Dredging
PHOTO: Creating Pluit City
The dredging work for the creation of Pluit City, an artificial island in the bay of Jakarta, Indonesia, is moving ahead. The growth of Jakarta’s population by 800,000 people per year has resulted in ambitious plans for the further development of Jakarta Bay. Trailing suction hopper dredgers are now
The Fingers Dredging in Full Swing
The dredging operations to remove silt from the entrance to Modern Venice, also known as “the Fingers”, are in full swing, according to the City of Port Isabel. The works will occur 24 hours a day and while dredging operations are underway, boaters are urged to use caution, said Interim City Manager
Input Invited for Trinity Scheme
Comments on a proposed Trinity River channel improvement project will be accepted in a public meeting set for Wednesday, December 2, in Lewiston, CA. Staff from the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation and the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control board will present information abou
Sullivan’s Island Dredging Begins
Southwind Construction Corp. will start dredging operations on or about 23 November near Sullivan’s Island at the intersection of Breach Inlet and Jeremy Creek. These operations will be undertaken with the dredger Wilko and will run 7 days per week/24 hours per day until approximately 16 February, 2
Panama Canal November Update
Panama Canal has just released its latest video about the waterway expansion project for November 2015. 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 n
Money Secured for Raby Bay
A joint funding agreement between the Department for Transport and Main Roads and Redland City Council will see long awaited dredging work undertaken at William St boat ramp and adjacent Raby Bay channel. The proposed work will deepen the entrance channel and dredge out the basin around the boat lau
VIDEO: Essex Coastal Protection
Tendring District Council has just released a video about the recently completed Clacton and Holland-on-Sea coast protection scheme in Essex, UK. Stretching 5km along Essex’s coastline, the project will protect over 3,000 homes and businesses for the next 100 years. It featured 22 rock fishtail groy
New Deepwater Berth for NUTEP
The construction of a deepwater berth at the NUTEP terminal in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk will allow Russia to offer regular year-round ice-free calls for vessels up to 10,000 TEU for the first time. The first piles have been driven for the new 341m quay after two years of planning and appro
TSHD Perla Refloated
The Björgun EHF owned trailing suction hopper dredger Perla, which sank in the Reykjavik harbor two weeks ago, has been lifted from the ocean. After numerous failed attempts, rescue teams succeeded in re-floating the vessel on Monday, according to the the local news site visir. The ship will stay mo
Tunheim Wins USACE Contract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded recently contract to Tunheim Construction of Moorhead, Minnesota, to make repairs to Mississippi River Locks and Dams 4 and 5. Lock and Dam 4 is located near Alma, Wisconsin. Lock and Dam 5 is located near Winona, Minnesota. At each of the
PHOTO: New Sand for Prime Hook
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, is dredging more than one million cubic yards of sand from the Delaware Bay and using it to build a dune and berm at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, on behalf of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Storms have caused breaches and degrad
PHA Capital Budget Approved
The Fiscal Year 2016 Operating and Capital Budget was approved Tuesday (November 17) during a special meeting of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority (PHA). Solid financial performance is expected to continue in 2016 with projections by the PHA of revenue growth after a very strong f
San Juan Scheme Begins
Crowley Puerto Rico Services Inc. has broken ground on a $48.5-million construction project for a new pier at its Isla Grande Terminal in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The project includes the development of a new 900-foot-long, 114-foot-wide concrete pier and all associated dredging needed to accommodate
New Waterking for German Client
Waterking, the Dutch-based designer and manufacturer of amphibious machinery, has just sold another excavator to a German company specialized in water and civil engineering. The WK 150 NG-A amphibious excavator, equipped with an adjustable undercarriage and a Hitachi ZX130-5 upper structure with lon