Underwater Mechanix Services has won a contract for the dredging and restoration works in Jacksonville. The project includes dredging sections of both Big Fishweir Creek and Little Fishweir Creek, as explained by USACE’s David Ruderman. Big Fishweir Creek is located approximately four miles to the s
Dutra has just released this beautiful photo from the maintenance dredging operations at San Rafael Creek, located in Marin County. This photo was taken inside the San Rafael Creek for the cities portion of the project, digging the boat slips to a dredge depth of 6’. (Photo credit to Dutra employee,
Liebherr has just released this very interesting video named ‘Hard Grounds of the Gulf’. In the video, the company is showing how Liebherr USA, Co. customers utilize the HS 8300 duty cycle crawler crane to perform dredging projects around the Gulf of Mexico. The HS 8300 with its impressive load capa
Hall Contracting announced today that their Townsville crew has reached the halfway point of the Port of Townsville Channel Upgrade project, having successfully dredged 50% of the total 3.4 million cubic metres of material. Hall is currently widening the Platypus Channel and Sea Channel, which will
Dredge America, Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri, is starting work on the $5.9 million Cedar Lake dredging project. According to the Town officials, the contractor will be transporting additional fused pipeline (9am – 12pm today) from South Shore Country Club parking lot into the lake to connect onto t
Sunshine Coast Council has just released these beautiful photos from the Maroochydore sand renourishment program. Council will use sand from the Maroochy River to widen and restore the beach to provide protection from future storms. Sand is pumped onto the beach to replenish it before the summer sto
Multiple public officials made their way out to Dewey Beach to see the progress of the latest beach replenishment program. Delaware Senator Tom Carper was one of those officials who was in Dewey Beach yesterday. During the visit, he that said that this and other beach replenishment projects along th
Høj Nordic Marine Contractor has completed dredging operations at the Port of Randers, Denmark. “The dredging project at Randers Havn has now been completed. The fairway’s depth of 7 meters has thus been re-established,” the company said in the announcement. Dredging of the harbor kicked off last su
Marielle Garadaets, Dutch Ambassador to the Philippines, held a consultation meeting with Cavite fisherfolk recently to look into the impacts of dredging activities to people and the environment in Manila Bay. In particular, the Dutch ambassador is looking into the alleged adverse environmental and
Russian naval architecture firm Stapel introduced a new design of self-propelled amphibious dredger recently. The 11-metre vessel will be capable of sand and silt extraction and reservoir cleanup works. It is amphibious and can independently enter and exit the water without the help of third-party m
The Dredge Jadwin departed Vicksburg Harbor yesterday morning to begin the 2023 dredging season. The Vicksburg District Commander Col. Christopher Klein attended the annual crew breakfast and awarded commander’s coins to personnel who assisted last year’s stellar season. These efforts included detai
Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins issued the following statement for National Maritime Day, May 22, 2023.“Maritime infrastructure plays a significant role in South Louisiana’s economy. Our district is a testament to the importance of the maritime industry in preserving our heritage, bolstering our
Following successful sea trials, Weeks Marine has taken delivery of its newest trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD), the R.B. Weeks. The vessel is named in honor of Richard B. Weeks, a co-founder of Weeks Marine, and is the sister vessel of the Magdalen, named after Richard B. Weeks’ wife, Magdalen
The first large-scale chain bucket dredger – manufactured by HID Dredgers in China – has officially started operation at the Yahekou Reservoir. The large chain bucket dredging vessel has a total length of 59 meters, a width of 8.9 meters, a depth of 2.2 meters, a maximum dredging depth of 15 meters,
