The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced yesterday that the Panama Canal Expansion will be officially inaugurated on Sunday, June 26, 2016. The announcement was made during the inauguration ceremony of the Canal’s state-of-the-art Scale Model Maneuvering Training Facility. The President of Panama,
Cashman Dredging’s bid has been approved for the approximately $20 million contract to dredge the Intracoastal Waterway from the 17th Street Causeway to Sunrise Boulevard. This will be the largest project ever undertaken by the Florida Inland Navigation District, a special state taxing district task
VolkerStevin has been awarded a £19 million contract by the Defense Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) to upgrade Mare Harbor. The announcement comes after Defense Secretary Michael Fallon visited the Falkland Islands in February, and forms part of his commitment for £180 million investment over the
Workers of the Spanish shipbuilder LaNaval in Bilbao, Spain, held recently a keel-laying ceremony for the first of two trailing suction hopper dredgers under construction for Van Oord. Ms Carmen de la Barrera, Van Oord’s Quality Control inspector at the LaNaval yard, performed the ceremony. Undernea
The city of Schuyler, the Lower Platte North Natural Resources District, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, partnered on a project to reduce flood risks to the city of Schuyler, Nebraska. Schuyler, the county seat for Colfax County, is subject to flooding from three major sources
The dredging of two critical reaches in the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway near Breach Inlet, off Sullivan’s Island and the Isle of Palms, and Jeremy Creek in McClellanville has been completed. The Wilco, an 18 inch cutterhead dredge, owned and operated by Southwind Construction, was hard at work in
China Communications Construction Co (M) Sdn Bhd recently awarded a $45.2 million contract to Kerjaya Prospek Group for dredging works in Penang. According to Kerjaya Prospek stock exchange filing from yesterday, the contract is part of the Package One of a project known as “Reclamation For Seri Tan
As we already reported last week, Royal IHC (IHC) and National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) have signed a contract for the construction of the first custom-build state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) in the Gulf area. The 6,000m³ TSHD is a tailor-made solution that combines shall
North Myrtle Beach City Council on Monday, March 21, passed second reading of an ordinance to approve the “Master Trust Indenture” for the Cherry Grove Dredging Project, which is a step forward in obtaining financing for the project. The ordinance approves a Master Trust Indenture (MTI) for the Cher
Italdraghe SpA will be exhibiting at the 31st edition of the Bauma show that will be held in Munich, Germany, between April 11 – 17, 2016. In the Mining section, the company will be showcasing its cutter suction dredgers. Also at the event, Italdraghe will present its extremely popular excavator dre
The Navarre Beach Dune Restoration project could begin as early as late April and will include placing of approximately 1.6 million cubic yards of sand east of the Gulf Islands National Seashore to the eastern limits of the beach Marine Park. According to the Santa Rosa County, the project construct
The Town of Hilton Head Island has just announced changes to the schedule of the upcoming beach renourishment project. Sand placement activities will commence June 15, 2016 along the Port Royal Sound Shoreline portion of the project. Once complete, work is expected to move from Port Royal Sound to S
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 14-20). Financial Institutions Tour Panama Canal Expansion The five international financial institutions partially financing the Panama Canal Expansion Program traveled to Panama last week to see the 96.6 p
The program in Northern Java to stop coastal erosion through Building with Nature has won the annual award for innovative engineering solutions (Vernufteling) in the Netherlands. On behalf of the project, Rob Nieuwkamer from Witteveen+Bos, received the award on Wednesday 16 March 2016 in the presenc
