As the first point of contact with the soil a drag head is of vital importance to the entire dredging process. Although clay is one of the most difficult soils to dredge with a trailing suction hopper dredger, there is a solution – the Royal IHC Mighty Dragon drag head. Dredging soils such as clay [
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has announced the receipt of Notice to Proceed to perform essential improvements to the Brownsville Ship Channel for NextDecade Corporation’s Rio Grande LNG project. The work includes deepening the entrance channel to the western end of the RGLNG property
The dredging equipment for the Brigantine beach replenishment has arrived in the Absecon Inlet. Brigantine Mayor Vince Sera – NJ’s update said that the replenishment work is scheduled to begin around August 5th. In the area of the replenishment, survey crews (in boats) will be close to the shoreline
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) is gearing up for another construction project in Dharavandhoo. Earlier today, MTCC CEO Adam Azim and his team met with Secretariat of the Dharavandhoo Council, South Malhosmadulu to discuss status of B. Dharavandhoo Harbor Development Project. Accor
Boskalis has completed an important contribution to the realization of Canada’s first large-scale LNG export terminal. The final module for the LNG facility was recently successfully delivered to the Port of Kitimat by its heavy transport vessel Forte. For Boskalis this final transport marks the end
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Shoalway arrived in Dover this morning – getting ready for the next phase of planned dredging in the Outer Harbour. The vessel is owned and operated by Royal Boskalis Westminster, and their direct involvement with the Dover Western Docks Revival project mak
In collaboration with the Pacific Community (SPC), the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project (TCAP) has handed over to Government of Tuvalu a state-of-the-art online platform which, for the first time, allows the atoll nation to clearly identify, plan for, and reduce risks associated with sea level rise
HID Dredger, a Chinese manufacturer of dredgers and dredging equipment, joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) recently, and also signed partnership with Mr. Altai Borubaev, the National Science Academician from Kyrgyzstan, for the purpose of improving water quality by creating water pur
HEB Construction, the contractors building Ōpōtiki’s new harbour entrance, will shortly start opening a channel between the two new seawalls. Pakihikura Harbour and the area around the Waioeka River mouth will be closed to all boat traffic (except Coastguard) from today, so that the works and ongoin
EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz recently joined Governor Wes Moore and Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller to announce new strategies by Maryland for restoring water quality in the Chesapeake and Atlantic coastal bays. The governor ushered in a new phase of Chesapeake and coastal bay restoration
The Port of Rotterdam has reached another great milestone on the largest construction project currently taking place in the port—the development of the new quay walls in the Princess Amaliahaven. “Great news in at the Prinses Amaliahaven: all sections on both the Rotterdam World Gateway B.V. side as
Around 40% of the dredging work at Gwadar Port has been completed so far. The dredging process is currently underway to restore the original depth of the navigational channel at the port, allowing larger ships to operate smoothly. This work, conducted by the China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CH
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation (GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, said that the U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday attended the steel cutting ceremony for the construction of the Acadia, Great Lakes’ first offshore wind rock placement vessel. The steel c
On the evening of July 20th, Dutch Dredging’s trailing suction hopper dredger Elbe arrived in Montserrat in the Caribbean to kick off dredging operations in the Port Little Bay. Over the next few weeks, TSHD Elbe will dredge approximately 120,000m3 of material and dispose at the approved site approx
