Royal IHC has been awarded the 2016 International Green Shipping Award for ‘The Most Sustainable Shipping Solution of the Year’. The ceremony took place during the International Green Shipping Summit in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on 17-18 October 2016. The prize recognizes IHC’s efforts to limit th
Wasa Dredging, a Finnish marine offshore and inland water construction company, recently acquired new multi-purpose land machine based on a EX1200 Excavator from Hitachi. The machine features a special Wasa designed 24 meter boom configuration with a 4 m³ heavy duty bucket. The first project for the
The HUESKER Group, a Germany based manufacturer of geosynthetics and technical textiles, has just released a video about the Lake Sedlitz erosion protection project. This scheme involved works on a 1.500m long cliff erosion protection at the Lake Sedlitz, using SoilTain Coastal Protection Tubes – a
An approximately $3.9 million beach renourishment project is slated to start during the next week, according to the Collier County’s latest announcement. Over the next two months, the county’s approved contractor Earth Tech Enterprises, Inc. will place more than 135.000 tons of beach quality sand at
The Kansas Water Office (KWO) announced yesterday that the first phase of dredging at John Redmond Reservoir is complete. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD) began dredging operations this past May. The project is the first of its kind in the nation with a non-federal entity dredging sediment from a
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The Nature Conservancy are working with partners, including the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council, to restore and strengthen saltmarsh habitat at John H. Chafee National Wildlife Refuge. The project, aimed to enhance wildlife habitat and enable
In the following days, the North Carolina Ferry Division will begin dredging work on a portion of the channel used for the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route that was affected by Hurricane Matthew, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s latest announcement. Because of the work and
Since Hurricane Sandy pounded the Northeast on Oct. 29, 2012, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has worked diligently, together with its federal, state, local and industry partners, to complete construction on more than 106 authorized and funded coastal storm damage risk reduction projects. Extending
The Wyre Council has just released the latest update for the Rossall sea defenses. According to the update, construction continues apace along the full extent of the project with work being carried out on all major elements of the new defenses. Precast concrete which makes up the bulk of the visible
With 667 exhibitors, 25.000m² floor space and visitors representing 99 nationalities, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2016 (OEEC) was not only a great success, the event also grew compared to last year. A great achievement in the current offshore energy market. 11.989 people came to Amsterda
The Board of Directors of Ellicott Dredge Enterprises (EDE) of Baltimore, MD has announced two promotions: Heiko U. Osterchrist is now President of EDE and Craig A. Murdock has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of the company. Most recently Osterchrist had been Managing Director of Rohr Inter
Gov. John Bel Edwards, together with State Representatives Tanner Magee, Stephanie Hilferty and Jerome “Zee” Zeringue will today participate in a flyover of coastal Louisiana. The delegation will meet with officials from the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to discuss the state’s master
Central Dredging Association (CEDA), together with the Portuguese Engineers Association (OE), today opened the Iberian Dredging Conference in Lisbon. The conference was opened by Stefan Aarninkhof, Professor of Coastal Engineering at Delft University of Technology. The central theme of the CEDA Iber
CCCC Dredging, one of the world’s largest players in the dredging industry, has won a contract to build four artificial islands totaling 208 hectares of reclaimed land in the Davao area, the Philippines. The agreement was signed during the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s visit to China last
