Media reports that toxic marine pollutants may have been released into Gladstone Harbour due to inadequate testing by Gladstone Ports Corporation prior to dredging highlights the dangers of dredging and dumping in the Great Barrier Reef’s waters, according to the Australian Marine Conservation Socie
Darrell Nicholas, P.E., has joined Geosyntec Consultants as a civil engineer and Senior Consultant for the firm based in Tennessee. Mr. Nicholas has more than 35 years of experience in construction management and quality assurance for a wide range of complex, multiple stakeholder projects. For the p
The Department of Transport (DoT) will oversee interim repairs to the Bunbury Cut to protect the structure from further costly damage during storm events this winter. DoT Project Manager James Holder said contractors had been engaged to complete the $800,000 interim repair project that would see the
U.S. Sen. David Vitter, top Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced the passage of a bipartisan Clean Estuaries Act of 2014 in committee. Vitter, along with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), worked together to develop the bill that was passed out of committee yeste
The 21st World Dredging Congress & Exhibition WODCON XXI will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Miami, FL, from June 13-17, 2016. WODCON XXI will bring together expert representatives of manufacturers, universities, research institutes, consultants, public authorities and contractors working in
The Magheroarty Pier dredging program, located on the north-west coast of County Donegal, Ireland, is currently underway. This location is popular among local fishermen and it is also used by the Tory Island ferry. At the moment boats cannot use the pier because of accumulated sand there. [mappress]
After successful sea and dredging trials, the suction hopper dredger “Albatros” was recently delivered to her owners Dutch Dredging. This vessel was built by MTG Dolphin PLC in cooperation with the Dutch shipbuilding group IHC Merwede. Main characteristics: – Length: 75 m; – Breadth: 13,40 m; – Drau
The marine energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal energy prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching the third round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS fund in collaboration with H
The marine energy sector is to benefit from £6 million in funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal energy prototypes in the seas around Scotland. Scottish Enterprise is launching the third round of the remaining competitive funding from the initial WATERS fund in collaboration with H
Yesterday, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, to discuss amongst others the significance of trade missions. CEO Pieter van Oord and area director Netherlands Jan Schaart welcomed Mr
Cutting of the first steel plate for the new joint project of MTG Dolphin and IHC Merwede 2300 m3 Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger named Easy Dredge took place at the Dolphin’s yard in Varna, on 25th March, 2014. The Easy Dredge 2300 is a standardized twin screw trailing suction hopper dredger with a
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) have today announced that they are merging to form a national champion for the development and cost reduction of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy across the UK. The move will see the world-class researc
A slurry of sand and water is pumped from a nearby dredge onto Monmouth Beach, where it is moved into place by a bulldozer during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ ongoing beach renourishment work in Monmouth Beach, N.J. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is repairing and restoring previously construc
With a grant of over €1.6 million from the TEN-T Program, the European Union will support a project to modernise the Seine River in France in order to improve the economic efficiency and competitiveness of inland navigation in the region. The project, selected for funding under the 2012 TEN-T Annual
