China has started building the nation’s largest and most advanced trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). Upon its completion, the new vessel will become the largest TSHD in Asia, said Fei Long, a senior researcher at the Marine Design and Research Institute of China. “The new ship will be nearly 19
Dutch shipbuilder DE Klop has announced the start of production of the Cygnus, a revolutionary fully electric cutter suction dredger. This innovative dredger, with a discharge diameter of 500 mm, marks another step towards sustainable and environmentally friendly dredging solutions. The Cygnus is be
The Sea Lots Channel and Turning Basin in Trinidad and Tobago have been fully restored to its original design depth for the first time in approximately 15 years. Commissioned by the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI), the restoration project was executed by National Energy Corporation o
The contracting team of EA Engineering, Inc. and Marstel-Day recently completed fieldwork to collect information that will be used to strategically plan for beneficial use of dredge material opportunities around the Kings Bay Naval Facility. Commissioned by the U.S. Navy and managed by the Army Corp
Construction has begun on a major project to replace the sinking seawalls around the Tidal Basin and along the Potomac River in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. The Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund is providing approximately $113 million for a long-needed restoration of the s
The Western Dredging Association recently announced that registration and early sponsorship are open for the WEDA 2024 Eastern Chapter Meeting. Now, the Board of the Eastern Chapter of WEDA invites interested individuals to submit an abstract for a technical presentation at the Fall 2024 conference.
The Mexican foreign trade authorities conducted a search on the Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Zheng He and seized it in November 2023. According to these authorities, the vessel must be classified as foreign ’merchandise‘ and following such classification, she should have been imported i
Weeks Marine Inc., from Covington, Louisiana, has won a $58.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for a dredging project in Texas. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Houston, Texas, with an estimated completion
NMDC Group has won a contract worth more than $200 million from the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) for crucial marine dredging works in the Ruwais LNG Project. The contract includes extensive dredging operations, involving the removal of approximately 15 million cubic meters of material acr
The Government of South Australia’s Department for Environment and Water is getting ready to move sand from Glenelg to Kingston Park beaches. This is required to reverse the natural transport of sand along the beach system in a northward direction, accumulating in the Glenelg area. Before moving the
Sikuki Nuuk Harbor, Greenland, has just announced the start of dredging operations in Kangerlussuaq. Over the next two months, the contractor – Polar Dive will be dredging the navigation channel, starting out in the fjord and gradually moving through the navigation channel towards the harbor. The wo
At its monthly board meeting in Luling, La. the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) yesterday announced grant funding totaling over $37 million dollars for coastal projects in Louisiana. The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council (RESTORE Council) has awarded $25.5 million to CPRA
Royal IHC recently presented a compact modular dredger that is easy to maintain and deploy, utilising IHC’s submersible OTTer-Pump range. The OTTer is a range of compact dredgers as platform for deploying the OTTer-Pump. This provides customers with a modular, compact and cost-effective solution to
Important works are taking place on Crown Land along Lady Robinson Beach in Sydney, with one project affecting Kyeemagh and Brighton Le Sands and a second concurrent project affecting Ramsgate and Dolls Point. Storm events and tidal inundation is causing significant erosion of the area, which would
