Four new Super Post-Panamax wharf cranes that are part of a significant upgrade of the Barbours Cut Container Terminal arrived yesterday at the Port of Houston. The cranes, largest ever built by Konecranes, come as a part of the Port Authority overall plan to undertake significant infrastructure imp
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has issued certification allowing maintenance dredging of the Fairport Harbor federal navigation channel in the central basin of Lake Erie and the navigable channel of the Grand River. The project will allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dredge 250,000
NMDC, a company that provides dredging, reclamation and marine construction work in the Middle East, has just won the Hail Field Development Project. The project consists of a new artificial island (350m x 100m) which will be built on the reclaimed land. Also included in the project are channel dred
This week International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will present an update on Ecosystems Services during a PIANC-Seminar: “Ecosystem Goods and Services: Identification, Assessment and Benefits for Navigation Infrastructure Projects”. Following a 2-day colloquium (May 5 and 6) on Ecosyst
Orion Marine Group, Inc. (ORN), heavy civil marine contractor serving the infrastructure sector, has announced a contract award of approximately $12 million. The award is for a maintenance dredging contract with Port Tampa Bay. The maintenance dredging will occur over the next three years to re-esta
With April now behind us, only a few days are left before the beginning of what is expected to be the last year of Hudson River Dredging project. The 2015 season marks the sixth year of remedial dredging where approximately 250,000 cy of PCB-contaminated sediment is targeted for removal. In 2015, se
The fifth phase of the North Topsail Beach Shoreline Protection Project is well under way with Norfolk Dredging performing the work. Construction works on the project started in late 2014 near 3588 Island Drive with the aim to reach the Surf City line. Sand for this restoration project was taken off
KIASMA and Odebrecht, through their Colombian subsidiary – Consortium Navelena Construction, have signed a cooperation agreement under which KIASMA will supply the HDPE floating pipelines with KFC system (for abrasion reduction) to be used for dredging operations on the Magdalena River in Colombia.
In testimony on Capitol Hill before the House Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, April 22, Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick praised The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ proficiency in the Sandy recovery work. According to the Army’s chief of engineers, the Hurr
Salix River & Wetland Services Limited has started dredging/desilting activities at the Woodberry Wetlands in East London. The work is part of the London Wildlife Trust’s £1.5 million project to bring new nature reserve to London, opening this summer. As part of the development, the company will be
Houston Port Commissioners awarded recently a contract to TCB/GBA Joint Venture for professional engineering and planning services in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ feasibility study of modifications to improve the Houston Ship Channel system. That system includes the Houston, Barbours
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has announced a key milestone in the Expansion Program, with the installation of the sixteenth and final gate for the new locks on the Pacific side of the Canal. The installation process began yesterday, April 28, at 12:00 PM (Panama Time) on the south end of the Can
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District recently awarded a contract to SOL Engineering Service LLC for environmental services to include the collection and analyses of water and sediment samples from the federally-maintained Sabine Neches Waterway’s entrance, jetty and Sabine Pass channe
Last week marked the signing of a $1.8 billion Tuas Terminal Phase 1 agreement between the Maritime Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Dredging International Asia Pacific – Daelim Joint Venture (DDJV). The contract was signed on April 23rd 2015, during the inaugural Singapore Maritime Technol