Mercator Limited, an Indian marine and energy group, is expanding their dredging business by adding two more dredgers to its fleet. Mercator has taken delivery of two European built dredgers; the first one is a trailer suction hopper dredger which will be one of the largest capacity dredgers in Indi
Property owners who have provided the North Myrtle Beach City Manager with a written objection to their assessment within the Cherry Grove canals dredging project special assessment district may verbally support their written objections during a June 30 or July 1 public hearing at 9:00 a.m. at City
Siport21, a maritime and port engineering consulting company, has presented three studies at the XIII Spanish Coastal and Port Engineering Congress, held in Aviles, Gijon. These studies are examples of the latest projects developed by the company; Maritime Traffic Analysis in the Port of Bahia Blanc
Engineering and consulting firms setec and Royal HaskoningDHV have been selected by VNF, the French navigable waterways authority, to jointly provide program management assistance over 12 years for a canal link extending from France to Belgium. The vast new Canal Seine-Nord Europe will connect the b
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded three dredging-related contracts on the African subcontinent with a combined value of approximately EUR 75 million. In Angola, Boskalis has been awarded a contract by Angola LNG Ltd. for dredging activities related to maintaining the access channel an
A Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment (EA) for repairs to the Nishnabotna Bend chute in Nemaha County, Neb. is currently available for public review. The EA evaluates the environmental impacts of repairing damages that occurred to the chute during the 2011 Missouri River flood. These repairs
The Environment Agency is inviting local residents to attend the drop-in sessions to discuss proposals for the Badsey Brook flood scheme. These meetings will be held at West End Lane in Broadway, Worcestershire, on Tuesday, 7 July, 2015 and Wednesday, 15 July, 2015 from 3:30pm until 7:30pm. The sche
Completion of a coffer dam in the River Tay at the site of V&A Museum of Design Dundee marks a major milestone in the £80.11 million construction project, Royal BAM Group announced. The V&A Dundee building will protrude out into the River Tay. To enable the land reclamation work to progress, BAM Con
The Yendi Municipal Assembly, in collaboration with Ghana Water Company Limited, has started the River Dakar dredging program, according to the Ghana News Agency. The River Dakar is the main source of water for Yendi township, which has been hit by severe water shortage. This dredging scheme was nec
BAM International, the operating company of Royal BAM Group active outside of Europe, has completed the €65 million project to construct the Aqaba New Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal for Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC). BAM has handed over the project yesterday, two months ahead of schedule
Southwind Construction Corporation, an Indiana-based dredging contractor, will begin dredging operations within the Dismal Swamp Canal near marker No.22 on June 29, 2015. These dredging operations will take place 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and the dredger ‘Kristi Joe’ and tender ‘Danny Joe’ will
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) is advising on current Suez convoy information ahead of the new Suez Canal’s inauguration on 6 August 2015. The new Suez canal measures from 60 kilometers in length to 95 kilometers in length, while the project also involves deepening and widening the Great Bitter La
Dredging operations are scheduled start this week on the Evans River and boat harbor at Evans Head, according to the Northern Star. The NSW Government contributed more than $550,000 toward the Evans Head dredging project, said Member for Clarence Chris Gulaptis. This dredging program will involve re
A San Bernardino County Superior Court judge ruled yesterday against an attempt by the mining community to start suction dredge mining in California waterways this summer. Suction dredge miners had asked the court to prevent the California Department of Fish and Wildlife from enforcing the current m
