It’s a bird, It’s a Plane, It’s…… Amphibex.  We are all enjoying watching from the office windows as this excavator works its little heart out in the harbour. Not only does it operate in the water, it also has these super cool stabilizers and buckets that allow it to walk about on land too. Amphibex is making swift work of the remaining dredge area in the marina.

Despite its reputation as a lean, mean excavating machine, it's also quite gentle. The propeller can be raised if working in shallow waters to protect marine life and vegetation and also to avoid kicking up sediment on the seabed. 

And perhaps best of all, Amphibex has a light, compact, low-pollution engine and a hydraulic system that uses environmentally safe, biodegradable oil.

The marina team has been hard at work finalizing engineering and village plans and making plans to start dock construction later this year and be operating (albeit with limited services) by 2015.