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  • VIDEO: Fire Island Inlet Dredging Underway (USA)

    16 April 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, recently announced the availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet Stabilization Project and the opening of the window for the public to submit written comments regarding it. The proposed Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet project calls for […]

  • Maldives: Deal Inked for Naalaafushi Island Harbour Construction

    19 March 2014

    Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure has signed a contract with Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) for the construction of Harbour in Meemu atoll Naalaafushi Island. The ceremony held at the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure was attended by Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, Minister of State for Housing and Infrastructure Mr. […]

  • India: Government Takes Steps to Develop Inland Waterways

    7 May 2012

    The Government is taking steps to develop inland water transport (IWT) mode by declaring potential waterways as National Waterways (NWs) and developing IWT infrastructure thereon. In this process five waterways totaling about 4382 km. have been declared as NWs. Commercially viable stretches such as Kakinada-Puducherry canals, Bhadrachalam-Rajahmundry, Rajahmundry-Eluru on National Waterway 4 have been considered […]

  • DMR: More Restoration Work for Deer Island (USA)

    13 June 2012

    Dredge material from the State Port at Gulfport will be used to help restore Deer Island, according to wlox.com. Plans are underway to create another 50 acres of marshland near the eastern tip of the island. The main goal of the ongoing restoration work is to return the island to its 1850s footprint. “Currently putting […]

  • Long Beach Island Gets New Sand (USA)

    15 March 2012

    As APP.com reports, the contractors for the Army Corps of Engineers started pumping sand onto the Long Beach Island Monday for the $16.7 million replenishment project, township officials said. The project will make improvements to township beaches from 31st Street to 57th Street. “We are happy that the work has started,” Mayor Joseph Mancini said […]

  • India: Shipping Minister Launches Inland Waterways Projects

    25 November 2013

    The Minister of Shipping Shri G.K. Vasan has said that it is the government’s endeavour to make all the ports of the country profitable. He was speaking after flagging off coal barges of 2100 DWT (Deadweight tonnage) of Jindal ITF Ltd, to formally launch the recently started movement of imported coal on National Waterway-1 (the […]

  • Government Engages Stakeholders to Deploy Inland Ports (Ghana)

    9 January 2014

    The Government of Ghana is engaging local and foreign stakeholders to raise resources for the deployment of inland ports to reduce pressure on the Tema and Takoradi harbours, and the roads. This forms part of Government’s programme for a massive improvement in the nation’s transportation system to further open up the economy, create decent and […]

  • News in Photos: GLDD Working on Tybee Island Project

    25 November 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Cutter suction dredge Alaska, owned and operated by the Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company of Illinois, is currently pumping sand from off-shore of Tybee Island, Georgia, onto the beach. Under the $10 million contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, GLDD will remove beach-quality sand from the ocean floor and pump it to […]

  • Corps Introduces St. Paul Island Dredging Plan

    11 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Alaska District is proposing to conduct repairs to federal navigation features at St. Paul Harbor on St. Paul Island. The Corps plans to repair the 1,000-foot-long detached rubble mound breakwater; repair scour holes in the harbor’s entrance channels and adjacent to rubble mound breakwaters; dredge to project depth selected shoaled […]

  • Photo Update from the Long Beach Island Project

    13 May 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Last week, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin together with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials, U.S. Congressman Frank LoBiondo, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company and the LBI communities launched a major coastal construction project, the Long Beach Island Storm Damage Reduction Project. This marked the beginning of the $128 million project, which will see the […]

  • New Study Focuses on Inland Shipping Project in Indonesia

    5 April 2016
    Business & Finance

    A consortium consisting of PT BITA Enarcon Engineering, Maritime & Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) and lead contractor Witteveen+Bos Indonesia was commissioned recently to study the feasibility of an inland shipping route between the industrial area in the Cikarang/Bekasi region and the Port of Tanjung Priok. The contract was awarded by PT Pengembang Pelabuhan Indonesia. The […]

  • GLDD Completes Long Beach Island Replenishment Scheme

    1 December 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) completed the Holgate beachfill operations on November 23, 2016, marking the conclusion of initial construction of Long Beach Island’s dune and berm system. Dune grass planting is also in progress, with completion anticipated by mid-February. As the USACE said on its […]

  • Marker Wadden Archipelago to Get Four New Islands

    12 March 2017
    Business & Finance

    The construction of four new islands of the Marker Wadden archipelago was officially inaugurated last week by Dutch Transport Minister, Melanie Schultz van Haegen. The islands are being constructed by Boskalis on behalf of nature conservation organization Natuurmonumenten and national department of public works Rijkswaterstaat, and are expected to be ready by 2018, the Dutch […]

  • Sand Pumping Work Progresses at Hilton Head Island

    4 August 2016
    Business & Finance

    In its latest update on their 2016 Beach Nourishment Project, the Town of Hilton Head Island announces the pending completion of sand placement activities at South Beach adjacent to the Sea Pines Resort. “Once finished here, 4 of 6 project segments will have been completed with approximately 1/2 of the project’s total sand volume in […]

  • Heavy Equipment in Place for Bird Island Restoration Project

    22 January 2016
    Business & Finance

    With the heavy equipment in place, Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co. is about to begin the Bird Island Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration project in Buzzards Bay, Marion, Mass. This restoration scheme will be completed under the terms of a $3.1 million contract, awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, on September 29, 2015. […]

  • Lawmakers Push for Staten Island Sea Wall Project

    2 June 2016
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, Congressman Dan Donovan, Borough President Oddo, State Senator Savino, State Senator Lanza and Councilman Steven Matteo called on the Army Corps of Engineers yesterday to officially approve plans for the Staten Island Sea Wall Project. The Army Corps’ Staten Island Sea Wall project, that the Staten Island lawmakers have long […]

  • Central Marco Island Beach Renourishment About to Begin

    31 January 2019
    Business & Finance

    Collier County’s Central Marco Island beach re-grade project is set to begin in the first week of February, according to the City officials. The contractor for the project, Earth Tech Enterprises, Inc, will start the scheme in front of the South Seas West Condominium and move south to the Royal Seafarer Condominium. “Work will begin the first […]

  • Island Offshore Loses NOK 365 Mln in 2015

    2 March 2016
    Business & Finance

    Island Offshore, a subsidiary of Edison Chouest Offshore and Ulstein, reported revenue of NOK 508 mill in Q4 2015, down from NOK 711 million in Q3 2015, and also lower than the same quarter last year. Fleet utilization in Q4 was 68% including vessels in lay-up. Revenue from the PSV fleet increased in Q4 compared to previous quarters […]

  • PHOTO: Island Venture in Final Stage of Sea Trials

    12 November 2015

    Norwegian shipbuilder and designer, Ulstein, informed that the ‘Island Venture’ offshore construction vessel has entered the final stage of sea trials. The final works will be completed when the vessel returns to the yard by the end of the week. According to the company, Island Venture is the largest offshore vessel to be delivered from Ulstein […]

  • VARD to Build Offshore Support Vessel for Island Offshore

    23 May 2014
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    Vard Holdings Limited (“VARD”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, has secured a new contract with Island Offshore for the construction of one offshore support vessel of Rolls-Royce design. The value of the contract is in excess of NOK 1 billion. Delivery is scheduled from Vard Brevik in […]

  • Statoil Gets Consent to Use Island Frontier at Tune

    18 March 2014
    Business & Finance

    Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent to use the Island Frontier mobile drilling facility at Tune. In addition to the fields which were included in previous consents, a need has arisen for well intervention work at Tune. In response to an application by Statoil in February 2014, consent has been given to use Island […]

  • Okeanus eyes offshore wind with Rhode Island base

    22 February 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment

    Okeanus has expanded its geographical footprint to include offices and equipment storage facilities in the state of Rhode Island, to support the offshore energy sector amid increasing offshore wind activity in the northeastern United States. The US-based oceanographic equipment provider now has a new waterfront facility, located at Prime Marina, in East Greenwich. The company […]

  • South Island Beach Fill Project About to Begin

    10 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    Town of Hilton Head Island has just announced that the contractor, Marinex Construction, is about to begin mobilization activities associated with South Island Emergency Beach Fill Project. According to the town, Marinex will begin mobilization activities on August 15, 2017. Marinex is planning for a water based mobilization with equipment and pipeline both being barged in. A […]

  • Israel Plans to Develop New Airport on Artificial Island

    29 May 2018
    Business & Finance

    Dredging Environmental & Marine Engineering NV (DEME) and Jan de Nul Group have dispatched representatives to Israel in recent weeks to discuss a project to develop an airport offshore in the Mediterranean, Bloomberg reports.  According to Avi Simhon, head of the National Economic Council in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, the dredging giants have sent […]

  • USACE Awards Hutchinson Island Beach Renourishment Contract

    29 September 2017
    Business & Finance

    Hutchinson Island residents and visitors will see work on local beaches this winter that will improve the barrier island’s resiliency to storm events and help reduce risks to infrastructure. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District awarded the Martin County Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction contract September 26 to take sand from offshore and […]