Port of Melbourne Corporation yesterday commenced maintenance dredging as a routine part of port operations to remove a build-up of sediment and clear silt traps in port waters in the Yarra River. These works will focus principally on port berths including Appleton Dock, Swanson Dock, Yarraville ber
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, is proposing to construct a revetment at the base of the East Shore Arm breakwater at the Point Judith Harbor of Refuge Federal Navigation Project in Narragansett, Rhode Island, and make breakwater repairs. Funding for the federal portion of th
The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) accredited the greater New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS). The federal levee system will be represented on the new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRM) as reducing risk within Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, St. C
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, has introduced a plan to invite bidders for the Waukegan Outer Harbor dredging project, located in the Town of Waukegan, Illinois. The contractor will need to provide all necessary facilities, plants, labor, transportation, materials, and equipment
The Netherlands: Boskalis Expands Partnership with Infor Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced that Boskalis, a leading service provider of all-round dredging and maritime solutions, will implement the Infor 10x version of Info
Rohr-Idreco, the leading manufacturers of automated floating clamshell and bucket ladder dredge systems for the sand & gravel and aggregate industries, announced that it will exhibit at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014, at Booth 52779. “We will be exhibiting with our affiliate companies: Mud Cat® Dredges by LWT
Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Skokomish Indian Tribe and Mason County are seeking public comments on the Draft Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement for the Skokomish River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Study. Officials plan to hold a public information meeting to di
KIASMA and FLOATEX have signed a collaboration agreement for the sector of dredging and offshore products. The long experience gained through years of presence in their respective fields and the know-how of each, lead to the production of highly engineered, high performance and quality materials. An
The dredger has arrived and preliminary work has begun on the 2014 Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project, the Town of Ocean Isle Beach announced. It is anticipated that dredging of sand will begin as early as next week. The Town of Ocean Isle Beach said that this contract has been awarded by the Co
The first ships have yet to arrive, but already there is plenty of activity amid the sand and the dunes. Rotterdam, Europe’s biggest port, has just reclaimed 2,000 hectares of land from the North Sea to expand its gateway by a staggering 20%. Reduced to rubble during the Second World War, Rotterdam
Geometrics, Inc., a provider of geophysical data acquisition equipment, today announced that NCS SubSea, a provider of marine navigation and geoscience services, has purchased a P-Cable 3D ultra-high-resolution seismic acquisition system. The P-Cable was chosen by NCS SubSea as the ideal technology
Following the success of the Cygnus DIVE underwater thickness gauge, launched two years ago, Cygnus is introducing the new Cygnus DIVE Mk2 with a number of key new features. The Cygnus DIVE is a wrist-mountable, simple to operate, robust underwater ultrasonic thickness gauge which provides an invalu
The Cebu City Government has asked the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 7 on the status of some P1.15 billion worth of projects that it was supposed to have implemented last year. Engr. Oscar Abordo, Cebu City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) project evaluation officer, said some
Sun European Partners, LLP has announced that one of its affiliates has acquired Applied Drilling Technology International Limited, an offshore integrated turnkey and project management business focused on well design, construction and completion services primarily in the UK North Sea. The business
