Dredging
Highlights of the Week
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (November 29 – December 6). VIDEO: Honeymoon Beachfill Wrapped Up The City of Dunedin, Florida, has just announced that the $4.6 million beach renourishment work on Honeymoon Island is now completed. Anchorage P
Rossall Sea Defenses Scheme Moves Ahead
The Wyre Council has just released a video that shows progress on the Rossall Sea Defenses Scheme. “We are replacing sea defenses from Rossall Hospital to Rossall Point, a stretch of around 2km, to protect 7500 properties from the risk of coastal flooding,” the Council said. Around 285 meters of pil
McLaughlin & Harvey Completes Invergordon Project
McLaughlin & Harvey has just announced the completion of Invergordon Service Base project in Cromarty Firth. The project, named redevelopment of the Invergordon Service Base Phase 3, included design and construction of the site that will be used as a modern functioning service base. During the works
Multi-Purpose Vessel London Titan Ready for Action
With Thames passenger and freight statistics at record levels, the Port of London Authority (PLA) officially introduced its £7 million multi-purpose river maintenance vessel, London Titan, in a ceremony held yesterday at Tower Pier. Officially named by Thurrock MP, Jackie Doyle-Price, London Titan w
Informational Meetings Set for Sunset/Huntington Dredging
The informational meetings for the Sunset/Huntington Harbour Maintenance Dredging and Waterline Project will take place on December 17, 2015 and January 14, 2016 at the Harbour View Clubhouse in Huntington Beach, CA. The overall S/H dredging scheme, set to start this month, includes the installation
Miami Harbor Dredging Project Proves Successful
The U.S Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has announced the official construction completion on the Miami Harbor Deepening and Widening Project, the first major port deepening to a 50-feet depth in the southeastern United States. Along with deepening, which was finished in September, m
Cutter Suction Dredger Simulator Course in Texas
The Cutter Suction Dredger Simulator Course, organized by the Center for Dredging Studies, will take place from January 18-20, 2016, at the Haynes Coastal Engineering Laboratory, Texas A&M University. The short course will demonstrate the fundamentals of hydraulic dredging using a cutter suction dre
Students Visit to Clays Lake Project
Students from the University of Brighton have benefited from ‘real life experience’ though a visit to a civil engineering site in West Sussex. Last month a group of students visited the Clays Lake site, near Pease Pottage, where flood prevention works are being carried out by Mackley working as part
Waal Project Reduces Flood Risk in Nijmegen Area
Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and the Environment) and Hubert Bruls, Mayor of Nijmegen, pulled a life-size thumb out of a dyke yesterday to illustrate the fact that the River Waal now has more room around Nijmegen. As a result, the water level of the river has dropped by 34 cen
Kananook Creek Dredging Project Starts Monday
Frankston City Council is about to begin maintenance dredging works of the Kananook Creek entrance, located some 35km south of Melbourne. The dredging, clearance and disposal of marine sediments, sand and debris has been set to begin on Monday, December 7th 2015 with the completion set for late Dece
CHC Receives ECM Dredge Licence Application
Cowes Harbour Commission has received an application for a maintenance dredging licence for the East Cowes Marina (ECM). The area to be dredged includes the K – L basin and extends south to the M – N basin and the P – Q basin. The final dredge level will be to approximately 2.5m below chart [&hellip
EPA to Host Meeting on Terry Creek Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a Public Availability Session on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at Brunswick Historic City Hall in Downtown Brunswick, Ga. Representatives from EPA and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD) will be available to answer questions and discu
INYOSI and ILEMBE to Dredge South African Ports
Significant progress has been made on the construction of workboat INYOSI that will support Transnet National Ports Authority’s new $62 million trailing suction hopper dredger ILEMBE when she gets to work dredging South Africa’s ports early next year. Carl Gabriel, head of TNPA’s Dredging Services D
Parliament Approves Dredging Loan for Takoradi Port
Parliament of Ghana approved a €160 million credit facility earlier this week to finance additional civil and dredging works at the Takoradi Port. The credit facility was secured by the Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority (GPHA) from a consortium of international banks with the Government of Ghana act