The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, is responsible for maintenance dredging of the Savannah and Brunswick harbors. The Corps routinely dredges sediment from the bottom of the river to ensure a safe, authorized depth for cargo ships to import and export goods. Shown here is a dredger
Defence and security company Saab has received orders from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration regarding construction and production plans for the next generation submarines and to conduct a mid-life update of two Gotland-class submarines. The orders refer to the period 2014-2015 and the ord
The Newman Government’s Queensland Ports Strategy, released last week, is an invitation to the World Heritage Committee to place the Great Barrier Reef on the list of World Heritage Sites ‘In Danger’, announced greensmps.org.au. “We already have 20 ports on the Queensland coast where dredging will c
CSA was contracted by Petrobras to perform an environmental gradient study of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. CSA Ciências Oceânicas Ltda, in an exclusive partnership with Germano & Associates Inc., introduced Sediment Profile Imaging (SPI) technology in Brazil and was contracted by the Env
Deltares is a partner in two of the six winning consortiums that will improve storm defences in New York. The consortiums will be responsible for the ‘New Meadowlands’ project near Little Ferry in New Jersey and ‘Living with the Bay’ in Nassau County on Long Island. New Meadowlands will create an ar
Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), has announced that registration is now open for its REMUS 100 Operations & Training Course, to be held during the week of September 15-19, 2014. Based out of Hydroid’s state-of-th
Lundin Petroleum has reported that the Brynhild project is progressing at a slower pace than anticipated due to commissioning issues related to the FPSO operated by Shell on the Pierce Field in the UK sector. The upstream portion of the Brynhild project operated by Lundin Petroleum is progressing sa
Last month, CCCC Fourth Harbor Engineering Co. Ltd, won the bid for the (resumed) project of freight terminal extension at Chaozhou Port, Guangdong Province, with a construction period of 600 days. Located at Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province, the project includes extension of a 5,000t bulk berth an
On May 28, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co. Ltd, won the bid for Jiangling Yuejin Integrated Terminal project in Chenyuan zone of Jingzhou Port in Hubei Province. Located in the Shashi section in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, with a construction period of 24 months, the project involves
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), a trade association representing leading port authorities throughout the Western Hemisphere, has selected 21 seaports to be recognized for exemplary communications projects and programs at its annual convention and awards luncheon this fall. Winni
Polarcus, in collaboration with Russia’s Dalmorneftegeophysica (“DMNG”), has been mobilized for the 3,000 sq. km high-density broadband Fedynsky 3D survey in the Russian Barents Sea. Polarcus Nadia departed Kirkenes, Norway, on 07 June for the project area. Polarcus is a pure play marine geophysical
The Quezon City government is set to rehabilitate three of its major waterways to lessen floods during heavy rains and to transform their surroundings into tourist attractions. Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte-Alimurung said that the three waterways which will undergo fare-lift are the San Francisco River in
A major repair project of the north jetty at Barnegat Inlet, which protects the southern tip of state-owned Island Beach State Park in Ocean County, is currently underway, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin said. Earlier this year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’
Boskalis Bags USD 95 Mln Worth of Contracts in UK and Sweden Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired two contracts in the United Kingdom and Sweden. Brazil Needs Assistance for $1.5 Bln Dredging and Seaport Improvements Brazil asked for assistance from U.S. and foreign companies to
