VolkerStevin Ltd. has just released a photo from the ongoing Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) base porting infrastructure project in Portsmouth. The project, worth £34.4 million, is for the reconstruction of the Middle Slip Jetty at HMNB Portsmouth, which will house the new Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft
Two Chinese companies, China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) and China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), and the Algerian government last Sunday signed an agreement to build a mega seaport in Algeria. Under the deal, the two sides will set up a consortium company in March to buil
Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard – part of United Shipbuilding Corporation – has just announced that the launching ceremony for the 1000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Sommers’ will be held on January 29th 2016. The dredger comes as the first in a series of three TSHD 1000 vessels that the shipyard is
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, will host three meetings in January for members of the public to learn more about a draft rehabilitation report for Herbert Hoover Dike. The Corps will conduct the meetings in communities around Lake Okeechobee to discuss a draft summary of a
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 10-17). Deepening Scheme on Delaware River Enters Blasting Phase The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, and its contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company began rock blasting operati
The Port of Bordeaux last week issued a tender for dredging works along the estuary’s access channels. The project is aimed to provide safe navigation for vessels entering and exiting the port. This will allow the port to improve its maritime access and adapt to the changing global fleet and its ter
Commissioner Robert Klee of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, few days ago offered the following comment on release of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Final Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Long I
State Representatives Jeff Jones and Alex Atwood recently requested that the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Shore Protection Committee reconsider its recent decision to allow construction of a new groin at the south end of Sea Island. In the letter to Shore Protection Committee, Rep. Jones
Royal IHC has just released a video of placing the deckhouse on IHC-built trailing suction hopper dredger Jun Yang 1. The 21,028m³ TSHD, being built for CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Co., was launched on Saturday, 19 December 2015, at IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. When delivered, the vess
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, recently completed the Flushing Bay and Creek Federal Navigation Channel Maintenance Dredging Project, with the removal of approximately 135,000 cubic yards of dredged material. “We’re proud to have completed this significant project on time, with
Mayor Jay A. Gillian has announced that he will hold a Town Hall Meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, January 25, at the Chris Maloney Lecture Hall in the Ocean City Free Public Library. At the meeting, the city administration will present its five-year capital plan. Last year’s plan called for spending $80 mi
This video, published by the Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP), is showing construction of the new flood defenses at Anchorage Park. It was the first stage of the multi-million pound Flooding and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Scheme being developed across the north of Portsea Island. The m
The 52-foot Charleston Harbor Deepening Project was recommended to Congress for authorization this week, continuing the project’s historic momentum through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) planning process. Known as the Record of Decision, the recommendation signed by Assistant Secretary of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, has just released a photo of its two vessels working in the Narragansett Bay in Connecticut. For the first time ever, the debris vessel Snell and special purpose vessel Currituck worked in tandem to remove boulders from the Narragansett Bay fede
