By Catherine Llewellyn Arcadis has published its Autumn 2026 Market View, warning that the UK construction sector is at risk of a double dip as weak demand, falling orders and renewed cost pressures undermine confidence, despite the wider economy proving more resilient than expected in the first half of the year. The report, titled Double… Read More
By Sydney Goitia-Doran Up to a quarter of all plastic flowing from rivers into the ocean are microplastics — delivering more than 260,000 metric tons in 2022, according to a new study published last week in Science. The staggering amount suggested there was more plastic pollution carried by rivers than previously estimated, researchers said. Almost… Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company has announced that the 2026 Buxton beach renourishment project entered its final phase on Wednesday afternoon, (September 16, 2026), as the contractor completed renourishment along the developed Village of Buxton shoreline and shifted operations northward into the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. To date, approximately 1.5 million cubic yards of… Read More
5 Latvian ports, 2 Dutch dredgers, 1 dedicated team! This summer Filia Dredging has dredged the ports and fairways of 5 Latvian ports! Our hopper dredger Biesbosch in combination with bed leveller Rayador made for a very efficient dredging operation in all 5 ports. In Salacgriva we dredged the fairway and the port basin, including… Read More
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – Rumors are gaining ground in shipbroking circles that Maersk is on the verge of making a series of huge new orders for vessels, potentially doubling its newbuilding pipeline. Over the course of last week, analysts at Linerlytica noted that the Danish carrier had been the most active carrier on… Read More
