The Damen Dredging service team was very busy recently, working on the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Marinus G. The TSHD is owned by Gebroeders Van der Lee. “My colleagues, Roland van de Weerdt and Matthew Van Heerden, replaced the dredge pumps seals during a general pump overhaul,” said Da
By the end of the year, Charleston Harbor will be 52 feet deep, making it the deepest harbor on the east coast. This is no overnight success story. In fact, USACE has deepened and maintained the harbor for 140 consecutive years. “When we first started in 1852, the harbor was only 17 feet deep,” USAC
Ahmed Abd El Hameed, Project Engineer at DEME Group, has just released this beautiful photo from the largest ever dredging and land reclamation project in DEME’s history – the Abu Qir Port in Egypt. According to DEME, this project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land. It also invol
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise yesterday released the following statement after the House passed the Water Resources Development Act of 2022: “Passage of this WRDA bill is great news for South Louisiana, and I’m pleased that many of the hurricane and flood protection priorities I’ve fought for
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials said that the Muskegon Harbor dredging works could begin as early as Friday or Saturday, depending on weather. The President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget included operations and maintenance funding for Muskegon Harbor with the Corps of Engineers expecting to a
Yamaha Rightwaters has committed $225,000 over three years to support Ducks Unlimited’s Gulf Coast Initiative (GCI). This initiative focuses on restoring and enhancing coastal wetlands in Texas and Louisiana that are areas of significant importance for waterfowl and fisheries. In addition to support
Work on the Hoarafushi Airport Shore Protection Project is moving ahead, with overall 55% project progress so far. The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) revealed today that the breakwater profiling operations and construction of groyne are currently ongoing, with 94% and 70% completi
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has announced that Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania, will receive $1.5 million for beach nourishment and sand replenishment in the USACE’s fiscal year 2022 Work Plan and FY2023 budget. “I am very pleased that the Army Corps of Engineers has once again re
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has announced the exercise of the contract option to build a second 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) with Conrad Shipyard in Amelia, Louisiana. With expected delivery in the first quarter of 2025, the new vessel will be a si
Another important piece of dredging equipment is leaving the Straatman BV factory. This female part of a pinch ball joint, engineered and manufactured at their own factory in Zwijndrecht, has an inner diameter of Ø1000 mm and a maximum working pressure of 28 bar. Pinch ball joints are used on cutter
Australia’s largest backhoe dredge, Woomera continues to make good progress on the $232m Port of Townsville Channel Upgrade project. The Woomera is working to widen Townsville’s 14.9km shipping channel from 92 metres to 180 metres at the inshore (Port) end, tapering to 120 metres at the seaward end.
DC Dredging B.V. has just released these beautiful photos of the trailing suction hopper dredgers Rio and DC Ostend working in the Port of Gdańsk. This dredging project is called ‘Improving access to the Port of Gdańsk – modernisation of fairway 2’. Within the framework of this undertaking, it is pl
A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District contractor, LS Marine of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, will begin island construction work in Pigs Eye Lake this week. USACE, in partnership with Minnesota’s Ramsey County, awarded a $14.7 million contract last June to LS Marine, Inc., to restore h
The Village of Pentwater, Michigan, has just announced that funding has been secured for their channel dredging project. According to the officials, the emergency dredging of the harbor is set to begin on June 15 (weather permitting). Viking Marine Construction has been contracted by the Village to
