Ghana’s Flood Mitigation Task Force has commenced a phased exercise involving the dredging, desilting, and demolition of illegal structures across several flood-prone areas in Accra, as part of ongoing post-flood mitigation measures. The first phase covered New England (behind Airport Hills), Mayfai
The first phase of the Yangtze Canal widening project in the Netherlands has been completed, Van Oord, part of the contractor consortium together with Hakkers and De Klerk, said. The consortium has delivered a new tugboat quay with twelve berths and shore power facilities. To facilitate this, the Ya
The channel dredging project at the Port of Port Mansfield in Texas, US, is complete, the Willacy County Navigation District (WCND) said. From the mouth of the jetties at the Gulf of Mexico entrance westward through the navigational channel, the Intracoastal Waterway junction, the Harbor, and into t
The Santos Port Authority (APS) has authorised the start of the project to deepen the navigation channel of the Port of Santos, Brazil, from 15 meters to 16 meters. Back in June, it was announced that Jan de Nul do Brasil (part of the Jan De Nul Group) won the USD 122.3 million contract to […
DEME has selected Vuyk Engineering to collaborate on the design of its newly announced, shallow-draught 22,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). The new vessel combines industry-leading efficiency with a lower cost per dredged cubic meter and a reduced greenhouse gas footprint compared with
Donjon Marine, headquartered in Hillside, New Jersey, has been named the apparent low bidder for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Multi-Facility Maintenance Dredging Contract with a bid of USD 51.424 million, the company said in a social media post. The two-year, multi-facility contra
Boskalis has commissioned its new 31,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger Seaway. Following the completion at the shipyard of IHC in Krimpen aan den IJssel and sea trials in the North Sea, the vessel has started working on its first project. That first assignment takes place in the Netherlands, of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, is scheduled to remove approximately 5,000 cubic yards of dredged material from the Ocean City Inlet beginning Wednesday, July 22, 2026. The dredge Murden will conduct maintenance dredging focusing on the typical priority area in the fede
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Stuyvesant is preparing for her new assignment after recently completing a campaign in Corpus Christi, Texas, supporting the Corpus Christi Entrance Channel for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District. According to The Dutra Group, the Stuyvesan
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, has begun dredging operations in Buffalo Harbor to maintain safe and navigable waterways for Great Lakes commercial vessels, cruise ships, recreational boaters and other harbor users on Lake Erie. The Buffalo District awarded a USD 2.3 million cont
An Italdraghe SGT 200 cutter suction dredger (CSD) is currently operating in Guyana, South America. In this gold mining application, the Italdraghe SGT 200 dredges gold-bearing material from the bottom and conveys the resulting slurry through a floating pipeline and a long discharge line to the onsh
Manson Construction from Seattle, Washington, has won a $12.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Oakland Inner and Outer Harbor fiscal 2026 maintenance dredging project. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, the Department of War (DoW) said. Work will be performed in Oakland
Governor Wes Moore said that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will provide $13 million in Waterway Improvement Fund allocations and $7 million in General Obligation Bond funding toward 24 public boating projects throughout Maryland in Fiscal Year 2027, which began July 1. The grant
Queensland Government said that the major on-ground works have begun to boost flood resilience, restore waterway health and protect agricultural land along Upper Warrill Creek in the Scenic Rim, thanks to a $6.7 million investment from the Albanese and Crisafulli Governments. Upper Warrill Creek is
