The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has released in its latest Terra et Aqua an article named ‘An Improved Integrated Approach for Optimizing Shipping Channel Capacity for Australian Ports’. The continuing surge in commercial vessel sizes is putting increasing pressure on the
Starting in a few weeks, the US Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, will be dredging sections of the channel and anchorages of the York Harbor Federal Navigation Project in York, Maine. According to the Corps, dredging operations will start by mid-November 2017, taking place around the cl
The Environment Agency is holding a public drop-in session at Calstock next week to explain how potential works could reduce flood risk to local homes and businesses, and benefit the environment. According to EA, the current embankment by the River Tamar which protects Calstock from flooding is in p
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India have signed a $65.5 million loan agreement at Bengaluru to continue interventions and to check coastal erosion on the western coast in Karnataka. The loan is the second tranche of a $250 million financing facility under the Sustainable Coa
Under the Floodplain Management Services (FPMS) program, USACE’s Buffalo District, in coordination with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), recently completed a Special Flood Hazard Evaluation for Silver Creek, located in Chautauqua County, New York. Buffalo Distric
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is continuing field studies in November 2017 as part of ongoing environmental and technical work for the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project. The port provided an overview of field studies that will be taking place in November 2017, including the Coastal Geomorphology
The keel laying ceremony for the new 900kW cutter suction dredger (CSD) Jarash took place last month at the Royal IHC shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. The new custom-built stationary CSD, being built for Arab Potash Company (APC), will be launched at the beginning of 2018, Royal IHC said in
eL-Tec Elektrotechnologie recently secured a contract for the outfitting of two trailing suction hopper dredgers that are currently under construction at Royal IHC. The company will be responsible for the supply and integration of all main electrical installations, including the design, fabrication,
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public and stakeholder comments on a draft study for flood risk management on the Pajaro River. The goal of this study is to identify a solution that reasonably maximizes net flood risk reduction benefits to the communities of Watsonville and Pajaro, USACE
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ $10.6 million emergency beach renourishment project for North Myrtle Beach ended October 30. About 400,000 cubic yards were placed on the the beach in areas where USACE determined the protective berm needed to be enhanced in order to protect exposed oceanfront struc
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, on its website today posted a copy of its draft Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Souris Basin, North Dakota, Flood Risk Management project. The purpose of the feasibility study is to assess the interconnected s
ICL, a Tel Aviv based manufacturer of products based on unique minerals, by its subsidiary Dead Sea Works (DSW), has signed an agreement for the first stage of the salt harvesting project at Pond 5, to preserve the pond’s water level. The agreement was signed with Holland Shallow Seas Dredging Limit
The Environment Agency today published data, case studies and evidence about the role of natural flood management in reducing flood risk. Working with natural processes to reduce flood risk is not a new concept but this is the first time that all the evidence has been brought together, with the inte
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. together with a Cypriot partner, has been awarded a contract for long term maintenance dredging works in the Middle East. According to Boskalis, they will develop and build an electrical cutter suction dredger for these works that are set to begin shortly after the co
