St. Tammany Parish Government (LA) will dredge the Pearl River Navigational Canal near the West Pearl River, following permitting approval from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. “This marks a long overdue and fantastic day for our boaters, fisherman and hunters on the beautiful West Pearl River,” sa
For the second time this year, ML (UK) Dredging is returning to Gosport to conduct maintenance dredging of the ferry ponton. Similar to the July campaign, the second round of dredging will take place in the vicinity of the Ferry berthing pontoon on the Gosport side of the harbour. According to the K
Jenkins Marine recently acquired new vessel, the 37t Bollard Pull capability Damen MultiCat named “Wind Lass“. The “Wind Lass“ boasts a large clear deck space and wide beam for stability and project cargo handling. The powerful bollard pull, with the use of three Caterpillar C32 TTA engines, makes i
DEME Group today presented the half-year results 2023, demonstrating strong and consistent performance of the company’s business operations. According to DEME, the first half was characterised by solid growth of the orderbook, revenue and EBITDA, despite having several large-scale projects in the Of
Department of Transport, Western Australia, is about to begin another maintenance dredging campaign at the Port Geographe Marina. As reported, dredging works at the entrance to the marina will commence in September 2023 and will proceed until approximately early March 2024. “Dredging will mainly occ
The Disposal Area Monitoring System (DAMOS) Program was started in 1977 by the New England District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to manage and monitor dredged material disposal sites in the District. DAMOS is a comprehensive monitoring program designed and conducted to address environmental c
Port of Aberdeen has been shortlisted in the ‘Construction Project of the Year’ category of the Trades Awards 2023. The expanded Port of Aberdeen has been shortlisted for its £420 million investment in the construction of Aberdeen South Harbour, the UK’s largest marine infrastructure project. The aw
Earlier this year, Brance Diversified, Inc. (BDI) utilized the Liebherr HS 8100.1 duty cycle crawler crane for dredging work off the coast of Florida. The company spent approximately two months dredging 50,000 cubic yards in Jacksonville, FL. BDI chose to use their Liebherr HS 8100.1 crane to comple
DEME Group has just announced that they are deploying additional resources that will speed up the work on the Abu Qir project in Egypt. According to DEME, trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ will once again return to the country to create new land for the Abu Qir 2 port expansion project.
Next week, Van Oord will hold a christening ceremony for their two new vessels, the Vox Alexia and Calypso. Vox Alexia is named after Her Royal Highness Princess Alexia, the second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. According to Van Oord, she accepted the invitati
The Port of Coos Bay and NorthPoint Development have submitted a proposal for the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port (PCIP) project for the second round of Mega grant funding. The PCIP is considered to be a project of national significance by creating a new gateway for west coast imports and exports for
The 55m trailing suction hopper dredger Kawatiri was beached over the weekend in Westport, New Zealand, for planned maintenance. According to Buller District Council, the dredge was beached in the fisherman’s basin at 7am on Sunday (27 August) and came off at 6pm. Dredge Master Kawatiri Steve Christ
Three weeks into maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channel off Bowditch Point, the Corps team has removed more than 60,000 cubic yards of material for nearshore dispersal via a submerged pipeline off Fort Myers Beach. According to the Corps, the offshore dispersion is proceeding south f
International Association of Dredging Companies has just announced that 9 submissions are in the running for IADC’s Safety Award 2023, one of these submissions is from – Van Oord. Van Oord’s LNG training on its fleet of LNG powered dredgers provides crew with system specific knowledge for safe opera
