is RUB 1.049 mln (around USD
U.S. Representatives Candice Miller (MI-10), Bill Huizenga (MI-02) and Dan Benishek (MI-01) introduced the Great Lakes Navigation System Sustainability Act to modernize the current Great Lakes Navigation System (GLNS). This legislation would establish a single, comprehensive Great Lakes Navigation S
Autorità Portuale di Piombino seeks contractors for the detailed design and implementation of infrastructure projects to promote industrial competitiveness in the Port of Piombino. Works will include dredging to a maximum depth of -20m in the access channel and entrance to the marina. This very impo
Galway Harbour Company has introduced a plan for the development of its quay berths. The project will be completed in four stages and the initial works will include the reclamation of 19.86 hectares of quay areas and back-up lands, as well as the formation of a 400m x 30m quay, construction of a 200
Cromarty Firth Port Authority (CFPA) is continuing the development of the Invergordon Services Base in order to meet the growing demand of the offshore energy market. CFPA intends to expand the port by embarking on a project to reclaim part of the of sea bed and the installation of an adjoining 100m
A draft revised environmental assessment for PL 84-99 levee rehabilitation activities at L-575 along the Missouri River is currently available for public review. Rehabilitation activities consisted of in-line repairs to bring the levee back to pre-flood conditions and construction of two large-scale
