USACE Los Angeles District deputy commander, Lt. Col. Stephen Brooks, met January 9 with the district’s project-delivery team managing dredging operations at Marina del Rey Harbor and partners from LA County to see the work in action. The dredging, which started January 1 and is scheduled to take fi
Jan De Nul Group has been busy lately dredging at the Port of Rostock, Germany. Awarded by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV), the project includes deepening of the approach channel (Seekanal) and the Rostock Port area. Currently, the fleet of 10 vessels is engaged in this dredg
Despite the many challenges faced this year on the Mississippi River, the St. Louis District’s Dredge Potter, M/V Pathfinder mechanical dredge, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District’s Dredge Goetz, barge industry partners, and U.S. Coast Guard Sector Upper Mississippi River kept waterborne
USACE New England District Realty Specialists Craig Martin, Kate Mueller and Tyler Maryak performed a site visit to Scarborough, ME, on January 5, 2024. This project consists of a maintenance dredge of the Scarborough River Federal Navigation Project that involves the removal of approximately 111,00
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has just announced that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is about to begin mobilizing heavy equipment for the Montauk beach nourishment project. According to the Corps, the all-sand beach nourishment of Downtown Montauk was initially scheduled for late 20
This weekend, Dredge America Inc will be staging equipment and supplies at the Ohio River Boat Launch in preparation for the dredging of sediment downstream of the dock. According to the City of Paducah (KY), the contractor expects to begin the annual maintenance dredging in approximately two weeks
IDB Invest is set to provide $103 million in financing to Terminal Cuenca del Plata S.A. (TCP), including the mobilization of resources for $46 million from Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. (BBVA) for the design, construction and operation of the expansion of the Port of Montevideo. Additionally
DEME Group’s cutter suction dredger ‘Amazone’ and hopper dredgers ‘Artevelde’, ‘Marieke’, and ‘Pallieter’ are moving ahead with the enormous task of removing the remaining peninsula at the New Lock Terneuzen project. Also, DEME’s backhoe dredger ‘Peter the Great’ recently joined the fleet of four dr
The maintenance dredging operations at the Port of Rio Grande, Brazil, are moving forward according to schedule. At the moment, the project is 73% finalized, Correio do Povo reports. So far, the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Utrecht removed two million cubic meters of sediments from the acc
The performance of any dredger is highly dependent on the efficiency of the slurry pump. That’s why for decades Royal IHC has been researching how these can work more efficiently. The latest findings have led to the development of a new generation of dredge pumps with three major improvements: Cutte
The Abu Qir Marine Port Container Terminal in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria has started its operation, Xinhua said. Chinese cargo ship “Zhong Gu Ji Lin” loaded with 2,000 standard containers docked at a completed section of the terminal on Tuesday morning, marking the official opening. The
The City of Oak Harbor, WA, and Island County have signed a $1 million grant agreement for the Marina Dredging Project. At its Jan. 2 meeting, the council authorized Mayor Ronnie Wright to sign the Rural County Economic Development Interlocal Agreement for the Oak Harbor Marina dredging project. The
MAN Energy Solutions will supply 3 × MAN 49/60 engines for new Boskalis’ 31,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). According to MAN, each engine will come accompanied by an exhaust-gas after-treatment system, namely an MAN Low-Pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction (LP-SCR) system, that ensu
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has just released this amazing video about the Lake Borgne Marsh Creation Project. Lake Borgne is located southeast of Lake Pontchartrain, separated by The Rigolets and the stretches of I-10 and Highway 90 that connect New Orleans East to
