Canals and rivers are usually important economic lifelines. It is therefore crucial to maintain the depth and flow of these waterways by dredging accumulating sand, silt and other sediments in time. This not only allows – the ever bigger – ships to pass smoothly, it also prevents siltation and flood
Royal Boskalis B.V. revealed today the first half-year results, with strong increase in revenue and earnings. As reported, Boskalis completed a good first half year. The utilization of the fleet was high and all divisions posted a higher revenue combined with a sharp result increase. Compared to the
Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority will be undertaking a maintenance dredging project on the Lake Ontario side of the Burlington Canal. The Burlington Canal experiences a high degree of siltation resulting in the need for regular dredging of the canal. Dredging occurs in places where sediment tends to a
The world’s exclusive 14th Dredging & Land Reclamation World Summit 2023 is back again in Singapore with dredging professionals and reclamation practitioners gathering from September 5-8 to share latest case studies and strategies. According to the organizers, Equip Global, the summit is dedicated t
Marine Safety SA made announcement yesterday that dredging operations are set to commence in Lucky Bay from late August 2023. As reported, dredging will be undertaken near the entrance to the harbour and to some extent in the access channel. During the works, discharge pipeline will rest on the seab
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has just announced that the Final Report for Scarborough’s Urban Redevelopment has been approved for public review. THA commissioned JMetrix Ltd to further develop the conceptual plan presented at the first tranche of public consultations held in February – March 2
UK Dredging (UKD), part of Associated British Ports (ABP), and Damen recently signed a contract for construction of a new state of the art Water Injection Dredger (WID). Last month, UKD officials visited Rotterdam for a tour of Damen’s shipyard, where their new Shoalbuster 2711 WID will be built. Da
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regularly performs maintenance dredging of federal shipping channels throughout the nation to provide ease of navigation and safe passage to larger vessels that utilize the waterways carrying products vital to the economy. Over 200 million cubic yards of material is
In just under eight months, Jan De Nul Group’s Galileo Galilei – hailed as the largest dredger ever arrived on the Demerara River – has delivered on its mission. According to a press release from Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase Inc. (VEHSI), the one of the world’s largest hopper dredgers was deployed to the
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has won a $22.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for a dredging job on the Mississippi River. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Plaquemines, Louisiana, with an estimated completion d
Peel Ports Group has welcomed a new energy efficient LNG dredger for the first time as it continues to improve the sustainability of its dredging work. The UK’s second largest port operator used Dutch marine contractor Van Oord’s groundbreaking Vox Apolonia for maintenance dredging of the Port of Li
Royal IHC has just released a very interesting article named ‘Technology word of the month – Critical velocity’. A pipeline operators main concern is to prevent blockages. So how fast do we need to pump a slurry through a pipeline? At high velocities slurry particles are in motion, typically by slid
The Queen Pool Lake Dredge restoration project is complete, according to the Blenheim Palace. Land & Water has been working tirelessly around the clock collecting over 300,000 cubic metres of silt and restoring the Queen Pool back to its original depth. The project, which began in April 2022, includ
The Dredging Contractors of America (DCA) said that they strongly support the development of a robust offshore wind industry. “As the industry grows in the United States and along the U.S. East Coast, the DCA and its companies are working with state and federal regulators on matters related to dredg
