Hamburg Port Authority AöR has awarded the Port of Dradenau land reclamation contract to Josef Möbius Bau-GmbH. This development program includes filling of the intermediate bearing silt Dradenau harbour area by installation of wet sand and silt. The Dradenau reclamation project also consists of bal
Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven has awarded the Elbe River dredging contract to the Heinrich Hirdes GmbH. This major deepening program includes dredging works with a suction hopper dredger for the conservation and restoration of the required depth and width of the fairway on the Lower and Outer
Harwich Haven Authority has invited bidders to submit their offers for the ports of Harwich and Felixstowe dredging contract. This contract is for the provision of a suitable backhoe dredger to excavate approximately 112 trial pits for others to take samples and analyse. The trial pits lie within th
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, introduced the details about the Kings Bay dredging plan. This development project consists of maintenance dredging of beach compatible shoal material from the Kings Bay Entrance Channel. The dredged material will be placed in the North Beach
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has announced a plan for the Joint Base Charleston Channel dredging program. The work consists of maintenance dredging of approximately 1,466,000 cubic yards of unclassified material from the Joint Base Charleston Channel located in Berkeley Cou
As part of ongoing repairs at the Marseilles Lock and Dam project, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, is placing HESCO barriers on the earthen dike located on the right descending bank of the Illinois River in Marseilles, Ill. The earthen dike is part of the lock and dam project
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to install additional water pumps and construct a flood drainage tunnel on Sri Nakarin Road, which is one of the flood-prone areas of the capital. Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra said that as Sri Nakarin Road has experienced severe floodi
Robert Moses State Park and the Jones Beach State Park boardwalk are open for the 2013 summer park season. Among the most heavily visited parks in the state park system, Robert Moses and large sections of Jones Beach have been closed since October due to severe damage from Superstorm Sandy. Destruct
Four months of work begins in Pukekura Park this week with the first of two major projects kicking off. As part of a programme to improve water quality in the park, silt will be dredged from the Main Lake, Fountain Lake and the Serpentine (between the main and lily lakes) between early June and the
Eye4Software B.V. announces that the latest version of their Hydrographic Survey Package, Hydromagic version 5.1, has been released to the public. The main purpose of this software is to map the bottom of a river, pond or ocean in 3D, by using a (D)GPS or RTK positioning system combined with an echo
The Presque Isle Marina dredging program is progressing according to schedule, reports uppermichiganssource.com. The dredged material is being placed near the city municipal building on Baraga Avenue. Regarding this development project, Karl Zueger of Marquette Parks and Recreation, stated: “It’s a
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has been selected to provide support logistics to the Jan De Nul Group for an offshore energy megaproject in Australia. The Belgium-based Jan De Nul Group specialises in dredging operations around the world and has app
Jakarta Public Works Department has announced a plan for the Pluit Dam dredging program. According to beritajakarta.com, the officials plan to dredge about 200 thousand cubic of sediment from the mentioned area. Regarding this cleanup plan, Jakarta Deputy Governor, Basuki T Purnama, stated: “Sedimen
Coastal models have been used to investigate and predict the water quality in coastal bays, gulfs, harbours and river estuaries such as Moreton Bay and the Derwent. “These models have been in development for the past 20 years but we know they contain approximations, and therefore uncertainties that