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  • VIDEO: San Jacinto River Dredging in Final Phase

    15 April 2019
    Business & Finance

     The FEMA funded emergency dredging of the West Fork of the San Jacinto River near Kingwood, Texas, is nearing its completion. USACE Galveston District has just released the latest project update, saying that as of April 11, 652 tons of woody debris and 1,547,000 cubic yards of sand has been dredged from the river. […]

  • Norfolk Dredging Secures Craney Island Expansion Contract

    6 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Norfolk Dredging of Chesapeake, Virginia, last Friday won a $9.65 million Craney Island Eastward Expansion contract. The contract – awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District – calls for the mechanical dredging of the top layer of soil material, including debris, to a depth of 4 feet below the mudline within a portion […]

  • Rena: Underwater Steel Cutting Continues (New Zealand)

    12 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    Underwater steel cutting continues with a team of five divers onboard the Rena each day. The underwater work is a particularly difficult and potentially dangerous phase of the Rena wreck reduction. Divers need to navigate numerous underwater obstacles just to get into a position to cut steel This week has seen the Resolve crane barge […]

  • New Zealand: Salvors Remove Stock Feed Containers from Rena Today

    30 January 2012

    Salvors today plan to remove two 20 empty foot stock feed containers from the port side of the bow section using the crane barge Smit Borneo The Smit Borneo will be repositioned during the day to the stern of the Rena. The McDermott heavy lift helicopter is being readied for container removal operations and will […]

  • Paraguay: Essap Prepares La República Lake Cleanup Project

    26 October 2012

    According to Essap’s president Andrés Rivarola, they are working with power firm Itaipú Binacional to create a plan to clean up the waters of La República lake in Ciudad del Este, reports bnamericas.com. He stated: “We are drawing up a dredging plan to get rid of the slurry and debris that have piled up on […]

  • New Zealand: Container Removal from Rena Wreck Remains Priority

    25 January 2012

    The priority for the Svitzer salvage team continues to be the removal of containers from the bow section of Rena. Salvors yesterday removed 29 packets of wood, and 9 tonnes of container lashing equipment from the bow section yesterday. These were lifted off by helicopter as conditions did not allow the barge Smit Borneo close […]

  • Monroe County Canal Cleanup Program Ahead of Schedule

    5 February 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Monroe County-led $49.2 million project to cleanup Hurricane Irma marine debris is at 78 percent completion, with 134 of the 172 federally approved canals completed, the county said in its last week’s release.  The project has used only $14.2 million (38%) of the available $45.8 million marine debris clearing budget for unincorporated Monroe County, […]

  • USA: Louisiana Collects and Removes Oil From E-4 Chandeleur Island Sand Berm

    29 July 2010

    Louisiana National Guardsmen with the 225th Engineer Brigade collected 28 bags or approximately 700 pounds of oily debris on the state built E-4 berm at the Chandeleur Island chain. This comes on the heals of another 500 pounds of oily debris that was previously discovered, totaling 1,200 pounds of oiled debris removed to date. The […]

  • New Zealand: Underwater Steel Cutting Continues Onboard Rena Wreck

    12 October 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Underwater steel cutting continues with a team of five divers onboard the Rena each day, the Maritime New Zealand announces. The underwater work is a particularly difficult and potentially dangerous phase of the Rena wreck reduction and the divers need to navigate numerous underwater obstacles just to get into a position to cut steel. This […]

  • Environment Agency to Remove Gravel and Silt from Aire and Worth

    19 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    The Environment Agency this week started an £800,000 program of work on the rivers Aire and Worth to remove gravel and silt deposited by the winter floods. The deposits, known as shoals, built up in the rivers during the flooding as large volumes of water picked up debris and distributed it along the river system. […]

  • GBV Wins Flood Management Project

    27 April 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    A flagship flood risk management scheme has been awarded to GBV, a joint venture comprising Galliford Try and Black & Veatch. By creating three kilometers of flood defenses GBV’s work will rejuvenate areas of Derby city center currently underutilized because of insufficient flood protection. “The scheme is about more than safeguarding people and property from […]

  • Maritime New Zealand Reports Oil Leak from Sunken Part of Rena

    12 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Swells around the Astrolabe Reef are continuing to prevent salvors from diving on the wreck to assess the damage caused through Rena’s break-up and partial sinking of the stern, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) says. MNZ Salvage Unit Manager David Billington said the current swell was around 2m, with a maximum wave height of 4m. The […]

  • New Zealand: Bad Weather Prevents Salvors to Assess Rena’s Break-up Damage

    12 January 2012

    Swells around the Astrolabe Reef are continuing to prevent salvors from diving on the wreck to assess the damage caused through Rena’s break-up and partial sinking of the stern, Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) says. MNZ Salvage Unit Manager David Billington said the current swell was around 2m, with a maximum wave height of 4m. The […]

  • USA: Dredging at Wallace Swamp Creek Park Kicks Off

    22 July 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Wallace Swamp Creek Park dredging project has officially commenced, according to kenmorewa.gov. Each summer, the city must dredge sediment and debris out of swamp creek from the pond. The creek is routed through a bypass channel, which allows workers to drain the pond and remove sediment and debris. On average, about 3,000 cubic yards […]

  • Sirius Takes Delivery of Cameron SOLIDrill for Ororo Field

    21 December 2017
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Sirius Petroleum has taken delivery of two sets of Cameron SOLIDrill modular compact well head systems in Nigeria.    The systems supplied by Cameron, a Schlumberger company, will be used at the company’s Ororo field. Cameron SOLIDrill modular compact wellhead systems increase casing and tubing hanger landing reliability and help prevent debris from entering the […]

  • Philippines: Completion of Yawa River Dredging Program Set for August

    1 July 2013
    Business & Finance

    The concerned groups and individuals said there should have been transparency in the controversial P50-million Yawa River dredging project implementation in line with the “Matuwid na daan” policy of President Benigno S. Aquino III. Incidentally, dredging projects have been selectively banned in the Bicol Region because of their highly scandalous implementation in the past, which […]

  • USA: Delaware and Raritan Dredging to Improve Canal Health

    16 March 2012

    A spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection stated that the piles of debris including tires and other materials at Bulls Island State Park have resulted from a routine maintenance dredging of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, reports NJ.com. “What looked like fill material was being bulldozed along about 400 feet of the floodplain. […]

  • PHOTO: Watermaster Amphibious Dredger Busy in Sri Lanka

    28 August 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The Negombo Lagoon cleanup project in Sri Lanka was recently completed by using a multipurpose Watermaster amphibious dredging machine.  The Negombo Lagoon suffers from heavy siltation and the presence of urban debris, making big trouble for the fishing and sightseeing boats to enter the certain parts of the lagoon. Watermaster’s Urban Dredging Concept was utilized […]

  • VIDEO: San Jacinto Dredging Reaches Midpoint

    21 February 2019
    Business & Finance

     The West Fork of the San Jacinto River FEMA funded Emergency Debris Removal project near Kingwood, Texas, has reached its halfway mark of completion, USACE Galveston District said in its latest announcement.  This emergency cleanup program was awarded to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) on July 6, 2018 and covers about two miles of […]

  • OVI: Over 100 tons of plastics recovered in largest-ever open ocean cleanup

    26 June 2020
    Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Ocean Voyages Institute has set a new record with the largest at sea cleanup in the Gyre to date.

  • USA: WHOI Scientists Find Mysterious Flotsam in Gulf of Mexico from Deepwater Horizon Rig

    20 January 2012
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

      Shortly after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, mysterious honeycomb material was found floating in the Gulf of Mexico and along coastal beaches. Using state-of-the-art chemical forensics and a bit of old-fashioned detective work, a research team led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) confirmed that the flotsam were pieces of material used to […]

  • New Zealand: Progress on Rena Salvage Activities

    11 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Salvors have made good progress through the week, although operations were suspended yesterday due to heavy swells around the wreck site making salvage activity unsafe. Svitzer advises the weather conditions are expected to be suitable for operations to resume today. Salvage Salvors have undertaken salvage of sections of containers and cargo from both the seabed […]

  • Two die as fishing boat sinks off Channel Islands

    12 July 2006

    SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – A fishing boat sank off the Channel Islands Tuesday, killing two people and injuring one, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Clifton Kent, 45, of Santa Barbara swam more than a mile through chilly waters and was rescued about 9 a.m. on the island’s north shore. A scuba diving boat crew called […]

  • New Zealand: Divers Continue Assessment of Rena Wreck

    16 January 2012

    Divers today continued a full assessment of the state of the wreck of the Rena – its stability on the reef and general condition – as the first stage of working out what to do next. “It’s extremely challenging and dangerous work,” National On Scene Commander Rob Service said, “because of the surges of water […]

  • VIDEO: Dive Survey of Rena’s Stern Section Completed (New Zealand)

    25 January 2013
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    A dive survey to conduct an external visual assessment of the Rena’s sunken stern section and its cargo has now been completed. Early indications from the surveys suggest that of the 36 remaining containers in the stern section carrying known contaminants, many have broken up and their contents have escaped since the vessel broke in […]