Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 18-24, 2016). Boskalis’ Shoalway Busy in Aberdeen Aberdeen Harbor Board’s annual maintenance dredging campaign started last week. Boskalis Expands Dredging Fleet with Magnor The largest and most efficient
Royal IHC recently released an article written by Robert van de Ketterij, Managing Director of IHC MTI, about the advantages and challenges of running a trailing suction hopper dredger on liquefied natural gas (LNG). According to Robert van de Ketterij, the international focus on the environment is
The construction works on a new breakwater, part of the Vizhinjam Seaport project, have started at the Mulloor port site, the Deccan Chronicle reports. Grand Four Group (GFG), a Thiruvananthapuram-based construction company, will supply the raw material for the breakwater. This coastal protection sc
The Bangladeshi Parliamentary Standing Committee on Shipping Ministry has recommended continuing dredging of the Mongla-Ghoshiakhali channel under the supervision of Water Development Board, the Financial Express reports. The recommendation was made at the 26th meeting of the committee at the Jatiya
The USACE, Savannah District, recently posted a photo of the trailing suction hopper dredger Padre Island working in the Savannah outer harbor. The photo, taken on March 30th 2016, shows the Padre Island of Great Lakes Doc & Dredge Company (GLDD) deepening the outer channel as part of the Savannah H
The Highland Council has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Nairn Harbor dredging contract. The cleanup scheme will involve removing about 12,000 cubic meters of accumulated silt, mud and sand that have built up over several decades within the facility’s inner harbor. A temporary ramp wi
Havant MP Alan Mak recently joined representatives from the government on a walk of the Hayling Billy Trail, inspecting flood defense work at Eastoke. The local MP joined Natural England’s Area Manager, Fran Davies, on what may form part of the Portsmouth to South Hayling stretch of the new England
U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson and David Perdue yesterday introduced an amendment to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding legislation that will ensure critical water infrastructure projects, like the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP), remain a top priority. “The Savannah Harbor Expansion Projec
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, is evaluating a Department of the Army (DA) permit application from James Arthaud for a bank stabilization project on the Missouri River near Stanton, North Dakota. The project purpose, as stated by the applicant, is to place rip rap along the toe of
Damen recently equipped Van den Herik’s new 3,200 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Charlock with its two dredge pumps. One semi-axial dredge pump is fitted on the trailing pipe, the other dredge pump is mounted inboard. Both dredge pumps work in series, enabling a highly efficient dredging
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, North Atlantic Division, has just released this picture of an amphibious digger constructed by Oliver Evans for the Philadelphia Board of Health in 1804. This was probably the first wheeled vehicle to move under its own power in America and the first mechanically po
The Waurika Lake dredging scheme is nearing its completion, ahead of schedule and under budget. This cleanup scheme started in November 2015 with the main goal to remove tons of silt and sediment that had settled at the bottom of Waurika Lake. The dredging operations are the culmination of months of
Bournemouth Borough Council has just released a video about the progress on the 2016 Bournemouth’s Beach Management Scheme. This beachfill project is a program of work, planned from 2015 to 2032, to replace Bournemouth’s existing 53 groynes, construct an additional three new groynes and replace the
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, has received an application for the Army permit for the proposed dredging works at the Columbia River Marina. According to Stern Group LLC application, the project calls for dredging of up to 10,000 cubic yards of sediment annually for up to five
