Van Oord’s water injection dredger Borr is currently working on the River Parrett, testing new methods of dredging Somerset’s rivers. The dredging trials, funded by Somerset Rivers Authority, are being delivered by the Parrett Internal Drainage Board and their contractors Van Oord. During the three-
Wartsila Sternguard In-Water Serviceable Seal (IWSS) has won the award for Innovation in Dredging Equipment at the Dredging & Port Construction (DPC) Innovation Awards 2016. The main ceremony and gala was held on 10 November 2016 in London. The panel of judges included industry experts, who chose th
Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have destroyed a Second World War German device found in Portsmouth Harbor during dredging work ahead of the arrival of HMS Queen Elizabeth. The bomb was towed out to open waters 1.5 miles east of the Isle of Wight where a controlled explosion took place at 4pm yeste
A team, led by Royal HaskoningDHV and including experts from Deltares, Nelen&Schuurmans and Delft University of Technology, has received an innovation award for their entry into the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)’s Flood Risk Management and Modelling Competition. The comp
The 3rd International Conference on Coastal Zone Engineering and Management in the Middle East – Arabian Coast 2016 will take place on November 20-23, at the Inter Continental, Dubai Festival City. The conference will be held in collaboration with the International Association for Hydro-Environment
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, has just announced that the preparations for the Channel Islands Harbor dredging project are moving ahead. Seattle-based Manson Construction, the contractor responsible for dredging of the sand trap at Channel Islands Harbor and replenishment o
Liebherr has just released a video about dredging application of their new duty cycle crawler crane type HS 8130 HD in the Swiss Alps. The machine’s work includes removal of material from the Luzzone reservoir in order to ensure the unhindered flow of water to the Olivone Power Station. “The grab is
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is making funding available through its Participant Funding Program to assist the participation of the public and Indigenous groups in the federal environmental assessment of the proposed Trois-Rivières Port Facilities Expansion Project, located in Trois-
The Saint Lucia National Trust will be implementing a project entitled “Increasing the resilience to Climate Change and Natural Hazards, and reducing the rate of coastal erosion for Pigeon Island National Landmark and Pointe Sable Environmental Protection Area through Beach Stabilization, Restoratio
A WWII German bomb was found at 5am this morning by a barge dredging the Portsmouth Harbor ahead of the arrival of HMS Queen Elizabeth next spring. Royal Navy bomb disposal experts have inspected the device and a plan is in place to tow it out of the harbor and destroy it in open waters […]
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has approved five projects totaling more than $245 million for funding from its Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (GEBF) to the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) of Louisiana. The projects, developed in consultation with CPRA and feder
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has approved nearly $370 million from its Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund (GEBF) to fund 24 projects in the states of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The projects, developed in consultation with state and federal resource agencies,
The Queen’s Harbor Master Portsmouth has announced that routine maintenance dredging will be carried out between Fountain Lake Corner and Portsmouth International Port from 16-18 November 2016. The contractor for these works is Boskalis Westminster Ltd. The vessel conducting this task will be the Te
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District is about to hold industry telephone conference calls in order to discuss proposed West Coast hopper dredging work for 2017. A total of two industry telephone conference calls will be conducted. The first call is scheduled for Thursday, 17 November
