DEME kicked off a dredging project at the Port of Patimban in East Java, Indonesia, recently. “We are carrying out dredging operations to deepen the port’s access channel. This project represents a key milestone for DEME and our team in Indonesia, particularly following the reflagging of our trailin
ML (UK) Dredging is about to begin the next round of routine maintenance dredging works at the Gosport Marina. The dredging is set to commence on 16 October with expected completion by late November 2024, weather permitting. According to Gosport Marina, this year will see dredging between K and I po
IADC and PIANC will host a one-day dredging conference in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on the 18th of October 2024. The event, organized at the prestigious Sheraton Saigon Grand Opera Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is dedicated to advancing industry knowledge in the arena of sustainable dredging
This past summer, Manson Construction Co. undertook a substantial retrofit of the cutter suction dredge H.R. Morris. The dredge was towed to their Seattle yard, where Manson’s crew and marine equipment experts removed the main pump, A.C. wound rotor motor, and liquid rheostat and installed the lates
The Damen DOP Submersible Dredge Pump has become something of an icon in the world of dredging. Damen Dredging first developed the DOP in the 1990s. Back then, the company was approached by a contractor with a challenging project. They needed to dredge a highway tunnel and, to get the job done, they
For close to a decade, the Town of Fenwick Island has been developing plans to dredge two boating channels in Little Assawoman Bay that have been negatively impacted by sedimentation build-up which has reduced the navigability of the channels and significantly decreased the safety of the boating com
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just released an annual review of the global open dredging market – the 2023 edition of Dredging in Figures. Publicly available today, this annual report focuses on the state of the dredging industry in 2023. The latest edition includes
The Port of San Francisco has applied for a ten-year Department of the Army permit to conduct maintenance dredging within the port’s various berths and approach areas. The purpose of the proposed maintenance dredging project is to maintain safe navigational depths by restoring the original project d
Watermaster has just released this amazing photo of their amphibious multipurpose dredger working on the shores of the Indian Ocean in Tanzania. The dredger is keeping a port channel open so local fishing boats can access the sea. Safe navigation is crucial in waterways and marinas. The Watermaster
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock recently won a $40.6 million Army Corps contract for the sixth iteration of the Canaveral Harbor Sand Bypass project. USACE will provide 100% of the total funding to dredge and bypass approximately 1.5 million cubic yards of sand from the shoreline immediately north of Port
Sutherland Shire Council (NSW) has developed the draft Woronora River Dredging Management Plan to guide future dredging work carried out in the river. The plan sets out a proactive, long-term approach to ensuring safe and reliable access throughout the Woronora River for residents, waterway users an
Blackpool Council made an application to the Environment Agency for £11m for additional works to the sea defenses in Anchorsholme to address beach lowering. Funding for the original Anchorsholme Coast Protection scheme was approved in 2013, during construction there was a requirement for additional
The Port of Brownsville’s Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement (BIH) project made progress last month, securing a low interest $43 million loan from the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) — a critical funding boost that brings the historic channel-deepening project closer to reality. At
A new visitor for Swansea Drydocks, in for bow thruster repairs, is the hopper dredger City of Cardiff, built in 1997. Owned by Tarmac Marine Dredging Ltd., the dredger is sailing under the flag of United Kingdom. Tarmac fleet of four vessels (the City of London, the City of Westminster, the City of
