Norfolk Dredging Co. of Chesapeake, Virginia, has been awarded a $7.1 million Poplar Island Sand Stockpile contract. The contract is for hydraulic dredging of up to 1,350,000 cubic yards of sandy material from borrow areas approximately one mile away from Poplar Island (northern and southwest borrow
FSUE Rosmorport has just announced that the Phase 1 of the access channel and water area of MSCC Bronka (Multipurpose Sea Cargo Complex Bronka, Big Port St. Petersburg) has been put into the operations. The construction of the access channel and the water area lasted from April 2013 till December 20
Progress on the navigational dredging project within Oceanside Harbor continued last week with the contractor, CJW Construction, returning to the site to restart the operations. The contractor restarted the dredging on July 6th, and in just two days managed to remove some 5,000 cubic yards of materi
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (July 4-July 10, 2016). Royal IHC Takes Majority Stake in Tompkins Royal IHC and Tompkins UK Limited are strengthening their strategic cooperation with IHC’s acquisition of a majority stake in Tompkins, the parent
FSUE Rosmorport’s new Ice class Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) Severnaya Dvina has arrived at the Arkhangelsk Seaport, Russia. The vessel – built and designed by Damen – entered the port basin on July 1, 2016. Fitted with a complete Damen Dredging Equipment and instrumentation package, the v
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a Final Rule establishing new restrictions on the use of the Central and Western Long Island Sound Dredged Material Disposal Sites. The Final Rule amends the 2005 site designation rule with new restrictions on the use of the two sites to help
The next phase of the Shark River dredging project that will allow safe navigation in the state channel has finally got underway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge Currituck moved to the Shark River Inlet, in Belmar (NJ) on July 1st. According to the USCG notice, the vessels will be conducting
Royal HaskoningDHV has presented a Coastal Protection Strategy for reducing flood risks for the City of Tacloban and the Municipality of Palo in the Philippines. The Coastal Protection Strategy is the result of successful 9-month cooperation between the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), their cou
Balfour Beatty, currently working on the £86 million coastal defense schemes in the North West of England, recently welcomed the youngsters of Northfield Primary School to the Rossall site. The Rossall scheme will greatly reduce the risk of flooding to the local community, through constructing two k
Phase 2 of Exeter’s multi-million pound scheme to reduce flood risk to 3,200 homes and businesses gets underway next week. The £32 million scheme, a partnership between the Environment Agency, Devon County Council and Exeter City Council, will see construction activity around the city over the next
Congressman Lee Zeldin, member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and Long Island Sound Caucus, recently called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to phase out Eastern Long Island Sound open water dredged waste dump sites. Zeldin sent a letter to the Administrator of
Pindan Contracting Pty Ltd has been awarded a tender to design and construct the $70.7 million Integrated Marine Operations Center (IMOC) at the port of Port Hedland, Australia. The IMOC has been described as an operations facility with best-in-class vessel traffic services systems and state-of-the-
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has awarded a $11.9 million contract to Eastman Aggregate Enterprises, LLC for the Miami Beach Hotspots beach renourishment project, part of the Miami-Dade County Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection Project. The contractor will plac
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has just released an update on the Damar Laut Basin dredging project. According to the MPA notice, the dredging work is being carried out by grab dredgers Tarvos, Greip and Bestla. The dredged materials will be transported to the designated dumping
