Jan De Nul Group has acquired EUR60 million contract for the deepening of the Port of Veracruz in Mexico. Under the agreement, Jan De Nul will conduct dredging operations on the access channel and the turning basin. In total, more than 13 million cubic meters of material will be removed and reclaime
Jan De Nul’s new multipurpose vessel Daniel Bernoulli, the sister vessel of the Adhémar de Saint-Venant, was launched in the AVIC Shipyard in China today. The company said in its announcement that these vessels will be able to perform a variety of functions: different mission equipment is available
With the second phase of Pompton Lake cleanup underway, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released “Questions & Answers” document regarding the dredging/soil removal project. Lake bottom sediment was contaminated with mercury and lead from the DuPont (now Chemours) Pompton Lake
The Connecticut’s Office of Policy and Management (OPM) has approved $650,000 in state funding for dredging of the Branford town dock area, making improvements to the boat launch and repairing the seawall and town beach in the Stony Creek section of Branford, Rep. Sean Scanlon announced yesterday. “
Two days ago, at the Gulf Property Show, Bahrain Marina Development Company took the opportunity to present the masterplan for its project, the Bahrain Marina. As the lead design consultant for the project, Benoy delivered the entire 316,000m² masterplan. Bahrain Marina Development also announced th
The 14,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Pedro Álvares Cabral has arrived at the Barranquilla Port and is ready to begin dredging of the port’s access channel. According to Luis Fernando Andrade, director of Cormagdalena, the dredger arrived yesterday from Jamaica and is ready to start the work
Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will host a Coastal Connections event at Leo E. Kerner Jr. City Park Multipurpose Complex in Jean Lafitte, LA, on May 3, to talk with residents about the Mid-Breton and Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion projects. A cornerstone project of
The Port of Skagit is about to use a new dredging technique for the upcoming La Conner Marina project. The Washington Department of Ecology recently approved the port’s proposal to use hydraulic dredging and dispose the dredged material at the Rosario Strait, off the shores of Anacortes. Previously,
The cutter suction dredger (CSD) Artemy Volynsky arrived at the Volga-Caspian Maritime Shipping Channel dredging site earlier this week, FSUE Rosmorport said in its latest announcement. The vessel will be involved in the dredging operations on the 143-144km section of the waterway. Since the beginni
The University of Miami’s (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science announced yesterday a two-year award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to support coral conservation research. The grant will support coral propagation and restoration efforts necessary t
Additional time was just added to the public comment period for the former Occidental Chemical cleanup site on Tacoma’s Hylebos Waterway, Washington State Department of Ecology said in its latest release. “With an additional 60 days, people now have until June 26 to review and comment on potential c
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) artificial reef program has secured a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit to proceed with construction of two new artificial reefs off Ocean County’s Manasquan Inlet, Commissioner Bob Martin announced yesterday. “We are very excited to mo
On behalf of the Government of Canada, Maryam Monsef, Member of Parliament for Peterborough-Kawartha and the Minister of Status of Women, has announced four contract awards totaling $330 million for the Trent-Severn Waterway Federal Infrastructure Investment Program in Central Ontario. The contracts
Port of Dover has just announced that the work is now underway to prepare the harbor for the piling and land reclamation phase of the port’s flagship Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development. Currently, dredging activity is in operation to remove soft sediments in the harbor prior to the pilin
