Bakker Sliedrecht has just signed the second major contract with IHC for oil-filled underwater motors this year. Under the agreement, Bakker will deliver 3 high-performance motors, each weighing 60 tons, along with high-voltage cables for the motors. “We’ll also be supplying a Dredge Pump Monitoring
Italdraghe said that another set of its 380 kW hydraulic azimuth thrusters is ready to be shipped to their client’s shipyard in Venice, Italy.“Entirely designed and engineered in-house, these propulsion systems are a testament to the seamless and constant collaboration between our engineering and pr
14 submissions are in the running to receive the IADC Safety Award 2024, including the Boskalis proximity warning system, Jan De Nul’s new cutter head staircase design, DEME’s AI camera detection system, Rhosonics’ SDM ECO non-nuclear density meter, etc. For several years, the IADC Safety Award was
The Governments of Australia and New Zealand are funding a second phase of the successful Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP-II) to scale up climate resilient coastal protection efforts to combat climate change. Construction works, be undertaken by Hall Contracting, will start this month. TCAP-
Adam Copus, CPRA Digital Content Manager, has taken drone pictures of the dredge Robert M. White working just off the I-10 near the Bonnet Carre Spillway. The 270-feet long dredge, capable of pumping 60,000 cubic-yards of fill material a day, is being used to rebuild the LaBranche Marsh. The LaBranc
New York Congressman Nick LaLota has announced $1.5 million in federal funding for the Town of Brookhaven for improvement projects at Port Jefferson Harbor. The funds will support projects that protect against erosion and storm surges in the Port Jefferson Marina. According to the official, dredging
The Barnstable County dredge Cod Fish II has commenced the dredge program’s 28th season in Bourne with a maintenance dredging project in the South Channel of Red Brook Harbor (also known as Hospital Cove Channel). The South Channel project, like most other projects the County dredge program undertak
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has awarded an $11.4 million contract to Alabama Shipyard LLC to drydock and repair the hopper dredge Wheeler. The Wheeler, operated by the New Orleans District, is the largest hopper dredge in the Corps fleet. Although the dredge is maintained
This year’s Eastern Chapter Meeting will offer the WEDA/ERDC Short Course named Innovations Towards Achieving More Sustainable Management of Dredged Material. The aim of the short course to help participants implement new USACE guidance to consider environmental benefits and efficiencies when compar
The Chellow Dene Wetlands project near Bradford took three months to complete and includes improvements to a wetland area to help slow the flow of water during heavy rain, Environment Agency said. It’s been delivered by Aire Rivers Trust working together with the Environment Agency, West Yorkshire C
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is investigating a Philippine-flagged dredging vessel with six purportedly undocumented Chinese and Filipino-Chinese crew members. An initial PCG report on Monday said that the undocumented individuals were crew members of the dredger MV Sangko Uno docked at Navotas
Weeks Marine Inc. from Covington, Louisiana, has won a $29 million firm-fixed-price contract to remove and dispose of dredging material in Louisiana. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Venice, Louisiana, with a
The Brabantse Delta water board has commissioned Paans Van Oord, a subsidiary of Van Oord, to restore the bank along the Kerkvaart River in Waspik. The bank along the Kerkvaart river, a tributary of the Oude Maasje river, is in need of major maintenance. To protect the hinterland from flooding, the
The Philadelphia District of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its contractor are conducting dredging operations in the Oyster Creek portion of the Barnegat Inlet federal navigation project. The sediment is being pumped to a location as part of a multi-phase effort to create an island in the bay. Acc
