A group of residents from the communities along the Caño Martín Peña, led by leaders of the grassroots organization G-8, symbolically dredged the tidal channel by hand to call for urgent action by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on approval of the feasibility study required the channels environment
Dredging and underwater works at the Albert Pier have officially started, according to the Guernsey Harbor’s Local Notices to Mariners. This very important dredging program, located in St Peter Port Harbor, will last approximately three weeks. The vessels Needles and Doreen Dorward will be conductin
The central government in Indonesia is suspending the implementation of the National Capital Integrated Coastal Development (NCICD) project, also known as the Jakarta reclamation. The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry’s (KKP) director general for marine, coastal and small island affairs, Sudir
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte yesterday visited the artificial island constructed by Boskalis off the coast of the Punta Pacifica, Panama City, to place the first stones for the second island project. Nine hectares of land will be created by placing approximately 600,000 cubic meters of rock to fo
APT Global has launched the newly constructed Anchor Handling Pontoon AHP 1731 at the Dubai Maritime City dry docking facility. The 24 x 16.5 m pontoon is featuring a moon pool and 200 t hydraulic winch installation with containerized power pack for handling large gravity anchors. The construction o
General Electric is working aggressively to refine plans for the sixth and final season of the Hudson River dredging program, which will be performed later this year, from May through November. When dredging is completed this year, GE will have removed 100 percent of the PCBs targeted by EPA for rem
Construction works on a multi-billion dollar New Suez Canal project, which will expand the existing Suez Canal, are in full swing. Head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Mamish said that the preparations for the inauguration ceremony of the New Suez Canal are currently underway and the dredging work
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), together with the Governments of New Zealand and Vanuatu, has provided additional financing of $18.48 million, $4.65 million, and $1.6 million respectively to the Vanuatu Interisland Shipping Support Project. According to the ADB, the project is upgrading domestic p
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed the shipping, harbor craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the East Samulun Basin dredging program, off NSL Oilchem, will be undertaken from April 20th until August 20th, 2015. Dredging work will be carried out by
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, will evaluate a California Department of Water Resources permit application, required to construct three temporary salinity barriers in waters of the California Delta. The public is invited to review the DWR request and submit comments by April
Immediately following Seawork International 2015 in Southampton, The Hydrographic Society UK is to stage a one-day seminar and table-top exhibition on Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Surveys, at Southampton Solent University Conference Centre on Friday 19 June. Focussing on near and offshore marine enviro
The Port & Terminal Technology conference will take place on April 21-22, 2015, at the Hilton Hotel – Miami Downtown, Miami, USA. This industry event has been running successfully in Europe for the last nine years and is now in its seventh year in the United States. The conference is a targeted even
Dredging Today has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (April 6 – 12). VIDEO: Dredger Oranje in South Korea Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. launched this month the second edition of its magazine ‘Creating New HORIZONS’. In the publication, Boskalis highligh
The Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is inviting people to attend a community information session on Monday, April 13, to discuss planned renourishment works at Brighton beach. Regional Director Port Phillip Kelly Crosthwaite said: “The beach, at the end of New Street and
