The Portland District Corps of Engineers intends to award a contract for Chetco Mechanical Dredging 2012. This dredging project includes maintenance dredging at the Chetco River, entrance channel from RM 00+02 to 00+14 and in the boat basin, Brookings, Curry County, Oregon. Approximately 26,000 cubi
DeepOcean announces the multi-million pound pre-cut trenching contract award with Statnett & Energinet.dk on the Skagerrak 4 HVDC Submarine Interconnector Project. DeepOcean will provide the engineering and project management for the pre-cut trenching workscope in Denmark, which is expected to comme
Dredging project at Batemans Bay, New South Wales, is ready to commence, ABC News reports. About $450,000 from the year’s budget was allocated for this project which is expected to start in late July. The Government stated that the project will focus on dredging of the entrance bar of Clyde River. T
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees and retirees, river residents and those affectionately known as river rats lined the banks of the Upper Mississippi River to see the Dredge William A. Thompson make its final voyage, June 12-13. The Thompson left the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers service base in
Scana Propulsion has concluded a contract with Rong Tai Trading of Taiwan for delivery of propulsion equipment, according to motorship.com. The contract with Rong Tai Trading is for the delivery of an ACG 105/980H propulsion system consisting of a twin screw gear, propeller, tunnel thruster and cont
IHC Merwede has been awarded a contract to deliver the environmentally friendly deep-water dredger, IHC Beaver® 4040, for Zhejiang Dredging (China). This innovative cutter suction dredger will be optimised to work on lake and reservoir dredging projects – and is unique in its class. Boundary breakin
An agreement that will ensure £800,000 of European funding to assist in finding advanced ways to dredge the Broads was signed at the conference held in Rotterdam. A project known as PRISMA (Promoting Integrated Sediment Management) was introduced by the representatives from the Broads Authority and
Phoenix Ltd., the company investing in the Bronka project started construction of pile foundation of Berth Number 5 as it was scheduled. The following expansion phase of the transshipment hub based near Big Port St. Petersburg commenced on December 7. The company plans to complete the construction o
Construction of a dredge excess material transfer station in a residential nearby area off Long Creek is postponed. After the residents resisted the initial plan, according to which a permanent dredge transfer station was going to be located in a residential area on Maple Street, the Beaches and Wat
THE Cairns Entertainment Precinct is unlikely to go ahead in its current form if Campbell Newman is made premier next year, with the LNP.. By Daniel Strudwick (cairns) [mappress] Source: cairns, December 9, 2011;
Low profile marine engineering specialist Benalec Holdings has raised eyebrows with its foray into land reclamation works at the southern … (tankstoragemag) [mappress] Source: tankstoragemag, December 9, 2011;
Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar adopted the Public Private Partnership (PPP) framework for enabling the private sector to invest in the transportation sector. At the 11th National Council of Transport in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, the Minister restated the Government’s enormous investment in dr
After the area of the Iloilo River was dredged and cleaned of debris and deteriorated see vessels, fishing fans are back again at the Muelle Loney stretch. As the Philippine Ports Authority pledged to clean the river from the Parola up to the bridge, around 14 sea vessels were moved from the river a
After close to five hours of discussion, the Douglas County Commission postponed a vote on a conditional use permit sought for a sand… By Aaron Couch (ljworld) [mappress] Source: ljworld, December 9, 2011;