The Sanibel renourishment project is set continue this week, as crews are about to close the parking lot to Lighthouse Beach. The City of Sanibel released a statement on Saturday announcing the identified areas near the Sanibel Lighthouse that will receive additional sand in response to erosion from
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the start of a $84 million Great Lakes cleanup project in Rouge River near Detroit. Sediments in the Lower Rouge River Old Channel are contaminated with polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, heavy metals, and polychlorinated biphenyls, or
York County, Maine, is moving forward with operationalizing the dredge with the signing of the first MOU agreement with a municipality. At the April 10th meeting, the York County Commission voted unanimously to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the City of Saco that outlines a
World Dredgers BV introduced its pioneering autonomous suction dredger in Ophhoven, Germany, earlier this week. This project is nearing completion and is expected to be finalized by the end of May 2024. Reading the maritime and dredging news, our readers may have noticed that autonomy is starting to
Muddy Water Dredging, LP celebrated a major corporate milestone today as it christened its first dredge, the Vaneta Marie. “The Muddy Water Team, led by Co-Founders Michael Kerns and Matt Devall, welcomed 100+ guests from across the Gulf to celebrate a vessel that will soon be deployed on critical n
The first Damen Cutter Suction Dredger CSD600 departed the company’s dredging yard in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, and is now being shipped to her new owner, PT. Dua Samudera Perkasa. The new dredger was towed to the Port of Rotterdam, where it was loaded aboard a heavy lift vessel that set sail for In
The dredging operations required for the construction of the new Scheldt tunnel for the Oosterweel Connection started in the Scheldt off the Antwerp port area earlier this week. According to oosterweelverbinding.be, this involves creating a temporary navigation channel so that the vessels can safely
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority is accepting bids through May 2 for dredging works in the Port of Cleveland. The work primarily consists of dredging approximately 3,395 cubic yards of sediment from docks 24E and 26W at the Port Authority’s General Cargo Terminal. The project also includes d
The final stage of the Old Colwyn new sea defenses, designed to protect village promenade, has been completed, Conwy County Borough Council said. The nearly £18M project, fully funded by Welsh Government, has included building a 720m long rock barricade in front of the existing seawall using 160,000
Ocean Scientific International Limited (OSIL) has delivered a network of 1.2m data buoys to Van Oord to monitor turbidity and dissolved oxygen levels in the location of dredging operations. A total of 9 data acquisition systems have been produced for Van Oord, and the fully integrated multi-discipli
Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd has introduced the latest addition to its marine fleet – the Giles S. According to the Port, the new vessel was named in honor of their friend and colleague, the late Giles Stimson. The naming ceremony, joined by port employees and the Stimson family, took place yesterday at
The world’s largest port has just added a new berth, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) said. The second phase of the Dapukou container terminal in the Jintang port area of Ningbo Zhoushan Port, constructed by CCCC, has passed its completion acceptance. This achievement marks the full
DEME has won two contracts from Prysmian for the engineering and installation works for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore grid systems in the Netherlands. According to DEME, this is the most extensive cabling award in the company’s history and marks their first project involving Prysmi
Neptune Americas & Marine has presented the E-Gator 45 cutter suction dredger, the epitome of sustainable dredging technology. Designed to operate with zero emissions, minimal noise, and vibration disturbance, the E-Gator 45 represents a significant leap forward in eco-friendly dredging solutions. I
