The 53rd Texas A&M University Annual Dredging Engineering Short Course will be held in person from January 8-12, 2024. The course, which attracts a wide range of audiences from state, local, and federal governments, consultants, contractors, and academic researchers, focuses on dredging, dredge tech
DEME has won several dredging contracts in Africa, estimated to be worth between €50-150 million. Present in Africa for more than half a century, DEME is currently working in several countries on the continent. Among the projects won is a deal in Grand-Lahou, Ivory Coast, where DEME will carry out d
The Town of Topsail Beach (NC) has announced that the 2023-2024 Channel Dredging and Beach Nourishment project is set to begin this week. According to the town, this is set to be a full scale beach nourishment project with dredging through New Topsail Inlet, Banks Connector Channel, the Cut Through
Trailing suction hopper dredger Elbe, mainly active in the Caribbean and South America, recently completed an interesting project in Costa Rica – dredging of the Caldera Port. Working for the client, Sociedad Portuaria Granelera de Caldera (SPGC), Dutch Dredging completed maintenance dredging of the
The Environment Agency in partnership with Eastbourne Borough Council are developing a new, +£100 million large coastal flood and erosion risk management project for Pevensey Bay to Eastbourne. This will be one of the largest coastal flood risk projects in the UK. The Environment Agency is aiming fo
The Weeki Wachee River, located approximately 40 miles north of Tampa in Florida’s Springs Coast, is home to mullet, manatees, and mermaids. Over the past hundred years, the river has experienced significant ecological shifts, caused by both natural and human activities, including sedimentation. Des
IHC Mining has secured order from Kenmare Resources for the construction and delivery of two large customised mining dredgers. The dredgers – both to be built at Royal IHC’s yard in Kinderdijk (Netherlands) – will each have a total installed power of 6,800 kVA and a cutter power of 1,350 kW. As they
JPC Group Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, yesterday won a $9.5 million USACE contract for maintenance dredging of the Shrewsbury River. According to the Corps, work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of December 24, 2023. The Shrewsbury Ri
Russell Marine LLC has officially kicked off construction of the new Wharf 7 at Port Houston. The Wharf 7 project consists of 1,000 linear feet of new wharf construction at Bayport Container Terminal. The work also includes dredging of approximately 300,000 CY of wet and dry excavation, 68,000 LF of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has resumed sand placement for the Broward County shore renourishment at Hallandale Beach. The project was paused from June through October for turtle nesting. Construction resumed in early November at the Hallandale Beach site and will continu
Straatman BV has released the fourth and final newsletter of 2023, sharing some updates about current projects and developments within the company. This autumn, the company was present at the Gastech event in Singapore where they had some really interesting meetings with the clients. Furthermore, St
In the harbour of Veracruz, Mexico, three Damen Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSD) were commissioned by the Mexican Secretary of the Navy (Secretaría de Marina, SEMAR). The dredgers – built in the Netherlands by Damen Dredging Equipment (DDE) – have been acquired as part of a fleet expansion program, and
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is about to begin maintenance dredging of the Lower Pensacola Federal Navigation channel in Pensacola, Florida. In preparation for mobilization, heavy equipment, and materials can already be seen on and near Perdido Key. A cutter dredge and hydraulic pipeline
The Friends of a Clean Hudson (FOCH) coalition yesterday released a new, independent, scientific assessment of the Hudson River PCBs Superfund site, which says that “dredging remedy” has failed to ensure the protection of human and environmental health because the concentration of toxic PCBs in the
