Keppel Shipyard has completed the lengthening of Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Oranje from 156 to 201 metres. The length extension project follows the similar extension of Boskalis‘ hopper dredging vessel Prins der Nederlanden, which was conducted in the first half of 2022. The co
Dredging operations at the Port of São Francisco do Sul in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina are now complete. The maintenance dredging work – carried out with the dredging vessel Optimus – was undertaken at berths 301 and 302 of the Santa Catarina Terminal (Tesc). During the project, approximat
DEME Group has just announced that Els Verbraecken, the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will leave DEME in the spring of 2024. Els Verbraecken joined DEME in 2002 and has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of the group in 2013. Throughout her time at DEME, as CFO, head of DEME’s Fina
Hagler Systems of Augusta, GA, has commissioned the company’s latest Kraken Series ‘McClelland Dredge’. According to the company, this new vessel was launched yesterday at a customer’s mine site in Alberta, Canada. The Dredge is 175 feet long x 57 feet wide, weighing in at 1.7 million pounds, and sh
The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) set a new port record yesterday with the arrival of the vessel ONE STORK, the largest container ship to ever call Jacksonville. Operated by shipping line Ocean Network Express (ONE) within THE Alliance network of ocean carriers, the ONE STORK has a carrying
McLaughlin & Harvey, working on behalf of DP World, recently began work on the construction of a fourth container berth at DP World London Gateway Port. This investment of £350m at the London Gateway logistics hub will boost the local economy, bolster supply chain resilience and increase capacity to
MidCoast Council is about to undertake a sand renourishment program onto Jimmys Beach in the following days to protect the area from coastal erosion. “Sand renourishment is undertaken each autumn to provide a buffer to protect assets such as the road,” said Council’s Director of Engineering and Infr
Weeks Marine hopper dredge Magdalen has completed the pumping of sand in the Town of Duck. “Please be aware, some shore pipe and equipment is still on the beach around Nor’banks Drive,” the town said in the update. The equipment will be transported down to Southern Shores throughout the week. The re
Van Oord, Caterpillar and Pon are joining forces to explore the development of zero exhaust-emission heavy duty equipment. Electrification of heavy-duty earthmoving equipment brings challenges, the companies said. Facing these challenges calls for front running companies to work together. To gather
Preconstruction engineering and design work is underway for the Upper Barataria Basin Risk Reduction project, with support from the USACE St. Paul District. In this video, Col. Cullen Jones, commander, New Orleans District, joined Col. Eric Swenson, commander, St. Paul District, as they discuss the
Rohde Nielsen has completed the Port Beach sand renourishment project in Australia – awarded by the Port of Fremantle and the City of Fremantle. The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Modi R has been in seasonal operation since July 2022 and has dredged 150.000 m3 of sand from the Fremantle Port
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hopper dredge MURDEN has begun maintenance dredging of the Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida. As reported, the vessel is dredging sections of the Ponce de Leon Inlet and nearby sections of the Intracoastal Waterway. The Murden is expected to remove approximately 60,000 c
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is dredging the Oceanside Harbor inlet to ensure the safe navigation of vessels. According to the City, the dredged sand is being deposited south of the Pier and the equipment will continually move south. The project is expected to be complete by Memorial Day weekend
In a UK first, the Environment Agency, BAM, Arup and Tarmac have successfully trialled the use of two low carbon concrete mixes for works at the Hexham Flood Alleviation Scheme. The low-carbon concrete has been used across 3 panels, totalling 27 metres of the £6.5 million Hexham flood defences, as p
