Marinex Construction Inc has won the South Boca Raton beach renourishment project, reports bocaratontribune.com. During this beach fill program approximately 150,000 cubic yards of sand dredged from the mouth of the Boca Raton Inlet will be placed between the South County Park and the City of Boca R
Responding to the Christie Administration’s announcement of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ schedule for critical beach and dune construction projects, Senator Christopher J. Connors, Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove (all R-9) called the large-scale effort absolutely imp
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, has introduced a plan for the Brazos Island Harbor dredging program. During this cleanup program, located in Cameron County, Texas, approximately 400,000 cubic yards of material will be removed from the mentioned area. The dredged material should
Rep. Tom Reed and the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to reauthorize the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). WRRDA authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to facilitate waterway infrastructure improvements and environmental restoration. Priorities in the bill include str
All four of the super post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes that arrived at the Port of Savannah in June are now fully operational at Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City Terminal. The cranes arrived on a specialized vessel June 5. After the cranes were offloaded, crews began raising the booms, and the
Ocean Dredging DSM Ocean inc., an Ocean sister company, will carry out a harbour dredging contract with its Mexican partner Dragados del Golfo, in Paraiso, a town located in the state of Tabasco in Mexico. The dredging of the port of Dos Bocas will extend over a period of more than 60 days and a [&h
ACI’s 6th Optimising Port Development conference (London, 4th – 5th December 2013) will address the key challenges faced by modern ports and terminals in order to present an efficient and attractive option to the shipping lines. The meeting will explore best practices and strategies for port and hin
A coastline damaged by strong storms last week will be repaired by the Environment Agency to reduce the risk to public safety. Severe gales in Snettisham, Heacham and Hunstanton caused high waves to wash over and erode the coast. This resulted in the loss of approximately 1,200 cubic metres of the s
The innovative restoration of a Norfolk Broads reed bed has been awarded a second accolade in a year. The Broads Authority’s project at Salhouse Broad has won international acclaim as a pioneering way of re-using dredged sediment. Now it has been awarded the UK’s first Working with Nature Certificat
His Excellency President Benigno Aquino III of the Republic of the Philippines, together with Her Excellency President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea, witnessed the signing of a Loan Agreement to support the implementation of the Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptati
A project that has allowed the Port of Cork to precisely monitor and record the winter program of seabed ploughing in real time for the first ever time is being delivered by Succorfish in partnership with Irish marine communication specialists SEA-Tech. The groundbreaking exercise, which is being ca
The Shire of Esperance has received $50,000 in Western Australian Government funding to help protect the coastal town’s beachfront, according to abc.net.au. One million dollars has been distributed to 10 local shires or coastal management group across Western Australia, to protect the state’s coastl
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the Benoi Basin dredging project is scheduled for October 14, 2013. This development program will be carried out by a dredger which will be held with 4 an
The Crown Estate has spent £450,000 to upgrade the flood protection and drainage system on its Sunk Island Estate. The works are designed to protect the high grade agricultural land and heritage of the Island. Improvements will be made to the Spragger Clough Drainage Outfall, the structure which pre