The Lake County Board of Commissioners, along with the Lake Development Authority and Kurtz Brothers Inc. held the groundbreaking of the North Park Sediment Recycling Facility on June 21st 2022. The North Park Sediment Recycling Facility, to be built and operated by Kurtz Brothers, is located at 775
With the collaboration of IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will organise its well-known Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation from 27 June until 1 July 2022 in Delft (NL). According to IADC, this five-day seminar strives to provide an
In order to simplify and transform dredging, DSC Dredge continues to leverage technology by taking DSC VISION to a new level and widening its scope with its announcement to release DSC VISION Survey+ . The announcement was made live by Bill Wetta, SVP of Product Development and Chief Technology Offi
Van Oord’s latest addition to the fleet, trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Ariane is undergoing final trials before she goes into operational service. At the moment the vessel is located off the Dutch coast, carrying out dredging and rainbowing work for the first time. The Vox Ariane is the first
DEME Group, a marine engineering company with a global presence, has signed a €20 million sustainable financing agreement with BBVA. The loan is part of an extensive financing package that will enable DEME to finance further investments in its dredging and environmental activities. Based in Zwijndre
Continental Engineering Corporation (CEC) last week announced the award of the “N-WH Project” Cross-Harbor Tunnel contract for the Ministry of National Defense. Located within the existing Zuoying military port in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, the project scope includes a cut & cover cross-harbor tunnel, port
New Jersey is about to receive $26 million for maintenance dredging of the Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers. According to Congressman Frank Pallone, the $26 million funding for maintenance dredging of the two rivers is coming from the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development spendin
Greenhouse gas emissions from coastal engineering do not only involve emissions from (dredging) vessels, but also from impacting sediments and coastal ecosystems. A new report by Wetlands International, developed with Witteveen+Bos and Deltares, outlines a simplified methodology for quantifying the
Featuring well-established flowmeter technology with a high end non-nuclear density meter, KROHNE recently presented the next generation of instrumentation for dredging applications – the OPTIFLUX 4300 ERT. Following the specifically designed OPTIFLUX 4000 series, the latest OPTIFLUX 4300 ERT delive
The City of Palmer, Alaska, recently purchased a new Mud Cat MC-40E, replacing a 20 year old Mud Cat E-Series dredge. The first dredge, which is still going strong, will be used as state mandated back-up unit. The Mud Cat 40 Electric auger dredge is remote controlled and is the most popular E-Series
United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC (GLDD), a Texas company, was sentenced on June 14, 2022 for violating the Clean Water Act in connection with an oil spill and ordered to pay a $1 million fine. According to court documents, GLDD admitted to
Last week, Weeks Marine Inc. began works on the $6.4 million Kill Devil Hills beach nourishment project in Dare County, NC. According to the Town of Kill Devil Hills, the beachfill project which commenced on Monday, June 13, will be taking place from the north town line south to Prospect Avenue. Onc
Harwich Haven Authority, and a joint venture between dredging contractors Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord, have just announced that they are supporting a local lobster hatchery, which aims to improve the sustainability of the lobster population on the North-East Essex Coast, England. The project i
Sorensen Civil Engineering Ltd has just released the latest update on the Dinish Wharf Extension Project. “Works on the new quay deck are now fully complete and will soon be handed over to our client for their operational use, which will be welcomed given the heavy volume of activity in this busy po
