Dredge Atlantic and Dredge Virginian, owned by Norfolk Dredging Company, are currently operating in Craighill Angle as part of maintenance dredging of the Baltimore Harbor and Channels in Maryland. To date in the current contract, the two dredges have removed more than 1.3 million cubic yards of mat
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC, Oak Brook, Illinois, was awarded an approx. $7.8 million modification to contract W912HP-18-C-0006 to increase cubic yards of beach fill work that will be performed in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The previous contract, awarded to GLDD back in June 2018, included
With work nearly complete, Team Van Oord said in its latest release that they are entering the final phase of the Shoreham Adur Tidal Walls scheme. The Shoreham scheme is being carried out by Team Van Oord on behalf of the Environment Agency, Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership, Adur Distr
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has announced his plans to designate more than $350 million in coastal dollars, including $55 million from FY18 surplus dollars to Louisiana’s coastal trust fund. Within those surplus dollars, $15 million will be allocated to effectively restore the funds previous
The Tailings Recovery System (TRS) technology has been developed by Technika Engineering Ltd. for the purpose of recovering Mature Fine Tailings from Oil Sands Ponds. The technology is designed to enable effective and economical year-round MFT recovery operations. It addresses operating limitations
The Lake Fuquene restoration scheme, located in the north of Cundinamarca, Colombia, is moving forward, Watermaster said in their latest facebook post. In order to restore an ecological condition and biodiversity and to secure the availability of clean drinking water and irrigation water for local c
Delta Marine Consultants have signed a license agreement with the Swiss company SEL AG for the use of XblocPlus for the Marina Porto Albania Project. Under the project, the blocks will protect the marina against the Adriatic Sea’s severe storm waves, including 2.5m³ XblocPlus on the breakwater back
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Watershed Stewardship have introduced the Delaware Living Shorelines Monitoring Framework, a tool to help landowners, professionals and scientists develop plans for gauging the success of living shoreline projects i
A plaque was unveiled yesterday to mark the completion of a £2.2 million award winning coastal defense scheme in the North Yorkshire village of Runswick Bay. The Runswick Bay Coastal Protection Trust and local residents joined representatives from Scarborough Borough Council, Environment Agency, Roy
Suffolk County (NY) waterways are now much safer for boaters travelling throughout the Long Island following the completion of the county 2018-2019 Priority Waterway Dredging Program. The County Executive Steve Bellone announced Monday, Jan. 21, that the Department of Public Works has now completed
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority held a public consultation recently regarding the proposed Maplewood Marine Restoration Project. According to their announcement, the scheme is currently in the design development and permitting and approvals phases. The port authority is proposing to use a portio
Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has introduced plans to commission its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Ennore in Tamil Nadu this month, local media reports. Sanjiv Singh, IOC Chairman, said that the terminal is now complete and set to be commissioned after completion of dredging of the ch
Sri Lanka’s CHEC Port City Colombo marked another significant milestone last week with the completion of land reclamation operations. At a ceremony held on January 16, Xin Hai Long, the last of the four state-of-the-art dredgers used for the sand mining operation left the project site. The 269 hecta
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is seeking public comment for its draft Annual Plan Fiscal Year 2020. Three public hearings are scheduled across the coast to present the draft plan and to receive public comment; two additional public hearings are scheduled on the we
