New York Congressman Nick Langworthy visited Barcelona Harbor in Chautauqua County earlier this week. Langworthy was joined by Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel, Westfield Town Supervisor Martha Bills, and other officials. “It was great to join Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel to tour the B
Over the past few months, excellent progress has been made on the overhaul of the hopper dredge CURRITUCK, which is currently getting a $9.6 million makeover at Memphis District’s Ensley Engineer Yard. Earlier this week, the Ensley crew moved the CURRITUCK off the drydock so they could move on to th
FSUE Rosmorport is set to start developing a technical design of a new 1,000cbm trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for the Caspian and Azov seas. This info was revealed earlier this week by Vasily Strugov, Deputy General Director of Rosmorport, at the 6th Hydraulic Engineering and Dredging Congr
Damen Shipyards today invited members of the Bangladeshi maritime community to join the company’s experts for the seminar to be held in the evening of 6th of March 2023 at the Amari hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh. There, local operators from the private and public sectors will have the opportunity to fi
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a cutter suction dredger CSD500 to MAR Marine & Building Contractor L.L.C., a UAE-based contractor. The dredger has been shipped from Damen Dredging in the Netherlands to Dubai. For its first project, the dredger will be utilised at the Al Hamriyah Port Expansion
IHC Mining hosted Vale officials Álvaro Nacif de Carvalho and Nelson do Prado Junior earlier this week. Together with IHC’s Geraldo Azevedo, they came in Kinderdijk to inspect the new Beaver® 45 dredger and the DMC workboat. Also, the guests will be present for tests before the equipment travels to
Rohde Nielsen dredging crews are very busy at the moment, undertaking a very important dredging project in Grådyb, Denmark The company has just released these amazing photos of its two TSHDs, Ask R and Magni R, working on this maintenance dredging program for the Danish Coastal Authority. To maintai
The Army Corps contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC has completed beachfill operations in Ocean City, NJ. Work commenced in early November 2022 when the pipe from the dredge landed on the Morningside Road beach, and sand-pumping operations began on Nov. 21, 2022. The first phase of the
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has reported financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022. As reported, the fourth quarter continued to be impacted by a significantly delayed bid market combined with high inflation, significant weather delays on projects in the Nor
Rocky Point boat launch and docks are open to the public again following the maintenance dredging campaign carried out this month. Since early February, the Rocky Point boat facilities were closed due to the dredging works in the navigational channel of the Port Moody Arm. Dredging has been done her
With the arrival of the main pontoon at Damen dredging yard, the transformation of their CSD range is underway. “Equipped with an integrated spud carriage as standard, this innovative design features three pontoons instead of 6 – fast and practical assembly and still transportable by road,” said Dam
Royal IHC recently decided to use Bachmann hardware and software on its standardized Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers. The Easydredge is IHC’s range of smaller-sized TSHDs, with hopper capacities from 500 up to 4000 cubic metres. For larger hopper capacities, Royal IHC directs its clients to its Bea
Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) Board Chair, Joel Wooten, GPA Executive Director, Griff Lynch, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Colonel, Joseph Geary, have signed an agreement to begin the design phase for the Brunswick Harbor Modifications Project. The project will expand the Cedar Hammock Range, all
Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale, a member of MedCruise, is accelerating dredging operations to accommodate the large cruise ship arrivals expected in the summer months. The operations speed up alongside the cruise and ferry terminal quays to ensure completion ahead of schedul
