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Pakistan’s largest port authority KPT (Karachi Port Trust) has just announced a tender for the port’s approach channel capital dredging work. The project calls for dredging of approximately 5 million cubic meters of material by using trailing suction hopper dredger of suitable capacity, supplemented by a cutter suction dredger and backhoe or grab dredgers, all… Read More
Maintenance Dredging St Joseph Inner Harbor Michigan
Dredging – Seward Marine Center Flood Debris
Current beach replenishment work on Long Beach Island was initially, under the base contract with Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., required to be complete by April 12, 2016. However, due to “weather delays and the need to repair areas damaged by the recent storm, we have extended the contract,” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers… Read More
Boaters in the Manasquan River who face skinny navigation channels may obtain some relief over the next few years, as the state is considering a two-phase dredging project. The project, spearheaded by the state Department of Transportation with assistance from the Ocean County freeholder board, will first focus on the navigational channels near Will’s Hole… Read More
The President of the Republic of Marshall Islands, Christopher Loeak, today officially opened the Coastal Causeway Project in Woja Island, Ailinglaplap Atoll, as part of the country’s efforts to build resilience to climate change. The project has involved constructing a rock causeway combined with soft engineering measures to strengthen the vulnerable and narrow road link… Read More
In order to improve cruises’ traffic capacity and docking manoeuvre in Ibiza port, south pier extension works started this week at Botafoc docks. Adopted solution has been the construction of three dolphin docks that will allow extending docking length until 328 and 375, in both sides of the jetty thus allowing two vessels up to… Read More
The largest private environmental restoration project in the Bay Area reached a major milestone this week with the breaching of a levee that will allow the San Francisco Bay to expand northward, restoring marshland and wildlife while also providing protection against sea-level rise. As several hundred people looked on October 25, an earthmover toppled a… Read More
Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water, Lisa Neville, today announced that restoration work to protect the Mitchell River Silt Jetties at Eagle Point on the Gippsland Lakes will start early in November. The work will be carried out by Parks Victoria in three stages over three to four years. The first stage involves the… Read More
ABP Marine Environmental Research ltd (ABPmer) has been contracted by the River Hamble Harbor Authority to undertake its 2015 annual bathymetric survey. The survey is carried out to help the River Hamble Harbor Authority to maintain its knowledge of the water depths within the river and to capture any morphological changes that might be occurring… Read More
Finally, after years of waiting, the Intracoastal Waterway dredging project in Fort Lauderdale is about to begin. According to the Marine Industries Association of South Florida, the waterway dredging project will take place from 17th Street to Sunrise Boulevard. The Intracoastal dredge will be the largest single public works project for the Florida Inland Navigation… Read More
Portsmouth.co.uk reports that Havant Borough Council has dredged the approach channel to Chichester Harbour and replenished the shingle beach at the Eastoke Frontage on Hayling Island. Building up the shingle beach is vital for the coastline because the beach is the main line of defence against erosion, flooding and other coastal processes. While the dredging… Read More
Another dredging of Little Lagoon Pass. This time not only from the water but along the shoreline as well. Engineers call it “mechanical dredging” where tractors, excavators and other heavy equipment are used to remove the sand and move tons of sand clogging the pass. Heavy weather over the last couple of weekends hasn’t helped… Read More
The US EPA recently joined state and local dignitaries to announce US$5 million in federal funding to continue efforts of the Southeast New England Programme for Coastal Watershed Restoration. The programme brings together innovation and partnerships to apply an ecosystem approach to protecting and restoring the coastal watersheds of southeast New England from Westerly, RI… Read More