The Central Dredging Association has announced the program for their upcoming trademark biennial event – CEDA Dredging Days, set to take place from 9-10 November 2017 at Ahoy Rotterdam. “The event has been the primary international dredging conference in the CEDA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa)
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved grant financing for a project that is expected to help communities in the Marshall Islands – already vulnerable to recurring drought and flooding – prepare better for the impact of climate change. The Pacific Resilience Project II will
The Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has just released this very interesting video about the construction of their Three-Runway System (3RS). This capital construction project started in August 2016, including reclamation of approximately 650 hectares of land, which will be completed in phases
Working on behalf of the Environment Agency, Team Van Oord (TVO) is making excellent progress on a £2.4 million flood prevention scheme in Birmingham. The scheme at Selly Park South is one of four currently being carried out by TVO in the West Midlands – the others are in the town of Rugeley in Staf
Jan De Nul has just announced that the maintenance dredging operations at the entrance channel of Pulau Baai Port in Bengkulu, Indonesia, are now successfully completed. The work was undertaken with Jan De Nul’s 3,700 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger DeLapérouse. The port authorities perform maint
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, is conducting an industry day to discuss potential upcoming pipeline dredging contracts within the District. According to the Corps, the purpose of this meeting is to discuss future projects in an attempt to partner and communicate openly with the
Following the recent passage of S.B. 10 by the Florida Legislature, U.S. Congressman Brian Mast yesterday unveiled the Everglades FIRST (Flow Increases Rely on Storage and Treatment) Act. The bill will expedite the federal timeline for the completion of reports that are required before Everglades re
The contractors for the upcoming Town of Duck beach nourishment project, Coastal Planning and Engineering and dredging company Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, will present project updates at the Town Council’s mid-month meeting on Wednesday, May 17. The meeting will be held in the Paul F. Keller Meeting
Weeks Marine, the contractor for the Buxton beach nourishment project, said in its latest update that the first day of pumping has been postponed from the originally projected date of May 21 to sometime within the last week of May. The starting point for the project, where the offshore pipes connect
Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging has placed an order at Shipyard Hoekman for a special-purpose plough and tugboat ‘Peter’. Last week, the company also ordered a trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Lesse’ that will be built at Royal IHC. According to Dutch Dredging, both the ‘Lesse’ and the ‘Peter
The construction of a new reef in the Piankatank River is set to start this week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, has just announced. USACE’s crews will be working about a half-mile from shore, Monday through Thursday for 10 hours a day initially, using barges and cranes to place
The Willoughby Spit and Vicinity coastal storm damage reduction project is now in its 11 week with beach nourishment operations occurring between 9th and 8th View Street & at 12th View St. So far, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, has moved over 1,022
As from today, the subsidiaries Eraerts Dragages et Entreprises SA, Envisan International SA and Sol&Val SA will no longer exist within Jan De Nul Group. Eraerts Dragages et Entreprises SA, based in Fleurus, merges with Jan De Nul NV in Hofstade and Envisan International SA in Fleurus and Sol&Val SA
As part of their ongoing Integrated Planning Initiative, the Port of San Diego will host its Open House on Thursday, May 11, 2017 from 6-8 p.m. at the National City Aquatic Center in National City, CA. This event will provide an opportunity for the public and stakeholders to get an update on the pro
