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Global Dredging Market Potential Impact on Upcoming Future Growth by Top Manufacturers: Jex Plant UK, Gator Dredging, Aqua Doc, Aquatic Restoration Service, Eco Waterway, ENVIROdredge, Swamp Thing, Black Lagoon

United States

Recently the volume of world trade increases, more and more goods are shipped across the sea using large ships or vessels. Due to this, the port infrastructure must be expanded and for this purpose dredging is required to keep the ports in operation. Dredging becomes important, because without the application of dredging, one cannot properly… Read More

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Ecosystem Investment Partners Teams Up With California Department of Water Resources on Lookout Slough

CA, United States

Ecosystem Investment Partners (EIP), a private restoration investment firm, announced today that it is partnering with the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) on a multi-benefit project known as Lookout Slough (https://ecosystempartners.com/lookout-slough/) that will result in the restoration and maintenance of approximately 3,400 acres of tidal habit in the Cache Slough region of the Sacramento-San… Read More

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Stationary Dredger SEEM 16-640ST « Milady » has Been Launched

France

Stationary dredger SEEM 16-640ST « Milady » with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure has been launched.at Merré shipyard. Delivered in 2019, it is a stationary dredgerl built by Merré shipyard for the Services Industriels de Genève based in Switzerland. The SEEM 16-640ST cutter suction dredger is designed by the Merré Design Office and will… Read More

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Ron DeSantis Signs Executive Order Calling for $2.5 Billion for Everglades Restoration, Toxic Algae Task Force

FL, United States

On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced an executive order calling for $2.5 billion over the next four years to go toward Everglades restoration — a $1 billion increase — and the establishment of a blue-green algae task force. The order, dubbed “Achieving More Now for Florida’s Environment,” promises participation in the Florida Wildlife Commission’s Harmful… Read More

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Coastal Groups Praise Decision to Maximize Land-Building of Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion

FL, United States

(Baton Rouge) At today’s monthly board meeting of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), sediment diversions lead Brad Barth announced that the agency will expand the study for the Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion from 35,000 to 75,000 cubic feet per second (cfs). Scientists and engineers hired to analyze the project have concluded that expanding… Read More

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Jensen Maritime Provides Design for Shaver Transportation’s New Tugboat – Samantha S

Seattle , United States

Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company, has provided the detailed design for Shaver Transportation Company’s new, Z-drive tug – Samantha S. The multi-purpose tug was built at Diversified Marine Inc., in Portland, Ore., and is operating along the West Coast. The tug is ABS-classed and carries a FFV1 firefighting… Read More

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Ineos to Invest $3.4B at Port of Antwerp (Belgium)

Belgium

London-based chemicals company Ineos has chosen Port of Antwerp in Belgium as the location for location for a previously announced EUR3bn ($3.4bn) investment in two new petrochemical plants. The company revealed plans last year to develop a propane dehydrogenation unit and an ethane cracker in Northwest Europe. The new petrochemical complex will be co-located with… Read More

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European Ports Tie-up with Harbor Deepening Stakeholders to Strengthen Sea Trade Activities, Services Backed by Sustainable Operations

United States

Harbor deepening market is growing at a balanced pace in the wake of national governments engaged in strengthening the seaborne trade worldwide to increase economic output. With the introduction of larger shipping vessels to achieve economical logistics operations, a number of projects are underway to increases the depth of existing harbors and to accommodate these… Read More

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Ilwaco Port Nets $1.2 Million in Federal Aid (USA – Washington)

WA, United States

The Ilwaco Channel will benefit from more than $1 million in federal funding for dredging and pile dike improvements over the coming year. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released its 2019 appropriations plan, including $1.239 million in funding for Ilwaco Channel maintenance dredging and completion of an engineering report on the Ilwaco Channel… Read More

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Minister Wilkinson Visits the Port in L’Étang du Nord

Canada

Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, and Minister of National Revenue and Member of Parliament for Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, met with Ghyslain Cyr, President of the Administration portuaire du havre de pêche de L’Étang-du-Nord, in L’Étang-du-Nord, Îles-de-la-Madeleine to discuss recent repairs that have… Read More

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Global Harbor Deepening Market 2019 – Comprehensive analysis with Top Trends, Size, Share, Future Growth Opportunities & Forecast by 2025

United States

The Harbor Deepening Market report also takes into account the key factors responsible for driving the growth of the Harbor Deepening Industry, along with the key hindrances and challenges. Furthermore, the Harbor Deepening Market report analyzes the industry from a 360-degree perspective, I.e. from the supply side and demand side, which enables the users to… Read More

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British Company to Invest 2.7B Euro in Antwerp Port (Belgium)

Belgium

https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2769920&language=en#

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EUROPE: LNG-fuelled Dredger Christened at Port of Rotterdam (Netherlands)

Netherlands

Designed by Conoship International and built by Barkmeijer shipyard for Van der Kamp, Ecodelta features an LNG tank of approximately 300 cbm that can store an energy which can be used in a period of two weeks. Source: Bunkerspot

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GUEST COLUMN: Quieting a Sandstorm (USA – Florida)

FL, United States

Okaloosa County can end the East Pass dredge sandstorm by choosing to direct dredge sand nearby, east and west, with near zero local funds. East Pass dredge history Since 2006 Okaloosa Island has received no East Pass sand absent legal challenge. In 2010 John Donovan and David and Rebecca Sherry successfully worked with the Army… Read More

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Kenya: Lake Region Governors to Focus on Road, Maritime Transport

Kenya

Governors from 14 counties under the Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) have vowed to collaborate with the national government to improve key shared infrastructure for the benefit of 15 million residents. At the end of a two-day summit in Kisii, LREB chiefs said they will focus on road network and maritime transport through Lake Victoria… Read More

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