Boskalis’ giant trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Gateway is currently very busy working on the latest Port of Melbourne dredging project. According to the port, this maintenance dredging program will be underway until early-July 2023. Dredging work is being carried out at various locations wit
The CEDA-IADC Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure course kicked off today in Beveren, Belgium. During the next two and a half days, the participants will learn how to implement the sustainability principles into dredging project practice. Experienced lecturers will inform about the latest thinki
After the summer, the Van Oord – Hakkers – De Klerk consortium will start construction of a tug quay in the Port of Rotterdam’s Yangtze Canal. The consortium and the Port of Rotterdam Authority signed the relevant contracts today. The work will involve constructing 500 metres of quay wall with space
The second phase of the Canal & River Trust’s dredging programme at Gloucester Docks has been completed, Gloucester News Centre said. A total of 9,000m3 of silt, equivalent to 3.6 Olympic swimming pools, has been removed in the latest phase of the £1 million programme that began last November. Throu
HID Dredger, a Chinese manufacturer of dredgers and dredging equipment, has successfully tested and delivered a new Amphimaster Amphibious Multipurpose Dredger to a Russian client. HID Amphimaster, a result of years of research and development, combines amphibious capabilities with advanced dredging
Public notices have been placed throughout Coney Beach in Porthcawl advising residents that Bridgend County Borough Council intends to use some of the land in the waterfront area to deliver new, improved sea defences. The new sea defences planned for Coney Beach are designed to protect businesses an
Back in 2018, TU Delft | Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Port of Rotterdam, and Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote cooperation and knowledge exchange on nautical depth issues. Based on this MoU, the multidisciplinary academic n
Lutra Marine introduced a dredger so precise it can be operated within 10cm of an object – at Seawork 2023, this week. This is possible due to the 90-degree angled sides which allow for cutting all the way to the edge of the unit. This also allows the team to cut straight edges along the […]
A keel laying ceremony for new CSD650 took place earlier this week at the Song Thu shipyard in Vietnam. The standard cutter suction dredger (CSD) will be built locally, making use of the dredge package from ????? ???????? ?????????. The new dredger will have a dredging depth of -22m, a production of
The Environment Agency is set to begin a multi-million project to protect a vulnerable community on the Essex coast. In the coming days, work will begin at Cockett Wick to strengthen and raise the seawall. More than 150 steel piles will be installed along with the construction of a new concrete wall
At this year’s Seawork exhibition in Southampton, UK, Damen Shipyards Group presented an innovative new design – the Multi Cat 1908 Electric. This fully electric vessel brings zero emissions operations into a wide range of workboat activities. The MuC 1908 E is 19.05 metres by 8.4 metres, with a de
Foyle and Marine Dredging is kicking off work on the new Breakwater in Greencastle, Ireland. The project itself consists of the placement of circa 200000 tonnes of rock with a geotextile underlay and Primary armour in the 1-3 tonne range. All rock delivered to site is weighed using a Globeweigh Grou
