Konecranes has begun assembly of the first (out of ten ordered) Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) crane for the Marine Multipurpose Complex Bronka (MMPK Bronka). According to the Fenix LCC, the Bronka project investor and developer, the assembly works will continue until mid-May with the delivery of equipme
As part of the Coastal Sediments 2015 conference program (May 11-15, 2015), Deltares Academy will offer the Full-Day Course “Coastal Sediment Dynamics (recent theoretical and modeling advances)”. The conference is the eighth in a series which began in 1977. The Coastal Sediments conference provides
The Tahoe Keys Dredging Project is currently underway and on track to be completed by the end of May. The video, released by the laketahoeG, gives an aerial view of the operations currently undergoing at Tahoe Keys. A total of 4,200 cubic yards of material will be removed from the area with an excav
The UK’s largest coastal management scheme, carried out by Team Van Oord on behalf of the Environment Agency, has been named a finalist in the 2015 CIEEM awards. The Steart Coastal Management Project is a finalist in the CIEEM Best Practice Award for Stakeholder Engagement. Earlier this month the sa
The Curaçao Ports Authority N.V. (CPA) renewed its agreement with Van Oord Marine Ingenuity (Van Oord) on Friday, 24 April, 2015. The renewed agreement is a modernized version of the previous one, which reflects the responsible manner in which CPA is managing commercial developments within the Ports
The keel laying event for the 1,840 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger took place at MTG Dolphin Shipyard in Varna, Bulgaria, on 22nd of April, 2015. The vessel, being built under yard number BN802 by order of Royal IHC for Dutch Dredging, will be delivered in late autumn of 2015. She is a standardi
Fifty kilometers to the south of Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea, a new waterway is being excavated parallel to the existing canal. This program is part of the Suez Canal mega project, which includes the development of several seaports in the three governorates bordering the canal, Suez, Ismailia
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Oak Brook, Illinois is continuing the south end beach replenishment project in Ocean City (NJ) that will deliver approximately 1.6 million cubic yards of sand on 2.6 miles of beach from 36th to 59th Street. Neighboring communities, Strathmere and Sea Isle, will
Senator Fabian Manning, on behalf of the Honorable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, has announced that the Government of Canada will invest in major improvement projects at small craft harbors in Newfoundland and Labrador. This funding will provide a safer and more efficient working envi
The MOL Northern Juvenile, capable of carrying 8,800 twenty-foot equivalent units (containers), set a record last week as the largest container cargo ship to ever call on Jacksonville. The ship, which transited the Suez Canal from Asia before reaching the U.S. East Coast, loaded and offloaded cargo
Shoalhaven City Council has developed a strategy to deal with increased demand from the community for improving navigation and boating safety at a number of estuarine locations within the Local Government area on the NSW South Coast. This strategy was documented in the Shoalhaven City Wide Dredging
The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has officially begun construction of a new F.Magoodhoo harbor. Inauguration ceremony, held on April 18th 2015, was attended by Senior officials from the Ministry, MTCC and the people of Magoodhoo island. Under the project a new harbor with the si
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has awarded a Mile Point Training Wall Reconfiguration contract to Manson Construction Company of Seattle, Wash., for $39.5 million. The project will help improve navigation on the St. Johns River, increasing commerce efficiencies. Added proje
Planet Ocean has signed an exclusive representation agreement with Brugge-based dotOcean at Ocean Business 2015 Southampton. The agreement covers the UK and Republic of Ireland. dotOcean manufactures and supplies a range of systems for the evaluation of sediment and fluid mud for research, hydrograp
