The Swanton Welding team completed a very interesting task last month – a 1270 dredge project for a Baltimore based client. Swanton Welding Company began working on this 1270 Dredge project in February 2022 with a wrap-up in October 2022. This piece of equipment is currently at the painters in India
In response to the growing need for emission-free equipment, Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) unveiled a prototype battery-powered mini excavator at Bauma. The ZX23U-6EB epitomises the company’s aim to accelerate innovation to address the challenges of climate change and reduce gree
Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2022 (OEEC) will open its doors in less than two weeks. On the 29 & 30 November, the entire industry comes together in RAI Amsterdam to connect, discuss, share knowledge, meet and network. Content program Different markets meet under one roof to foster busine
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, is wrapping up work on the Post 45 Harbor Deepening project. As reported by the Corps, the Post 45 dredging project will make Charleston the deepest harbor on the East Coast. The officlas also added that this significant infrastructure developme
After years of effort, planning and success, the Port of Brownsville is about to begin one of its most important infrastructure projects to date, the Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project. The project, which could cost upwards of $300 million and is divided into two phases, is expected to
The Army Corps of Engineers plans to start this weekend work using a contracted dredge to clear critical shoaling in Bigfoot Slough just outside the N.C. Ferry Division’s Ocracoke-Silver Lake Terminal, the North Carolina Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. “We’re very thankful to partner
Jan De Nul’s latest addition to the fleet, the new water injection dredger Cosette is almost ready for delivery after successful sea trials in the Netherlands. According to the shipbuilder, Neptune Marine recently conducted sea trials near the shipyard in Aalst with flying colours. Neptune is now pu
The Coast Guard and good Samaritans rescued three boaters last week after a vessel fire near Galveston, Texas. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a report at 9:25 a.m. from the crew of the dredge barge Master Dylan of three people in the water near a 25-foot o
The Department of Transport has been advised that the Marine Engineering Division of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will be undertaking dredging and quay construction works at Smooth Point, Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre, Co. Donegal, Ireland. According to the Marine Notice No.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is working together with the coastal expertise from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, in the first of it’s kind deployment of a Radar Inlet Observing System (RIOS) to the lower Great Lakes. RIOS will be deployed at Conneaut Harbor
The Davao del Norte provincial government in the Philippines is set to boost public service delivery and enhance vital infrastructure with the acquisition of PHP265 million ($4.6 million) worth of brand-new vehicles and heavy equipment. In his recent statement, Governor Edwin Jubahib said that the n
Dredging operations for the Houston Ship Channel Expansion-Project 11 continue with multiple contractors working on site at the same time. According to the latest update, Port Houston is expediting the work by employing multiple dredge companies. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC is currently d
Thanks to the generosity of Cox Enterprises Chairman Emeritus and former Wetlands America Trust President Jim Kennedy and the James M. Cox Foundation, Ducks Unlimited (DU) will have an additional $2 million to support wetlands conservation. As the most generous individual donor in DU history, Kenned
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) introduced a new Zaxis-7 model with clamshell telescopic arm at Bauma last month. “The ZX350LC-7 is available with 30m reach and is ideal for removing soil from below ground. Assembled at HCME’s factory in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, this special app
