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  • Norwegian tech to enhance safety of over 300 assets offshore Qatar

    20 January 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    Norway-based software developer Vissim has been hired as a subcontractor to deliver a centralized vessel monitoring and alerting system (CVMAS) to Qatar-based Bin Omran Trading & Telecommunications, which oversees local project management and offshore installation.

  • Another Milestone for Aberdeen Harbor Expansion Project

    16 May 2018
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The largest accropode ever to have been produced by automated factory process has been successfully completed in Aberdeen. The temporary building, which is 15 meters high and 120 meters long, has been specially constructed to support the £350 million Aberdeen Harbor Expansion Project, which is due for completion in 2020. The facility is home to […]

  • Project of the Year Award for Back Bay Dredging

    16 November 2017
    Business & Finance

    The Borough of Avalon and its municipal engineering firm of Mott MacDonald were recognized Wednesday by the New Jersey Society of Municipal Engineers during its 2017 Municipal Project of the Year awards during the New Jersey League of Municipalities Convention.  Mott MacDonald Vice President/Avalon Municipal Engineer, Thomas Thornton, received an award for Avalon’s recently-completed back […]

  • RC&D Wins Menemsha Creek Project

    6 January 2015
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The Menemsha Creek east and west jetties in Chilmark, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., will be repaired under the terms of a $1.3 million contract issued recently by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by RC&D, Inc., of Pawtucket, R.I. Construction is scheduled to start on or about January 15, […]

  • Amarinth Pumps for Subsea Well Response Project

    7 January 2015
    Equipment, Project & Tenders

    Amarinth, a company specialising in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment, has been appointed by Expro to deliver $1M of API 610 OH1 pumps for the Subsea Well Response Project. In light of recent serious oil spill incidents such as Macondo, in the Gulf of Mexico, nine international oil and gas companies, including BP, Chevron, […]

  • Vox Maxima Starts Its Indonesian Job

    25 September 2015
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology, Vessels

    Van Oord’s largest trailing suction hopper dredger, the Vox Maxima, has started the dredging work for the creation of Pluit City, an artificial island in the bay of Jakarta, Indonesia. The Pluit City project is being developed by Van Oord–Boskalis joint venture with the completion date set for 2018. The growth of Jakarta’s population by 800,000 people per […]

  • Panama Canal Expansion – May 2015 (VIDEO)

    18 May 2015
    Business & Finance

    The largest infrastructure project since the waterway’s original construction, the Panama Canal Expansion Program will create a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks, doubling the waterway’s capacity. The new locks will have three chambers, water-saving basins, lateral filling and emptying system & rolling gates. The […]

  • USACE VIDEO: Sediment Basin Tide Gate Removal

    24 February 2017
    Business & Finance

    Contractors with De Moya/Continental Joint Venture have completed 32 percent of a Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) feature to remove the 1970s-era tide gate structure, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, said in its latest update. In addition to removing the tide gate structure, contractors will return the Back River to its original […]

  • Isle of Palms Beach Replenishment Begins

    17 January 2018
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Sand pumping operations for the City of Isle of Palms restoration project are finally underway, the city said in their latest announcement.  This major coastal protection scheme, worth $11.8 million, is being undertaken by the Oak Brook based dredging contractor Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company (GLDD). The sand pumping works are set to take place […]

  • Flint River Dredging Program About to Begin

    30 May 2017
    Business & Finance

    A major river dredging project is set to begin in downtown Flint in about two weeks, according to the Michigan Radio. In accordance with Part 201 of Michigan’s environmental regulations, Consumers Energy has proposed a remediation project to address Flint River sediment impacted by historical MGP operations. “The company is completing the construction of the […]

  • Pupils Visit Shoreham Adur Tidal Walls Scheme

    8 June 2017
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    More than 50 pupils from Buckingham Park Primary School learnt about the dangers of flooding and what can be done to prevent it, on a recent visit to the Shoreham Adur Tidal Walls scheme. The Shoreham Adur Tidal Walls scheme is being carried out by Mackley as part of Team Van Oord, working on behalf […]

  • Importance of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Highlighted

    24 August 2017
    Business & Finance

    This month, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow is highlighting Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) success stories throughout Michigan and the importance of federal funding to protect the Michigan’s lakes and waterways. Stabenow yesterday joined Steve Largent, Boardman River Program Coordinator and Trout Unlimited member, and Amy Beyer, Executive Director of the Conservation Resource Alliance, to highlight […]

  • DU Receives NFWF Grant for Galveston Bay Restoration

    21 November 2014
    Business & Finance

    Ducks Unlimited (DU) recently received $125,000 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) managed Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund to coordinate a restoration project for part of the Galveston Bay system. The Greens Lake Marsh Restoration Project will seek to remedy harm to natural resources resulting from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, as mandated […]

  • Fort Tilden Shoreline Planning Begins

    18 February 2015
    Business & Finance

    The National Park Service (NPS) in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration- Eastern Federal Lands Highway Division (EFLHD) is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate a range of alternatives to address access, safety, and shoreline resiliency at Fort Tilden, Gateway National Recreation Area due to changes brought about by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.  Hurricane […]

  • Gator Dredging Makes Progress on Turkey Creek Dredging

    18 April 2016
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Gator Dredging, a Florida based dredging contractor, is now at 50% completion of the muck removal from Turkey Creek, located in Palm Bay, FL. Part of the larger Indian River Lagoon cleanup effort in Brevard County, this project involves dredging over 235,000 cubic yards of muck using an Ellicott 670 dredge called ‘Jesse Marie’. The […]

  • North East Fife Councillors Advised to Support Inch Cape Wind Farm

    7 May 2014
    Authorities & Government

    James Wright, a planner at Fife Council’s Department for Enterprise, Planning and Protective Services, has recommended that the North East Fife councillors support the Inch Cape offshore wind farm. Furthermore, in a report to Fife Council’s North East Planning Committee, Mr. Wright has also identified areas that require additional assessment, including ecology and archaeology. He […]

  • Washburn Restoration Underway

    5 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    Yorkshire Water’s trial works to improve the quality of the river environment downstream of Swinsty reservoir is now well underway. Salix is working with partners, Mott McDonald Bentley (MMB), Arup and the Environment Agency, along with local landowners, to monitor the results of various river restoration techniques, aimed at improving ecology in the River Washburn. […]

  • USA: Bayou Verdine Dredging Begins in August

    25 April 2012

    The Environmental Protection Agency stated that in the following months (probably august) it will start cleaning up a nearly 3-mile portion of Bayou Verdine. This cleanup project calls for dredging and removing hazardous chemicals and debris from the bayou. Activist Charlie Atherton said the development is welcome news after environmentalists pushed for 30 years to […]

  • POLB Requests Renewal of Regional General Permit No. 28

    29 August 2018
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Los Angeles District said in its latest release that the Port of Long Beach (POLB) has requested renewal of Regional General Permit (RGP) No. 28 for routine maintenance dredging and disposal, and routine maintenance of in-water structures and facilities. The current RGP 28 will expire on November 13, 2018. […]

  • Rouge River Dredging Contract Awarded

    30 September 2018
    Business & Finance

    Great Lakes Dock and Materials LLC,from Muskegon, Michigan, has signed a $15.7 million contract for debris removal and environmental dredging in the lower Rouge River old channel. The Old Channel runs from the main channel of the Rouge River to the outlet at the Detroit River. The waterway is approximately 200 feet wide and 1.5 […]

  • PHOTO: Restoring Noosa’s Main Beach

    5 September 2019
    Business & Finance

    The Queensland’s Noosa Council released the latest update on their coastal protection scheme today, saying that the works on the Noosa’s Main Beach have been in focus this week. “Our Sand Recycling System has recovered about 12,500m³ of sand since an unseasonal erosion event in July,” said the council. Two posi-track machines have been on […]

  • USACE Hosts Two Meetings on Bal Harbour Dredging

    5 December 2019
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, hosted two National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) public scoping meetings last week, regarding proposed dredging and potential sand sources that could be utilized to provide sand for the renourishment of the Bal Harbour beach. Public comments on this plan will be accepted through December 24, said USACE. […]

  • Stone Placement Operations Underway Along Mississippi River

    17 October 2016
    Business & Finance

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis District’s commander, Col. Michael Ellicott, recently visited the site of on-going stone placement operations along the Mississippi River at Hopefield, Ark., located at river mile 735R. This work is part of the Mississippi River Channel Improvement Project which is responsible for maintaining a safe and dependable navigation channel […]

  • Sif displays slip joint hardware

    8 April 2020
    Technology

    Dutch offshore foundations manufacturer Sif has upended the slip joint transition piece built for the Borssele V innovation site at its facility on Maasvlakte 2 in the Port of Rotterdam. The slip joint monopile is in the company’s storage area at Maasvlakte 2. The slip joint monopile foundation will support one of the two MHI […]

  • Neptune Marine Building Renewables Workboat for Stewart Marine

    15 October 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    UK-based marine services company Stewart Marine has contracted Neptune Marine to build a new EuroCarrier 2611, which is to be named Viking Energy. To meet Stewart Marine’s operational requirements, Neptune will customise the 26-metre long workboat with a DP1 system. The Viking Energy fits in with (owner) Graham Stewart’s vision to deliver a broad range […]