Continental Engineering Corporation (CEC) last week announced the award of the “N-WH Project” Cross-Harbor Tunnel contract for the Ministry of National Defense. Located within the existing Zuoying military port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, the project scope includes a cut & cover cross-harbor tunnel, port
The Government of Canada has awarded a contract for the construction of a new small craft harbour in Clyde River, Nunavut. The announcement was made yesterday by Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard and Filomena Tassi, Minister of Public Service and Procurement Ca
Port Tampa Bay (PTB) board members will gather next week (June 21, 2022) at the Joseph Garcia International Center to vote on a 3-year dredging contract with Orion Marine Construction, Inc. (Orion). For the last decade and a half, Orion has been dredging at Port Tampa Bay, removing over 100,000 cubi
VolkerStevin has been awarded a £13.6m contract for the Leigh Expansion and Hildenborough Embankment Scheme (LEHES). The new scheme is led by the Environment Agency, in partnership with Kent County Council, Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council and the South East Local Enterprise Partnership. Currentl
On Friday, May 20, around 90 WODCON delegates got up early to visit the construction site of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel Link. The visit was promoted as the ultimate attraction of the congress and it really lived up to that promise. The trip included a sail along the 18 km immersed tunnel alignment betwe
Michigan-based Ryba Marine Construction Company has won a $4.6 million USACE contract to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channel in Toledo Harbor and the Maumee River. According to the Corps, dredging of harbors like Toledo’s and rivers like the Maumee ensures accessible depths for large
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has awarded a $6.1 million contract to H. B. Construction Inc. of Platte City, Missouri, to complete the Southern Embankment Reach SE-2 portion of the Fargo, North Dakota/Moorhead, Minnesota, Metropolitan Area Flood Risk Management Project, also k
The dredging component of the Port Victoria Rehabilitation & Extension Project is now gaining momentum, according to the Seychelles Ports Authority (SPA). “The dredging component of the project will soon start affecting the activities happening in Port Victoria, particularly in the approach channel
Wasa Dredging has entered into a charter agreement with Herbosch-Kiere to provide dredging services for the Southern Breakwater project in the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania. According to Wasa, this campaign will include removal of some 95,000 m³ of sand and clay to a dredging depth of 19 meters with h
National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) of Guyana, under the Ministry of Agriculture, and Gaico Construction and General Services Inc. have signed a G$569.3 million Pomeroon River dredging contract. Ministry of Agriculture and NDIA expect that dredging the mouth of this river will provide
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District has awarded a $3.85 million contract to Illinois-based Great Lakes Dock and Materials, L.L.C. for repairs to the Rochester Harbor East Pier in Rochester, New York. Repairs will ensure the pier, along with its adjacent federal navigation channel, con
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
Work is about to begin on a new infrastructure project at Webb Dock East, Port of Melbourne, which will eventually reduce port congestion, improve efficiency and accommodate larger ships at Australia’s largest container and general cargo port. The project involves demolishing a redundant section of
Pilbara Ports Authority has released an Expression of Interest for the design and construction of a new wharf at the Port of Dampier. The new wharf will be constructed south of the existing Dampier Cargo Wharf and includes a new berth pocket, which will be 13.2 metres deep, and a manoeuvring area 11
