The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, recently completed a draft Environmental Assessment for a proposed Sand Hill River Ecosystem Restoration Project, 20 miles southeast of Crookston, Minn. The Corps, in partnership with the Sand Hill River Watershed District, is proposing to constru
‘In my time as State Secretary, I witnessed the birth of Deltares. This top institute is already five years old, and it has developed into a global player with activities in more than 80 countries,‘ Minister Schultz van Haegen of Infrastructure and the Environment was talking at the opening today of
Mariners are advised of maintenance dredging works at the entrance to St Kilda Marina located approximately 37°52.351’ S, 144°58.407’ E (WGS 84). Dredging works within the entrance to the marina will be carried out by medium sized cutter suction dredge, with spoil disposal to be pumped through a dis
Members of the community are invited to attend a public update meeting on Tuesday, September 24 at 6 pm to get updates about LA Waterfront project initiatives, including recently completed projects, current projects and future plans. The public meeting will be held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in San Pe
CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has recently won the bid for the terminal project and its auxiliary works (finished product berths) of Baosteel Zhanjiang iron & steel base, with a contract value of nearly 270 million yuan and a construction period of 1,126 days. The project involves a break
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District announced today that the comment period for the draft report regarding the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Study has been extended to October 24, 2013. The extension gives the public additional time to review updated information in the draft repo
Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announced today that the company has added the L-3 Klein UUV-3500 Side Scan Sonar to its growing list of vehicle payload offerings. The integration effort was internally funded to support company initiatives to expand sen
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has released a draft of the Hudson River Estuary Habitat Restoration Plan to guide restoration and protection actions that will sustain priority habitats in the Hudson River estuary and tributaries from the federal dam at Troy to the
Diamondhead Corporation has filed an application with the Department of Marine Resources requesting permission to conduct regulated activities under the provision of the Coastal Wetlands Protection Law Act, Title 49, Chapter 27, Mississippi Code of 1972. The applicant is proposing to maintenance dre
TOC Events announced that Mr. Mohammed Sharaf, Group Chief Executive Officer of DP World, is confirmed to give the opening keynote address at the upcoming TOC Container Supply Chain Middle East conference, taking place on 9-11 December at the Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, UAE. With over two decad
Great Lakes Dredge Dock LLC, Oakbrook, Ill., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, non-option-eligible, non-multi-year contract for $36,900,000 to provide placement of beachfill, dredged from the Sea Bright borrow area, along the length of the constructed project footprint in Keansburg, N.J. Performance l
CCCC Shanghai Dredging Co., Ltd. recently signed a contract for the hydraulic reclamation project in the south-bank operation zone in Basin 1 of the integrated area of Huanghua Port, with a contract value of 238 million yuan and a construction period of 100 calendar days. With a hydraulic reclamatio
CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. has recently won the bid for Lot SG-1 of the trial dredging works of the 50000t channel regulation project in Guanhe Estuary, Jiangsu Province, with a contract value of 272 million yuan and a construction period of 120 calendar days. Guanhe Estuary is located
The dates and locations have been announced for public meetings to discuss the “Upper Des Plaines River and Tributaries, Illinois and Wisconsin Integrated Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment,” released for public comment on Sept. 3, 2013. The document outlines a variety of potential floo