Although 2023 has been a year of incredible achievements for IHC Mining, the company yesterday shared another major milestone – commissioning of the new dredge in Brazil. IHC Mining kicked off the year by securing a groundbreaking sale of a state-of-the-art dredger for one of the valued clients in B
Governor Kathy Hochul, the Army Corps New York District, Montauk Historical Society, and other partners yesterday celebrated the completion of the Montauk Point Coastal Resiliency Project. The officials also celebrated the reopening of the newly restored Montauk Point Lighthouse – the landmark locat
Canals and rivers are usually important economic lifelines. It is therefore crucial to maintain the depth and flow of these waterways by dredging accumulating sand, silt and other sediments in time. This not only allows – the ever bigger – ships to pass smoothly, it also prevents siltation and flood
Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority will be undertaking a maintenance dredging project on the Lake Ontario side of the Burlington Canal. The Burlington Canal experiences a high degree of siltation resulting in the need for regular dredging of the canal. Dredging occurs in places where sediment tends to a
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has just announced that the Final Report for Scarborough’s Urban Redevelopment has been approved for public review. THA commissioned JMetrix Ltd to further develop the conceptual plan presented at the first tranche of public consultations held in February – March 2
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regularly performs maintenance dredging of federal shipping channels throughout the nation to provide ease of navigation and safe passage to larger vessels that utilize the waterways carrying products vital to the economy. Over 200 million cubic yards of material is
In just under eight months, Jan De Nul Group’s Galileo Galilei – hailed as the largest dredger ever arrived on the Demerara River – has delivered on its mission. According to a press release from Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase Inc. (VEHSI), the one of the world’s largest hopper dredgers was deployed to the
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has won a $22.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for a dredging job on the Mississippi River. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, Louisiana, with an estimated completion d
The Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) said that they strongly support the development of a robust offshore wind industry. “As the industry grows in the United States and along the U.S. East Coast, the DCA and its companies are working with state and federal regulators on matters related to dredg
A group from the USACE Galveston District took a tour of the hopper dredge Padre Island, a “suction hopper dredger”, working in the Galveston Channel earlier this month. The Padre Island can collect 3,600 cubic yards of dredge material per “cut” or dredging pass. Hopper dredges use dragheads affixed
Jefferson Parish leaders held a ribbon cutting at the site on Friday (August 11) to mark the end of the Laketown Boat Launch Rehabilitation Project in Kenner. Leaders broke ground on the $2.16 million project this past November. It was an effort to make repairs to the boat launch and to dredge its c
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC of Houston, Texas, has won a $27.1 million contract for beachfill and dredging services in Bay Shore, New York. The work that will be performed in one of Long Island’s most densely populated communities has an estimated completion date of February 14, 2024. Under th
