The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Seattle District has just introduced plans to conduct the Grays Harbor maintenance dredging program in the outer harbor on June 6, with the Corps’ hopper dredger Essayons. “The Essayons is scheduled to arrive on or about June 6 at 7 p.m. and will dredge through appr
An £8.15 million contract to build a new wharf at the remote Sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia was awarded to BAM Nuttall earlier this week. The contract is part of a major investment program to modernize the UK’s Antarctic infrastructure. Commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council
A delegation from the City of Sunny Isles Beach traveled recently to Tallahassee to attend the State Legislative Sessions and meet with representatives of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to discuss beach renourishment. Last year, the Army Corps completed a sand renourishmen
PSA is looking to reduce energy use and carbon footprint under a partnership with the Energy Market Authority.
The Environment Agency has just announced that people living near a flood scheme being built in Sandwell Valley Country Park, aimed to reduce flood risk in Perry Barr and Witton, will have a chance to visit the site next week. The £42.3m scheme is being built by the EA in partnership with Birmingham
The coastal hazards committee led by three Hawkes’ Bay councils has recommended the establishment of a Coastal Contributory Fund to enable each council to rate for the future cost of implementing actions, such as groynes, shingle renourishment and sea walls. Joint Committee Chair and Regional Counci
Maintenance dredging operations in Michigan’s New Buffalo and South Haven Harbors were successfully completed last week by The King Company, Inc., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Detroit District said in their latest announcement. “After the initial dredging excavation to establish a channel, dred
The Marshall Liberal Government will secure South Australia’s vulnerable coastline through a $52.4 million commitment in the 2019-20 State Budget to address the devastating erosion along its shoreline. According to the Premier Steven Marshall, this significant package includes $48.4 million allocate
A public meeting will be held June 11, 2019 from 6pm to 8pm at the Contra Costa County Conservation and Development offices in Martinez, Calif., to discuss the Draft General Reevaluation Report (GRR) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the San Francisco Bay to Stockton Navigation Improvemen
Korean Register launches a new remote survey service for vessels engaged in ocean-going voyages.
Shearwater GeoServices has signed a binding term-sheet with CGG for a strategic partnership for marine seismic acquisition services and creation of a new streamer technology company. The term-sheet covers the purchase of five high-end streamer vessels jointly owned by CGG Marine Resources Norge and
Plexus has formed a majority-owned joint venture, which will supply the company with surface production Xmas trees and wellhead annulus outlet valves.
Norwegian E&P player Aker BP has awarded a core services frame agreement to oil and gas industry services provider IKM Testing.
It is Andrew Hockey’s Moroccan experience that Chariot Oil & Gas is hoping to benefit from