The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, completed initial repairs a day earlier than scheduled on the Union Dike levee near Valley, Nebraska. The repairs are temporary, but will address a 500-foot section of breach caused by recent flooding in the area, and will serve to prevent future flo
The North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) said in its latest announcement that they are about to undertake a 40 day maintenance dredging program at the Port of Hay Point. Environmental monitoring and management measures are already in place, said NQBP. Maintenance dredging at the Port of Ha
The latest round of the Baltimore Harbor maintenance dredging scheme is now officially completed, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Baltimore District said in its latest announcement. The work started in December and has included the dredging of roughly 2.5 million cubic yards of material from six d
Christina Bolling was named Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of DSC Dredge, LLC., a Louisiana based manufacturer of dredging equipment. She was promoted after serving five years as DSC Dredge Corporate Human Resources Director where she has fostered an integrated culture through
Governor John Bel Edwards has announced that the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is pledging $80 million from its share of Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act funds (GOMESA) to build a permanent floodgate across Bayou Chene. “Backwater flooding in St. Mary and neighboring pa
The Abu Dhabi based National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has awarded a $113 million contract to Stevin Rock for the supply of rock to ADNOC’s Ghasha artificial island construction project. Last month, ADNOC awarded a $1.4 billion deal to NMDC for the construction of artificial islands to develop,
Two coastal projects, led by Thanet District Council, are set to take place along sections of both the Ramsgate and Margate coastlines this April to improve resilience from the sea. The first scheme will start in Ramsgate, for approximately 16 weeks, and will focus on improving existing flood defens
Jacobs has received Notice to Proceed for a single-award contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Buffalo District for remediation services required at the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA) site in Parks Township, PA. Support includes developmen
Bahrain’s Eskan Bank yesterday announced a tender for the Bandar Al Sayah and Danaat Al Sayah real estate development projects. According to an official Kingdom of Bahrain’s Tender Board Document, Eskan has invited bids from consultants to supervise the land reclamation works for the Bandar Al Sayah
After the last week’s brief pause in beach nourishment activities caused by the bad weather/sea conditions the Post Florence Project is back on track, reports the Carteret County Shore Protection Office. The county officials announced yesterday that the eastern reach off the 2nd pipe landing was com
A refusal by the State Labor Government to dredge One Mile Creek means Cardwell will once again miss out on another economically lucrative tourist season, said Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto in his latest release. Almost nine months after Mr Dametto brought representatives from Port Hinchinbrook mortg
After lots of talk in the past year about starting major dredging projects in the Morgan City area, it is expected that the work will finally be in full swing by the summer, the Louisiana’s Port of Morgan City said in a release. The port officials plan to achieve a decent enough water depth by [&hel
JSC Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center today announced the start of dredging works in the water area of the Bolshoy Kamen bay in the Primorsky Territory, Russia. The dredging will be performed by two cutter-dredgers and two clamshell dredgers with auxiliary ships to transport excavated
Close to a hundred citizens of the Ciales area attended a Rio Grande de Manatí flood risk feasibility study public scoping meeting on Sunday, hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District. The meeting, organized by Puerto Rico’s District 13 Representative Gabriel Rodriguez-Aguiló
