Dredging
Mount Morris Dam Cleanup Project (VIDEO)
Mount Morris Dam is the largest dam of its type east of the Mississippi, located on the Genesee River near the Village of Mount Morris in Livingston County, New York. It is different because water only builds behind the dam during high water events. Each summer, when the water is low, a team moves i
Oakland Dredging in Full Swing
The Port of Oakland is nearly a third of the way through its annual maintenance dredging program for 2015. By November, the port plans to scoop 185,000 cubic yards of sediment from 17 deep-water shipping berths. The goal of the $3.7 million project: maintain 50-foot depths so container ships aren’t
Bellingham Bay Sediment Sampling Begins
Consultants working for the City of Bellingham will begin a second round of sediment sampling this week for a cleanup site in Bellingham Bay. The consultant will use a boat to collect samples from 19 in-water locations around the South State Street Manufactured Gas Plant site near Boulevard Park. Th
Meetings Announced for Lower Tidal Arun
The Environment Agency will be meeting with local councils this autumn to discuss how they and others can help with future management of Lower Tidal Arun flood risk scheme. This will include maintaining existing defenses, identifying funding for new defenses and how to deal with areas that will no l
Waldringfield Flood Scheme Wins Award
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) was the host of the East of England Merit Awards 2015 last Thursday night at the British Racing School near Newmarket. ICE East of England presents its Merit Awards every year to celebrate and recognize outstanding civil engineering. This year’s top awards we
Jurong Dredging Starts Tomorrow
Works to upgrade the Jurong Terminal Berth J10 will start tomorrow and last until March 21, 2016, according to Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). This development scheme will involve dredging, rock revetment, shore protection work, demolition and reconstruction of berth J10. Dredging wo
Hudson Update: Dredging at Fort Edward Yacht Basin
The New York Canal Corporation has just announced an update on the upper Hudson River dredging project. This capital cleanup program, administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and General Electric (GE), will be in progress during the 2015 Navigation Season between the c
Freetown Extension Deal Inked
Under the patronage of the Sierra Leone President, Ernest Bai Koroma, the official signing ceremony was held for the Port of Freetown container terminal extension project last week. After six month of engineering and design study, Bolloré Africa Logistics will expand the capacity of Freetown Termina
Greenway to Dredge Echo Lake
Greenway Services, Inc. is about to begin Echo Lake maintenance dredging which will take place from October 1-31, 2015. The project includes dredging and disposing of 1,500 cubic yards of accumulated sediment material from the forebay near the far end of Echo Lake and the walking trail footbridge. T
Bids Invited for Port of Lisbon Dredging
The Port of Lisbon Authority has invited bidders to submit their offers for the maintenance dredging works in the access, mooring and maneuvering basins and docks of the Port of Lisbon. The project will involve dredging work in various sites of the Tejo estuary, with special geographical focus on th
Clinton River Scheme Gets Support
The City of Sterling Heights and the City of Utica recently received a $4.5 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for a nine-mile restoration project along the Clinton River, known as the Clinton River Corridor Habitat Restoration Project. The $4.5 million grant includes no local ma
Delft Hosts Transport and Sedimentation Event
The 17th International Conference ‘Transport and Sedimentation of Solid Particles’ will take place from 22-25 September in Delft, the Netherlands. For more than 40 years these conferences have been a traditional place of meeting and active debates of scientists, engineers and leading authorities in
Picture of the Day: DEME’s Artevelde in Zeebrugge
Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME) took part yesterday in the Flanders Port Day, a joint initiative of the Flanders government and the four Flanders ports. One of the event attractions was the arrival of the trailing suction hopper dredger Artevelde in Zeebrugge. On Sunday afte
2015 Great Year for ECTMarine
ECTMarine – a Dutch supplier of dredging components, services and design, from a single spare part to a complete dredging vessel – began the year with great momentum, enthusiasm and energy. Development of “yard packages” for the Prime Dredge Line, Quick Dredge Technology and presentation of the ‘Cor