Everton Football Club has just released this incredible drone image offering a fascinating bird’s-eye view of the progress that has been made on the site of the new stadium. The hi-res image, courtesy of NASA, clearly shows Bramley-Moore Dock completely devoid of water and infilled with sand, as the
The last couple of weeks have been extremely busy for Pacific Marine Group (PMG) with multiple field crews working simultaneously in different locations. First, the company reported that works are nearing completion on the new Mackay tug berth project for North Queensland Bulk Ports. This has been a
The largest dredge project in two decades – the one that will address shoaling of the Lake Worth Inlet – is about to become a reality, according to Port of Palm Beach. As reported in the latest update, the pre-dredge surveys will begin shortly after Christmas. Then soon after January 1st, CASHMAN’S
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District announced last Friday that dredging operations on the Intracoastal Waterway (IWW) Palm Valley North Reaches will begin this week. Dredging will address problematic shoaling within this reach of the IWW and is expected to remove approximately 64
The Environment Agency has just released a video of the Lydd Ranges Sea Defence scheme, a major investment being delivered by the EA in partnership with the Ministry of Defence. The project involves the refurbishment and raising of timber groynes, improving the flood defence bank known as the green
The National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) continues work on the expansion of Lake Manzala in northeastern Egypt. This capital development program is being implemented in partnership with Al-Tahadi Egyptian-Emirati Co. The $163.36 million Lake Manzala project is the second contract in Egypt for NMD
The Mornington Peninsula Shire, located south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, announced recently that they will begin dredging at Hastings boat ramp in mid-March 2022, following Westernport Angling Club’s Whiting Challenge. Originally scheduled to be completed in July/August this year, the works have b
In the latest edition of the ‘Creating New HORIZONS’ magazine, Boskalis returned to the Suez Canal where in the morning of Tuesday, 23 March, mega container vessel Ever Given ran aground in the Southern single-lane section of the Suez Canal. At a stroke, it completely blocked all the traffic in one
Strategic navigational and environmental dredging at Howards Bay in Superior (Wisconsin) is complete, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District. The work was done under the maintenance dredging contract awarded to La Crosse, Wisconsin-based, J.F. Brennan Company, Inc. As report
Department of Transport Western Australia has just announced that a record amount of sand has been moved in the annual campaign to provide safe navigation at Mandurah Ocean Entrance and to widen the Town Beach. According to DoT, this was the largest ever campaign completed at Mandurah Entrance Chann
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District and its contractor, Michigan-based Great Lakes Docks and Materials, L.L.C., have completed substantial construction of a beneficial use of dredged sediment placement area in Ashtabula Harbor. According to the Corps, this phase of the project include
Akron-based SAF, Inc., has completed substantial repair of a confined disposal facility in the eastern end of Lorain Harbor, according to the Army Corps. Construction on the approximately $300,000 project began in August and returned the CDF’s earthen berm to its initial design height and added seed
An Environment Agency scheme to better protect businesses and homes from flooding on two industrial estates in Hexham is taking a step forward with the Final Business Case approved and funding secured for the £5.2million Flood Alleviation Scheme. Funding for the new schemes is from the Government’s
Following the completion of Geraldton dredging campaign, hopper dredger Modi R is ready for her next assignment in Western Australia – maintenance dredging of the Port of Bunbury. Commencing today, 29 November, RN Dredging’s THSD Modi R will begin maintenance dredging of the outer harbour and approa
