Dredging
Thailand: Southern Provinces Face Floods
Several provinces in the southern region are still faced with floods. In Huay Yot district of Trang, a rockslide sent large rocks crashing onto a temple building used to store small Buddha images and kitchenware, damaging the articles kept inside. The rocks came hurtling down just 10 meters from a h
Public Meeting Scheduled on Port Everglades Master Plan Update (USA)
Residents and interested parties are invited to attend a public meeting to kick-off an update to the Port Everglades 20-Year Master/Vision Plan on Monday, June 24, 201. Broward County’s Port Everglades Department is planning for future growth with an update of its 20-year Master/Vision Plan to help
JCI Partners with St. Kitts and Nevis for USD 31 M Cruise Pier Project
On Friday, May 17, Jay Cashman, Inc. (JCI) and the St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA) signed a memorandum of understanding for a construction development project of a second cruise pier at Port Zante in St. Kitts. The current evaluated cost of the cruise pier is US $31 million, whi
Port of Weipa: Long Term Dredge Management Plan (Australia)
North Queensland Bulk Ports (NQBP) undertakes annual maintenance dredging at the Port of Weipa. A Long Term Dredge Management Plan (LTDMP) was developed by SKM in August 2009 to support an application to the Commonwealth for a 10 Year Sea Dumping Permit. In addition, two addendum documents developed
Australia: Works to Protect Surfers Foreshore Begin
Emergency works to protect the Surfers Paradise foreshore commenced today, with the initial placement of 291 geotextile bags on the beach at the end of Cavill Ave. The bags, each one filled with 2.5 cubic metres of sand, will be positioned in place against the existing infrastructure between View Av
USA: Galveston District Celebrates Corps’ and Army’s 238th Birthdays
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District celebrated the Corps’ and U.S. Army’s 238th birthday with an awards ceremony, June 13, to recognize an Employee, Engineer, Regulator and Supervisor of the Year, as well as to honor staff for their contributions to the community, state and nation. “
USA: Ecology OKs Updated Buckley Shoreline Program
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has approved Buckley’s updated shoreline master program. Buckley’s shoreline program provides significant improvements in the protection, use, development, and restoration of more than three miles of shoreline and the water quality of the White River in
USA: Rudee Inlet Dredging Scheduled for June 17
The Army Corps of Engineers will begin dredging the Rudee Inlet Federal Navigation Project on Monday. The Corps’ dredge Meritt, based out of Wilmington, N.C., will dredge for four days to remove shoaling in the channel. Engineers expect to dredge about 20,000 cubic yards of material, which will be p
USA: Delaware River Deepening Project 60 Pct Complete
With the completion in late May of “Reach D”, an 11-mile stretch of the Delaware River’s main shipping channel in Delaware, the Delaware River Main Channel Deepening Project is now about 60 percent complete, reported officials of the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority (PRPA) this week. The deepeni
Ayer Chawan Basin Reclamation Project About to Begin (Singapore)
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has informed the shipping, harbour craft and pleasure craft communities in Singapore’s waters that the Ayer Chawan Basin reclamation work is scheduled for June 15, 2013. These reclamation works at Jurong Island will involve the removal of existing rocks
The Netherlands: “Morphological Modeling Using Delft3D” Approaches
The course “Morphological modeling using Delft3D” (16 to 20 September, 2013, UNESCO-IHE, Delft) aims to train students in the application of process-baed morphodynamic modeling software. Morphological modeling using Delft3D is a practically oriented course during which students will gain basic under
Peru: Colan Marina Project Makes Progress
South American Properties, a Company focused on commercial real estate opportunities focused in South America, announces that the Colan Marina project in Peru has completed the initial blueprinting and the survey work of the work site and architectural drawings have been completed for the first two
VIDEO: Van Oord – Marine Ingenuity Defined (The Netherlands)
Van Oord is a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects. Dredging is Van Oord’s biggest and most important market. “It is our signature talent, one that we have perfected continuously since our business was founded. We use our dredging soluti
Deltares: Confidence in Coastal Forecasts (The Netherlands)
Predictions of phenomena such as sea-level rise, storm surges or coastal erosion are important for decisions about coastal protection. Coastal managers need to know how reliable these predictions are and whether they can be improved. Fedor Baart, a senior researcher with Deltares, developed a new ap