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Commissioned by Kvarken Link, the vessel, which will operate between the Finnish city of Vaasa and the Swedish city of Umeå, will run on a combination of LNG and battery power. Source: Bunkerspot
Orange Beach, AL – (OBA®) – The widening and improvement of Canal Road, environmental restoration of Cotton Bayou and Terry Cove, the creation of the Gulf Coast Environment Research Station, the designing and planning of the Gulf Coast Wildlife Recovery and Interpretive Center, expansion of the Orange Beach Wildlife Center, seawall repairs at Alabama Point,… Read More
A plan to use sand and sediment removed from the Mississippi River to build several islands near the head of Lake Pepin is moving forward. The pilot project proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers aims to restore backwater fish and wildlife habitat. It would also provide a use for some of the material… Read More
Royal IHC has secured a contract from Belgium-based DEME for the design and build of four new vessels. The order consists of a copy of the recently delivered 8,400m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) SCHELDT RIVER, a 2,300m3 TSHD, and two 3,500m3 split barges. The SCHELDT RIVER was delivered in 2017 and due to its… Read More
Beach replenishment at Pickering Beach, Kitts Hummock and Bowers Beach is expected to start soon. DNREC announced it will begin the work in February, pending permit approvals. Sand will be trucked from an inland source and used to fill in the beaches to counter erosion. In a statement, Gov. John Carney attributed Delaware beach erosion… Read More
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has completed a $36 million marsh creation project benefitting 1,158 acres in south central Terrebonne Parish at Lost Lake, utilizing both dredge material and hydrologic control structures along bayous Carencro and Rice. “From the time I took office, coastal protection and… Read More
The news that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has placed a US$93-million order with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company for the deepening and widening of its ship channel at the Port of Corpus Christi (PortCC) broke last week in what was still a sluggish news environment. But it is significant news: this is… Read More
Projects in Lorain, Toledo and Conneaut will improve Lake Erie water quality while maintaining navigation channels in the three port cities. State officials met in Toledo Jan. 8 to discuss developing plans for three projects that will be paid for with almost $10 million approved through the Ohio State Controlling Board. The city of Lorain… Read More
Damen Shipyards Group signed a contract with Gerd Stensen AS from Norway for the delivery of a Damen Stan Tug 1606. The client will apply the new vessel to its dredging operations, which include work for the extraction of coral sand for the French agricultural industry. The new tug will first be used at a… Read More
The North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA) is seeking qualified naval engineers, architects and shipbuilders to design and build a fully commissioned and equipped Water Injection Dredge (WID). In addition to the WID design/build, this project also requires a proof of concept demonstration and WID operation training program. NCSPA plans to use the dredge to… Read More
A Chinese-built dredging vessel, the largest of its kind in Asia, returned to the shipyard Wednesday after completing its sea trial of nearly three months. The 140-meter-long, 27.8-meter-wide vessel, named Tian Kun Hao, can dig as deep as 35 meters under the sea floor and dredge 6,000 cubic meters per hour, according to its investor,… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to build islands in the Mississippi River at the Head of Lake Pepin in an effort to restore backwater habitat. Through the pilot program, corps engineers will use dredged material to construct the islands. The material comes from Reads Landing Dredged Material Placement Site in Lower Pool 4,… Read More
Cosco Shipping Ports Limited announced that, COSCO-HIT Terminals (Hong Kong) Limited (CHT), Asia Container Terminals Limited (ACT), Hong Kong International Terminals Limited (HIT) and Modern Terminals Limited (MTL) entered into a Hong Kong Seaport Joint Operating Alliance Agreement to collaborate for the efficient management and operation of the 23 berths at Kwai Tsing port, Hong… Read More
The popular waterfront parking lot at Herring Cove Beach will be rebuilt farther inland than planned due to an emerging “hot spot” of erosion that is expected to last several years at least. But the construction project can’t come too soon for a local tourism leader who says the disintegrating parking lot has begun to… Read More
Critics say the Army Corps of Engineers never saw a flood control project it didn’t like. The agency is swinging for the fences again in 2019 with the rollout of what could be the most expensive public works project in the agency’s history. What began as a $10 billion flood wall proposal to protect Galveston… Read More