The Ocean City beach renourishment project is currently underway. The dredger R.N. Weeks is one of the two boats used for dredging in Ocean City, Md. During renourishment the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers typically places 800,000 cubic yards of sand on the beach at Ocean City every four years. Dredgi
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 23,545kW self-propelled cutter suction dredger ‘AL BAHAR’ C/D HUTA 12 in a ceremony on 8 March 2014 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. The ceremony was performed by Ms. Sylvia Wuebbens, the daughter of Mr. M. Wuebbens, the Ma
The second phase of a £26-million scheme to strengthen the banks of the Whittlesey Washes is to start later this year and residents of Whittlesey and Stanground are invited to find out more. The Environment Agency-led scheme involves strengthening 16km of the South Barrier Bank. The scheme is taking
The Australian Greens are moving for a Senate Inquiry into the management of the Great Barrier Reef and are calling on the other parties to support the inquiry. “Our inquiry would examine whether the mounting threats to the Reef are being properly managed or whether pressure from the mining industry
Along a six-acre stretch of the Lafayette River that meanders through the bustle of Norfolk International Terminals, Inc., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is actively constructing a permanent sanctuary home for one of the Chesapeake Bay’s most-endangered inhabitants: the eastern oyster. The Lafayet
The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has rejected as out of touch with community expectations, claims by Michael Roche of the Queensland Resources Council about the efforts of conservation groups to stop the mining industry from industrialising the coastline of the Great Barrier Reef. F
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, will hold two public meetings about upcoming district projects on or adjacent to the Missouri River below Rulo, Neb. The first public meeting is scheduled for April 8 at the National Weather Service Center in Kansas City, Mo., from 3-5 p.m. The
Inauguration ceremony of Thaa atoll Madifushi reclamation project was held last month. Under this project an area of 27.5 hectors of land will be reclaimed within 365 days. The Chief Guest Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, State Ministers of the Ministry and Island Council members attended the
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the award of four Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants totaling more than $1.3 million in northern Ohio to fund green infrastructure projects to improve water quality in Lake Erie. Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator, w
The cease and desist order (CDO) issued by Governor Roel Degamo in behalf of the provincial government of Negros Oriental against Sino-Italy Construction Philippines, Inc. to refrain from conducting dredging operations in Tanjay City remains in effect. Atty. Richard Enojo, concurrent provincial admi
Queensland Resources Council Chief Executive Michael Roche today released a checklist of coordinated activism aimed at shutting down Queensland’s export coal and gas industries. “Two years after the strategy document Stopping the Australian Coal Export Boom was leaked to the media, it is valuable to
DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has been awarded a contract for trenching services on the Western HVDC Link project. The contract was awarded by Prysmian Group. DeepOcean’s scope of work will include pre-lay survey, pre-lay grapnel run, post-trench survey and trenching of o
This week Italdraghe will deliver a newly-built cutter suction dredger and booster station to Guyana, South America, as part of a complete dredging equipment package. The SGT 180 B cutter suction dredger and SGT 180 booster have been custom-designed and built by Italdraghe in its main shipyard to sp
The Panama Canal expansion project will double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2015 by creating a new lane of traffic and allowing more and larger ships to transit. The program consists of the construction of two new sets of locks – one on the Pacific and one on the Atlantic side of the [&hellip
