Projects

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has been contracted by the municipality of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to construct an artificial island for residential housing in the IJmeer lake adjacent to the… Read More

A new 12.5-meter (41-foot) deepwater channel below the Yangtze River in Nanjing passed inspection and is approved for deepwater channel trial operation. The channel is between the Nantong Tiansheng Port… Read More

The Brazilian Ministry of Transports, Ports and Civil Aviation (MTPA) has awarded Jan de Nul a dredging project at the nation’s Port of Mucuripe, according to a document filing at… Read More

Argentina’s CAP has cleansed and dredged the north stretch of the Chico River, in the nation’s Santa Cruz province, the local government said in late February. CAP dredged about 600… Read More

The Venezuelan Instituto Nacional de Canalizaciones, INCANAL, has contracted China Communications Construction Company, Ltd. (CCCC) to dredge the navigation channel of the local Orinoco River, the nation’s government said in… Read More

On April 10, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) of Illinois began dredging the Cape Henry Channel at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Under a $14.5 million contract from… Read More

A beach renourishment project at Bathtub Beach/Sailfish Point in Stuart, Florida, was completed at the end of April. The project is part of the 2018 Federal Emergency Management Act (FEMA)… Read More

Southwind Construction of Evansville, Indiana, completed maintenance dredging at Knapps Narrows near Tilghman Island in Maryland on April 12. This maintenance project was overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of… Read More

Norfolk Dredging Company was awarded a $5.1 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for beach renourishment in Pinnellas County, Florida. The contractor began dredging April 15 at… Read More