The Port of Brisbane (PBPL) in Australia recently welcomed a new harbour tender into service. The vessel has been named Giles S in honour of the late Giles Stimson, who had once worked as Manager of Hydrographic Surveys at PBPL. The custom workboat was built by BtB Marine to a design by Global...
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Companies selected for dredging and marine works in Lumsden Point, Western Australia
Jan De Nul (Australia) has been awarded a contract for dredging and land reclamation at Lumsden Point in the port of Port Hedland in Western Australia. The works will create a new access channel in the port to enable vessels to safely berth at Lumsden Point, a swing basin and berth pockets suitable...
Hall Contracting takes delivery of new suction dredger
Australian marine projects company Hall Contracting recently took delivery of a new cutter suction dredger (CSD) built by Netherlands-based Royal IHC. The non-self-propeller vessel is capable of dredging compacted soil types and materials, such as clay and rock. Duties will include land reclamation...
Marshall Islands’ Ebeye atoll to benefit from new coastal protection scheme
Australian marine projects company Hall Contracting has been awarded a contract to deliver a 1.81-kilometre coastal protection system in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The company will mobilise to the RMI in early 2025 to construct a new seawall on behalf of the country’s Ministry of...
Maintenance dredging kicks off at Fremantle Ports’ Inner Harbour
Fremantle Ports plans to commence maintenance dredging of the Inner Harbour within this week to remove sediments that have accumulated since capital dredging was undertaken in 2010. A total dredge volume of 80,000 cubic metres will be removed over five years, with 60,000 cubic metres of sediments...
Dredging resumed at Murray Mouth following late 2022 South Australia floods
Dredging of the Murray Mouth resumed earlier this week the first time since the 2022/23 floods to help protect the health of South Australia’s Lower Lakes and Coorong. While the floods and high midyear flows combined to reduce the need for dredging, recent dry weather means sand has started to...
Australia’s Victoria International Container Terminal to complete Phase 3A expansion by year-end
Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT), International Container Terminal Services’ (ICTSI) operation at the Port of Melbourne in Australia, is scheduled to undergo completion of Phase 3A of its expansion project this December. The AU$235 million (US$155.9 million) project is being carried out in two phases. Phase 3A will increase the terminal’s capacity by 30 per […]
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Mandurah dredging program well underway
The City of Mandurah’s dredging program, which is crucial for maintaining safe navigation depths, has made significant progress at the Port Mandurah canal entrance channel, with works now set to move to the Mandurah Ocean Marina entrance. The program is essential to remove built-up sediment from...
Port of Townsville to commence $1.5 million channel improvement
Port of Townsville has confirmed that a critical piece of work will commence as part of the port’s $251 million Channel Upgrade project. Local contractor CivilPlus Constructions will carry out a $1.5 million works package to shorten the port’s Eastern Breakwater, making way for channel widening at...
VESSEL REVIEW | Imua – Catamaran research vessel to operate in Hawaiian waters
The University of Hawai’i at Manoa has taken delivery of a new multi-purpose catamaran research vessel. The vessel is named Imua after the translation of the phrase “to move forward” in the Hawaiian language. The 68.5- by 25-foot (20.8- by 7.62-metre) vessel utilises a semi-displacement aluminium...