The dredging of the fairway to the Danish Port of Thyboron – Thyboron Canal – is now complete. A water depth of 10m in the fairway from the North Sea and between the pier heads into the outer harbour and all the way down to the Limfjordskaj quays in Sydhavnen is now a reality. For […]
Foyle Marine Dredging has just reported a busy start to 2022 – the company is active on three sites in the UK and Ireland. “Today was a good day as we take delivery of a new Hitachi EX1200-7 from Belgium,” the company said. “This EX1200 has a 30metre outreach and an impressive load curve and [&helli
ESPO has just announced that Niedersachsen Ports, Germany, is once again being certified through the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). With a total of 15 port locations, Niedersachsen Ports is the largest operator of public seaports in Germany. A committed member of the EcoPorts Ne
Jan De Nul’s hopper and cutter dredgers have radioactive sources on board – they measure the density to determine the productivity of the vessel. The maintenance of these sources requires a safe and controlled approach. Quality, Health, Safety, Security and Environment (QHSSE) Advisor, Benjamín Tenc
Dredging Africa‘s cutter suction dredger CSD250 Indlovu, built by Damen, is working on a harbour construction project. With its extended ladder it dredges to -9m depth. According to Damen, the sediment is pumped though a 300m floating pipe line into low areas in the harbour floor. A diffuser minimis
Pacific Shipyards International (PSI) recently dry docked the Army Corps hopper dredger Essayons for annual repairs and maintenance. According to USACE, many components of a ship can only be inspected while in drydock. Crews visually check everything below the waterline for damage that may have occu
Foyle and Marine Dredging is starting the year with a bang as the company returns to Castletownbere, Ireland, to continue the work on the refurbishment of Dinish Wharf. This week the company started construction of the new Temporary Loadout Quay that will be used to load primary and secondary armour
Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Johor, Malaysia, has just unveiled an ambitious plan to invest RM750 million ($179 million) in the expansion of its capacity in 2022. According to their chief executive officer, Marco Neelsen, the port, which currently has a capacity of 11.5 million twenty-foot equival
USACE has found a safe dumping site for the dredged materials, allowing the dredging work for Sandusky’s Harbor to resume this year, Sandusky Register reports. In its recently released annual report, the USACE Buffalo District updated its dredging efforts, which helps keep commerce flowing in Ohio’s
Manson Construction Co. of Seattle, Washington, recently presented an interesting article about the Pier 8 replacement project at Naval Base San Diego (NBSD), California. Over the last 20 years, Manson has played a vital role in the upgrades of the base’s waterfront facilities – completing three maj
The largest ever dredging and land reclamation project in DEME’s history – the Abu Qir Port in Egypt – is moving forward. DEME said that this capital project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land. It also involves deepening of the port’s approach channel to 23m and dredging of a tur
The massive development of a new container handling port at Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, is nearing its completion. “This year, we look forward to the opening of our new state of the art Cork Container Terminal,” Port of Cork Company said in their latest announcement. Work on the €86m project – the bigges
A major beach resiliency project is underway on Martha’s Vineyard, with dune restoration and the relocation of an oversand vehicle (OSV) trail taking place on South Beach and Norton Point Beach in Edgartown, MA. The Trustees and Dukes County are project partners in this restoration work, which aims
In exactly two weeks the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden will be officially put into use by Rijkswaterstaat. The new sea lock – being 70 metres wide, 500m long and 18m deep – was completed earlier in 2021 by the OpenIJ consortium. Over the last couple of months, the new IJmuiden lock has been [
