The HID CSD 4016 dredger, equipped with a patented cutter head, anchoring rods and spud carriage, was delivered to Russia recently. According to HID, the dredger demonstrates high productivity at dredging depths of up to 13 meters and maintains a flow capacity of 2000m³/h with a discharge distance o
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted delegates from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the World Bank as part of a study on nature-based solutions funded by the World Bank earlier this week. During their eight-day visit with USACE, the delegation toured sites in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Flo
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District has awarded a $30 million contract to Inland Dredging of Dyersburg, Tennessee, for dredging works in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. According to the Corps, the contractor will provide 24-Inch cutterhead pipeline dredge and attendant plant to suppo
The Seaward Marine Corp. (SMC) has initiated mobilization efforts to begin the Chesapeake Beach Renourishment project. SMC is currently mobilizing personnel and equipment to the site. The contractor is also conducting existing condition beach profile surveys along the project area. According to Virg
Damen Shipyards recently presented the first type of the next generation of Cutter Suction Dredgers – the CSD600. The new series builds on the success of the old, with significant lessons learned, and faces the future with improved safety, sustainability and efficiency. The CSD600 is capable of dred
Royal IHC has made another successful delivery of Cutter Suction Dredgers to a client in India. According to IHC, two of the Beaver 50 Cutter Suction Dredgers have just docked in India and are ready to push local port development. “These powerful machines are set to make waves as they tackle challen
ROHR-IDRECO has delivered two Falcon dredges to Texas based Atlas Energy Solutions. “Our electric dredge mining assets emit zero carbon emissions and helps reduce noise pollution, making it more environmentally sustainable than other methods,” Atlas said. The dredges are electrically driven, includi
Holland Shipyards Group has just shared an exciting announcement: the successful conversion of an inland vessel into a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. The dredger, named ‘Taruma’ started her journey as a standard inland vessel. Holland Shipyards engineered and installed advanced dredging equipment,
Canal and River Trust is dredging several locks on the Trent & Mersey Canal between Burton-on-Trent and Kings Bromley to make sure boaters can continue to use the centuries-old waterway. The works, taking place between 10 and 28 June, will see the charity remove around 25 tons of sediment each from
Georgia Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have introduced new legislation to upgrade water infrastructure in the state – the Coastal Georgia Flooding Prevention Act. The bill would establish a new authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out water infrastructure project
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association has released the annual awards of the nation’s Best Restored Beaches. The award winning projects this year are the Illinois Beach State Park Shoreline Stabilization in Zion, Illinois, and the North Cove Coastal Systems Restoration in North Cove,
VOSTA LMG has received an order to convert a mining cutter suction dredger (CSD) from diesel to electric drive. Under the contract, all diesel engines will be replaced by electric motors and their drives, all suitable for the extreme climate conditions at the mine site. “The conversion will be done
Van Oord has just released the latest update on its massive Afsluitdijk project. In various locations, sections of the seabed are being excavated and transported by Van Oord’s vessels to be reused elsewhere along the Afsluitdijk. “Additionally, we are installing fascine mattresses at various points
To reduce CO2, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate emissions for maintenance dredging along the Dutch coast, Royal IHC is working with Rijkswaterstaat to develop a fully sustainable dredger: the H2-Hopper. This unique TSHD is powered by green hydrogen, has no emissions and is minimised in its ener
