Dr Bruce Tomlinson has been appointed as Chief Executive of HR Wallingford. He joins HR Wallingford from UK-based Fugro EMU, a marine survey and consultancy, where he was Managing Director. With more than 25 years’ experience in the maritime industry, Bruce brings high level strategic business exper
Sunergy, Inc. has confirmed that seasonal repairs on their dredging equipment in Sierra Leone are complete on Dredge #1 which last week started in the Woa River, outside Kenema. A second dredge is slated to start another new operation and will be being used as a wash plant; washing gravels already u
As the $706 million Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) begins, the University of Georgia and Georgia Sea Grant are poised to help coastal residents adapt to changes that are expected to bring additional jobs and prosperity to their communities. “Most of the regional attention to the Savannah H
APEM has won a major contract to collect and analyze over 1,000 samples from the seabed in the eastern English Channel and off the south coast, for eight marine aggregate operators with licensed interests across the region. Offshore surveys organized by APEM will collect 1,060 ‘grab’ samples of the
Isabella County Parks and Recreation Commission was recently awarded a grant from the Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative Network. Funds from this grant will be used to purchase new dock sections, including an EZ launch for canoes and kayaks. This purchase is a part of the Coldwater Lake Family Park Bo
Kiewit-Pittman JV has won a $65.8 million contract to dredge a new bypass channel and build a new floodgate at Empire in Plaquemines Parish, according to defense.gov. The company will also be responsible for demolishing the present Bank Back Levee once the new one is ready. Work will be performed in
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, is currently preparing a large-scale dredging project. Under this plan, four areas will be dredged: – Freeport Harbor Entrance Channel; – Freeport Inside Channel; – Corpus Christi Entrance Channel; – Corpus Christi Inner Basin. Approximately 1,00
Last week an article entitled ‘Floods and climate: emerging perspectives for flood risk assessment and management’ appeared in the professional journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. In this article, 30 international hydrologists, including Laurens Bouwer of Deltares, advocate the creati
The Port of Wells dredging scheme will resume next week, on August 11, 2014. The port’s dredger “Kari Hege” will be engaged in dredging operations in the main channel north of number 4 buoy, between buoys 4 and 2. All material dredged from these areas will be placed on the berm which is marked by [&
President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi said on Tuesday that Egyptian national companies that will be assigned with the Suez Canal development project will be working under the direct supervision of the Armed Forces. Sisi added that national security considerations were kept in mind while undertaking this pro
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has invited construction or dredging companies to submit their offers for a new beach renourishment at Tybee Island, Georgia, to increase storm damage reduction. This is the first beach renourishment since 2008 at the coastal Georgia community. Th
As part of a maintenance dredging scheme planned for the entrance to Wells Harbor, the Army Corps of Engineers dredger “Currituck” returned to Wells this week. The Corps will dredge approximately 5,000 cubic yards of sandy sediment to reduce shoaling conditions and will place the material at a nears
The U.S. Energy Department has launched the second round of a coding competition to help industry develop new models and tools that improve the design, development, and optimization of marine and hydrokinetic devices. This innovative challenge brings together experts in data, business, and energy fr
Suction hopper dredger M/V “Glenn Edward”, the newest and largest hopper dredger in the U.S., is currently removing material from Galveston Harbor. The vessel is working to maintain the channel depth at its currently authorized 45 feet as part of an option that was exercised on the existing fiscal y
