In response to numerous permit violation complaints and threats of litigation regarding the Miami Port dredging project, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) performed site inspection dives on July 22 and 23, 2014. A 39 page FDEP report issued on August 18, details significant c
Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V., the largest infrastructure and construction company in Mexico, has signed a contract with Conagua, the National Water Commission, to build the Churubusco-Xochiaca water tunnel in Mexico City and Mexico state. The Ps. 2,566 million fixed-price contract was awarded throug
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, has announced $10.3 million to support improvement projects at small craft harbors in Quebec. This investment will support the following projects: The beginning of a multiyear project involving breakwater construction and the installation o
Dredging works on the rivers Parrett and Tone are in full swing, according to the Environment Agency latest report on the progress being made on the Levels and Moors Flood Action Plan (FAP). “We have dredged a length of 4 km of river (8 km of total river bank length) on the Parrett and Tone [&hellip
The annual sand dredging program at Tallebudgera Creek started last week with sand to be pumped onto Burleigh beach over the next five weeks. Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate said the work was is an integral part of the program to maintain and replenish sand on the city’s beaches ready for summer. “The dre
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has awarded $13.4 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company to perform maintenance dredging of the Tampa Harbor Egmont Channel Cuts and Mullet Key Channel. The project work consists of maintenance dredging of Egmont Channel Cuts 1 and
In a move to increase flood protection for south Florida residents, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has issued a permit for the construction of a new levee system. This project is a cooperative effort between the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), Florida Fish and Wi
The project for construction of the deep-water berth 1-e, behind which the Brooklyn-Kiev company’s grain transshipment complex with a capacity of 4.5 million tons is being built, will be implemented in 2015. The head of the Administration of Seaports of Ukraine (ASU), Andrii Amelin, announced this o
Construction of a project for emergency streambank protection along the Connecticut River in Middletown, Conn., will be completed under the terms of a $1,282,550.00 contract recently awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. The construction will be conducted during the Conn
Minister for Natural Resources, Lands and Water Kevin Humphries and Member for Coffs Harbor Andrew Fraser have announced that major dredging of the Coffs Harbor outer harbor has finished, with 30,000 cubic metres of sand transferred to Park Beach. “The sand nourishment of Park Beach and dune re-prof
BAM International and its South African joint-venture partner Stefanutti Stocks have driven the first pile for the construction of the petroleum jetty at the Kissy Oil Terminal of Freetown in Sierra Leone. BAM and Stefanutti Stocks were awarded the contract or the engineering, procurement and constr
According to the latest notice from the Marine Department of Hong Kong, dredging works in the Kwai Tsing Container Basin have been scheduled for the next 18 months. The works will be carried out by a grab dredger. Also on the scene will be a tug and two self-propelled split-hopper barges, assisting
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, continues its Mississippi River dredging operations to reopen the river to commercial navigation following recent high water. The Corps is still dredging the 9-foot navigation channel between Wabasha, Minn., and Alma, Wis., in Pool 4. The Corps es
LUSCHI is about to mobilize its vessel, “Giovanella”, to Espírito Santo where it will assist in dredging and final disposal of accumulated sediments in the seawater storage canal of ArcelorMittal. The canal is approximately 600 meters long and has sedimentation volume of approx 46,000 m³. The projec