A major dredging program on the Bude Canal is due to start in the coming weeks, Cornwall Council said. The work, which will be delivered by Cormac, will reinstate a safe navigable depth for watercraft along the canal and restore the role of the canal in carrying flood waters as part of the flood def
The Barnstable County dredge Cod Fish II has completed her first mission of the season – dredging and beach nourishment project at Parkers River and Seagull Beach in Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Originally scheduled to start in early November, the project was delayed awaiting the approval of the permit
While the journey has its challenges, there’s been progress towards the goal of dredging and removing the sandy sediment building up on the eastern shore of the entrance channel of Southport Harbor, an increasing concern to boat owners, according to a statement issued yesterday by the Fairfield Harb
As of the middle of December 2022, Boskalis Nederland has been operating a new completely electric cutter/profile suction dredger. The “BOKA E-Dredge 1” can do the job with a permanent shore connection and is therefore completely emission free. Currently, the dredger is making her first meters in th
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has just released this beautiful video about the India’s largest land reclamation project – the Mumbai Coastal Road Project. Mumbai Coastal Road Project (South) is 67 per cent complete now, BMC said in the latest project update. This capital development progr
The Netherlands’ Damen Marine Components (DMC) has won its first multi-vessel order in the USA. Four packages, each comprised of steering gear and rudders, five winches and two towing pin systems, will be supplied to US shipbuilder C&C Marine & Repair for four new-build Multi Cats 3013 workboats. Th
The City of Ocean City, New Jersey, announced last week that state regulators have renewed a dredging permit for Ocean City’s bay waters, including both private and public areas, for another five years. Set to expire in April, the permit now will extend until 2028. According to a news release from t
The Port of Long Beach is kicking off 2023 with plenty to celebrate. After years of planning, the port has finally received Federal Authorization for its Channel Dredging Project. On Dec. 23, President Joe Biden signed into law the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2022, the biennial legisla
In 2020, the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat announced a tender, as a part of their ‘Innovaties in de Kustlijnzorg’ (IKZ) that focused on sustainable and cost-effective solutions for coastal care. Together with MARIN, C-Job Naval Architects submitted the concept design of the Autonomous Underwater Maintenance
Scientists from the University of Texas at Arlington, University of Arkansas, and the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center used the USGS Coastal Storm Monitoring System (CoSMoS) recently to evaluate the effectiveness of a range of engineered, nature-based, and hybrid coastal adaptation str
Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Inc (VEHSI) has started the new year with the emergence of the first part of its artificial island in the Demerara River. The consortium managing the project hailed this as a momentous achievement and a first for Guyana. VEHSI is a joint venture between NRG Holdings Inc. – a
The River Parrett dredging work is about to begin this week, now between Burrowbridge and Northmoor. The project is organised by the Somerset Drainage Boards Consortium for the Somerset Rivers Authority – using contractors Van Oord. Today, the water injection dredger (WID) Borr was offloaded for ass
Royal IHC delivered recently a submersible dredge pump with high efficiency to its client Rohde Nielsen. “To ensure optimal production, deep dredging capability, fast hopper loading times and low levels of wear and maintenance our submersible dredge pump is installed as an integral unit in the sucti
The King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth has just announced that routine maintenance dredging is being conducted by ML (UK) Dredging Ltd within the footprint of Gosport Marina. As reported by the KHM Portsmouth, the dredging work which commenced in September is expected to last until approximately mid-F
