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Blount Island modernization project moves forward
The JAXPORT Board of Directors unanimously awarded a $48.8 million construction services contract yesterday to Superior Construction Company LLC for terminal improvements to enable the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at Blount Island to accommodate more containers. The construction contract cove
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Rye and Sorrento dredging underway
The Rye and Sorrento dredging operations are underway, the Mornington Peninsula Shire said. The project will deepen the channel at Rye and an area around the Sorrento boat ramp’s southern pier, ensuring boats can safely access the ramps and piers. Works are expected to take approximately six weeks t
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Haslar Marina dredging in full swing
The winter dredging season got under way this month at Haslar Marina with the multi-role dredging veteran Doreen Dorward and a new look split hopper barge NAB on site to carry out the work. The 300m³ capacity self-propelled, split hopper barge returns to work after a few months of refit work to ins
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Boskalis and Van Oord ready for Harwich dredging project
The dredging works are due to start on the Harwich Haven Channel Deepening Project. On or around September 30, the trailer suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Sospan Dau will start dredging the main channel, disposing material to the beneficial disposal schemes at Horsey Island and Mersea Harbour. The dre
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CEDA Dredging Days 2021 starts next week
The flagship event of the Central Dredging Association, CEDA Dredging Days 2021 will be held online next week on 28 -29 September. “Central Dredging Association organising committee is pleased with the programme curated for this year’s event. It is presented, for the first time, as a virtual confere
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Chief’s Report signed for one of the largest projects in USACE history
USACE Commanding General and 55th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, signed the Chief’s Report for the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Study (The Coastal Texas Study) last week. This is a six-year, $20.63 million comprehensive study led by USACE in partnership with their
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Boost for restoration projects in Southwest Louisiana
Louisiana’s CPRA has been awarded a $28.68 million grant amendment to apply funds to the Calcasieu-Sabine Large-Scale Marsh and Hydrologic Restoration project in Cameron Parish. These funds will advance the project to benefit the 65,000-acre Cameron Creole Watershed through targeted large-scale mars
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Port of Gothenburg: Getting ready for world’s largest vessels
In order to receive the world’s largest oceangoing vessels, the fairway leading into the Port of Gothenburg needs to be deepened by around four metres and six kilometres of fairway need to be dredged. Around 13.5 million cubic metres of spoils will need to be excavated and transported to a designate
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Seaway Entrance dredging set for next month
Dredging of the North Channel is on track to finish this week and all the dredged sand has been used to replenish the sand lost by winter storms at Narrowneck. According to the Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) latest project update, dredging of the Seaway Entrance will commence in early October
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Roam crews busy at Lumsden Point
Roam Marine is assisting TAMS with the design and installation of a landbacked wharf at Lumsden Point. The wharf is 59m x 22m with a retained height of 16.5m. According to their latest project update, the main piles are dia 1625mm and the anchor piles 1067mm. Roam Marine designed the two level pilin
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Jacobs Well maintenance dredging VIDEO
Hall Contracting, Australia’s largest privately-owned dredging, civil and marine construction company, has just released this very interesting video about the Jacobs Well maintenance dredging program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRIObHlAv-w For this work, Hall used cutter suction dredge Saibai t
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Dinish Wharf works move ahead
The Dinish Wharf Completion Works project in Castletownbere kicked off in August. The scope includes the extension of the quay wall, construction of breakwater cells, dredging of the navigation channel and berth pocket along with all associated ancillary works. Earlier this week, Sorensen Civil Engi
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Tweed River dredging nears end VIDEO
The dredging work on the Tweed River entrance is almost complete. Around 150,000 cubic metres of sand has been dredged to maintain a clear and safe channel for boaties. Southern Gold Coast beaches have benefited from the project, with sand delivered offshore of Bilinga, Snapper Rocks, Duranbah, and
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Rohde Nielsen completes Faxe Ladeplads job
Rohde Nielsen A/S recently completed a beach nourishment project in Denmark. During the scheme, around 20.000 m3 of sand was placed for the coastal protection work in the Faxe Ladeplads coastal area. “The sand was pump ashore via sinker line and land pipes and levelled along the coastline. Our TSHD