The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has procured dredging equipment for the Alau Dam cleanup program in Borno State, NIgeria. NEDC’s Managing Director, Mohammed Alkali, disclosed this yesterday during the inspection of the dredging equipment parked at the premises of the commission’s centra
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, recently commenced essential maintenance dredging for the Fire Island Inlet and Shores Westerly to Jones Inlet New York Beach Erosion Control and Navigation Project. This critical work, awarded to Norfolk Dredging Company for nearly $37 million, b
Dredging work at Parham Harbor has been delayed due to unexpected challenges, Antigua News Room said. Lionel Hurst, Chief of Staff in the Prime Minister’s Office, explained at a Post-Cabinet Press Briefing that rock, rather than the anticipated sand or soft material, was found, complicating the proj
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) recently completed major portion of the Long Beach Island storm damage reduction project. According to the Army Corps’ public affairs officer Steve Rochette, earlier this month GLDD finished beach replenishment works in Beach Haven, North Beach Haven and Holgate. Sin
Beginning last week, City Parks crews and South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks contractor crews are working to drain and dredge the Jackson Ponds along Jackson Boulevard across from Jackson Park. Parks crews are pumping water out of the ponds in preparation for dredging out the silt by contractor crews
DEME Group has strengthened its fleet with the addition of two advanced uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) delivered by Norway’s Maritime Robotics. The delivery includes the two-meter Otter USV and the larger, six-meter Mariner USV. According to Maritime Robotics, the Otter USV is a fully electric cata
Royal IHC has launched the first of two fully electric, custom-built Cutter Suction Dredgers at the Yard in Kinderdijk, Netherlands. The new dredger, being built for Kenmare Resources in Africa, was launched without any public announcement on Saturday, January 25th. Together with its sistership, sch
Jackson County, Mississippi, has proposed maintenance dredging of Seacliffe Bayou, two un-named tributaries to Seacliffe Bayou, and the Mississippi Sound in Gautier. The County recently requested a 10-year Department of the Army Permit to maintenance dredge approximately 7,677 cubic yards from Seacl
Residents may now feel more secure against the risks of flooding and erosion due to the improved riverbank protection completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Hermosa, Province of Bataan. The completed flood control project, funded under the 2024 General Appropriations Act
For professionals involved in activities for water infrastructure development, IADC and CEDA will tomorrow hold a new edition of the Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure course. Taking place in Scandinavia, the course will be held from 28-30 January 2025 in Copenhagen (Denmark) with the support o
DEME Group has just released the latest update on the Scheldetunnel project, saying that the final section of the old dike on Antwerp’s Left Bank – which separates the river Scheldt from the Scheldetunnel – is being excavated. Once this section is removed, the first tunnel element will be fully unde
At the Damen Dredging Yard, two new generation cutter suction dredgers CSD450 and CSD600 are along the quay for outfitting and trials – almost ready for delivery. The fully dismountable CSD450 is equipped with a high efficiency dredge pump and heavy-duty side wire winches and has a dredging depth of
The construction barge has arrived in Portland to begin construction of Maine’s first Confined Aquatic Disposal (CAD) Cell. Dredging Portland Harbor to keep the waterfront working has been an identified need and priority for decades and now it’s underway. Last fall, the City of Portland signed a con
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) HAM 317 is currently very busy working at the Port of Huelva, Spain. The Port Authority of Huelva obtained the “Working with Nature” certification from the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) recently, for its dredging manageme
