After five months of dredging, the Murray Mouth project is about to reach 400,000 cubic meters mark as it enters the final phase of works. The project, aimed to maintain connectivity between the Murray River and the Southern Ocean, is set to be completed by the end of June 2015. According to the lat
The Port of Koper, Slovenia, has released a tender for the second phase of dredging works in order to deepen the navigable channel and basin in the northern section of the harbor. The tender also includes supply and installation of rubber fenders. Last year, Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord succes
The Panama Canal Expansion Program, largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, is nearly 90% complete and on track for 2016 opening. At the moment, the Pacific Entrance and Atlantic Entrance dredging works are fully completed with Gatun Lake and Culebra Cut dredging p
Four new Super Post-Panamax wharf cranes that are part of a significant upgrade of the Barbours Cut Container Terminal arrived yesterday at the Port of Houston. The cranes, largest ever built by Konecranes, come as a part of the Port Authority overall plan to undertake significant infrastructure imp
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued certification allowing maintenance dredging of the Fairport Harbor federal navigation channel in the central basin of Lake Erie and the navigable channel of the Grand River. The project will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge 250,000
NMDC, a company that provides dredging, reclamation and marine construction work in the Middle East, has just won the Hail Field Development Project. The project consists of a new artificial island (350m x 100m) which will be built on the reclaimed land. Also included in the project are channel dred
This week International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will present an update on Ecosystems Services during a PIANC-Seminar: “Ecosystem Goods and Services: Identification, Assessment and Benefits for Navigation Infrastructure Projects”. Following a 2-day colloquium (May 5 and 6) on Ecosyst
Orion Marine Group, Inc. (ORN), heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, has announced a contract award of approximately $12 million. The award is for a maintenance dredging contract with Port Tampa Bay. The maintenance dredging will occur over the next three years to re-esta
With April now behind us, only a few days are left before the beginning of what is expected to be the last year of Hudson River Dredging project. The 2015 season marks the sixth year of remedial dredging where approximately 250,000 cy of PCB-contaminated sediment is targeted for removal. In 2015, se
The fifth phase of the North Topsail Beach Shoreline Protection Project is well under way with Norfolk Dredging performing the work. Construction works on the project started in late 2014 near 3588 Island Drive with the aim to reach the Surf City line. Sand for this restoration project was taken off
KIASMA and Odebrecht, through their Colombian subsidiary – Consortium Navelena Construction, have signed a cooperation agreement under which KIASMA will supply the HDPE floating pipelines with KFC system (for abrasion reduction) to be used for dredging operations on the Magdalena River in Colombia.
In testimony on Capitol Hill before the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, April 22, Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick praised The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proficiency in the Sandy recovery work. According to the Army’s chief of engineers, the Hurr
Salix River & Wetland Services Limited has started dredging/desilting activities at the Woodberry Wetlands in East London. The work is part of the London Wildlife Trust’s £1.5 million project to bring new nature reserve to London, opening this summer. As part of the development, the company will be
Houston Port Commissioners awarded recently a contract to TCB/GBA Joint Venture for professional engineering and planning services in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ feasibility study of modifications to improve the Houston Ship Channel system. That system includes the Houston, Barbours
