The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District recently awarded a $7.2 million contract to PRS Newland JV for improvements along Florin Creek in south Sacramento. Construction will generally be between Highway 99 and Franklin Boulevard. The work includes relocating utilities, and widening and
Young CEDA will be hosting a session during CEDA Dredging Days 2015 conference and exhibition which will take place in the Conference Centre, Ahoy Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 5-6 November 2015 under the theme “Innovative dredging solutions for Ports”. The Young CEDA session, which will take pla
Maintenance dredging of portions of the Federal navigation channel in Cohasset Harbor will be completed under the terms of a $1.7 million contract recently awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. The contract, awarded on July 13, 2015, will be accomplished by H2H Associate
As announced earlier this month, the Marriott’s AC Hotel in New Orleans will be the host to the WEDA 2015 Gulf Coast Annual Meeting. The Gulf Coast Chapter of the Western Dredging Association – representing Alabama, Florida (West Coast), Georgia (Western), Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas – annual m
JULONG DREDGER has successfully delivered two sets of cutter suction dredgers as well as one work boat to a customer in Astana, Kazakhstan. The two cutter suction dredgers have a pump capacity of 2000 m³/h each and dredging depth of 12m. The dredgers also come along with a series of optional equipme
Last Friday, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, and U.S. Congressman Jim Himes announced the completion of the Transportation Investment Generation Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant funded infrastructure work at Steelpointe Harbor. “Developers are coming back to Bridgeport b
The plans to deepen as much as 13 miles of the St. Johns River from 40 to 47 feet are the subject of a public forum set for Tuesday night. Jacksonville’s main shipping channel is a 21-mile stretch of the St. Johns River extending from the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean to the Jacksonville Port [&hellip
A helicopter of the Libyan air force attacked and sunk a dredger off Benghazi coast yesterday, said General Saqr Al-Jroshi, Commander of the Libyan Air Force. “The dredger, which came from the west of the country and moved towards Benghazi, was destroyed. Another two vessels are on their way to the
MOSE (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico, Experimental Electromechanical Module) is a project intended to protect the city of Venice, Italy, and the Venetian Lagoon from flooding. The Consorzio Venezia Nuova is being responsible for the work on behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transpor
Last Friday, the partners involved in the Randle Reef sediment remediation project celebrated an important step forward with the awarding of three major contracts. These awards will allow the project to advance within the budget envelope, without compromising its environmental goals. The Stage One C
The Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Gail Shea, has announced an investment that will improve safety and working conditions for fishermen at North Lake harbor, Prince Edward Island. This funding will be used to reconstruct two sections of the wharf that have deteriorated on the north side of the ha
After a lifetime of almost 100 years, the Northern lock in IJmuiden needs replacement. Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch Highways and Waterways Agency) intends to award the construction of the new IJmuiden sea lock, which is located at the entrance to the North Sea Canal, to the Consortium OpenIJ. After co
Senator Brad Hoylman and 24 of his colleagues in the State Senate are calling on corporate giant General Electric to commit to a full remediation of the Hudson River after its decades-long dumping of toxic PCB chemicals. In a letter to the company’s CEO, Jeffrey Immelt, the lawmakers urged G.E. to g
With immediate effect and for a period of approximately 13 months, dredging operations will be carried out in the Tai O area, located on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong, announced the Marine Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). The works will be carried out
