At approximately 10 a.m. yesterday, the M/V Kaye E. Barker grounded just off the Muskegon outer breakwall as it approached the harbor at a slow speed, Interlake Steamship Company said. The vessel grounded near the Muskegon pier, mirroring a similar grounding by the same ship in April 2022. According
Pioneering dredging company, Haven Dredging, has just announced that so far it has been granted patent protection in more than 85 counties for its new technology, Tiamat. The innovative agitation dredging solution, Tiamat, offers lower maintenance dredging costs and is a cleaner process compared to
Another phase of the Kingstown Port Modernisation Project is set to begin today, the Agency For Public Information – St. Vincent and the Grenadines said. According to Assistant Project Manager in the Project Implementation Unit, Lenski Douglas, the all clear has been given for AECON to begin offshor
Dredge renaming and christening ceremonies honor the service men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces and provide an opportunity to recognize the commitment and hard work of the Encore team. In the days of ancient mythology, it was widely believed that a Roman king of the sea, Neptune, and a Greek rul
The Healey-Driscoll Administration last week announced more than $1 million in grants to Barnstable County and the Town of Edgartown through the Massachusetts Dredging Program’s Regional Equipment Grant Round, the first grant round to offer focused funding to coastal municipalities for the purchase
Significant progress has been confirmed on the Greencastle Breakwater project with Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue approving the foreshore lease for the project and Donegal County Council confirming the appointment of Foyle & Marine Dredging as contractor for the project. Next steps for the
HID Dredging, a Chinese manufacturer of dredgers and dredging equipment, assembled the largest chain bucket dredger in Shandong Province today. According to HID, the chain bucket dredger has a 57-meter length, a dredging depth of up to 15 meters, and a production capacity of 850T per hour. “The dred
Louisiana is celebrating the organizations around the state working proactively toward a more sustainable and resilient coast. Gov. John Bel Edwards officially proclaimed April 24th – April 28th as Coastal Industry Week for the state. “I am proud to proclaim Coastal Industry Week in Louisiana to bri
The energy transition brings many uncertainties in the development of sustainable dredging vessels and equipment. At the CEDA/KNVTS meeting in Rotterdam last week, Bernardete Castro, Director Sustainability at Royal IHC, showed how Royal IHC is helping its customers to better manage this uncertainty
Land & Water is in the process of completing the largest winter dredge of Gloucester Dock. The firm, which carries out work at the dock and on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal each year as part of an ongoing framework with the Canal & River Trust, will be carrying out backhoe dredging to remove appr
Following a robust and science-based environmental assessment conducted by an independent Review Panel, the Government of Canada has approved Vancouver Fraser Port Authority-led Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project. According to the officials, the Government has decided the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Projec
Oleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for Recovery of Ukraine – Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development, recently met with a delegation of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) headed by the Bank’s President Odile Renaud-Basso, to talk about the
A Draft Environmental Assessment examining a plan restore Pohoiki Bay “to a shape and depth that resembles pre-eruption conditions to the extent possible” is now available. The Pohoiki Boat Ramp Dredging of Volcanic Debris Draft EA was published in The Environmental Notice for April 23. The Hawaiʻi
Port Stephens Council said that they are encouraging all residents to have their say on how the manage the coastline now and into the future. Council is developing a Coastal Management Program (CMP) in accordance with the Coastal Management Act 2016, setting the long-term strategy for managing the c
