Royal IHC has just released their Annual Figures 2020, saying that the first half of 2020 for the company was dominated by refinancing and recapitalisation, and a transition to new shareholders. The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on order intakes throughout 2020 and the possibilities of workin
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Director of Civil Works, Alvin Lee, signed the director’s report that recommends improvements to the Lowell Creek flood diversion project on May 19 in Washington, D.C. This action marks the completion of the Alaska District’s feasibility study and advances the propo
The Suncor Nature Way trails and parking in Sarnia, Southwestern Ontario, will be closed for at least eight weeks for sediment removal. The closure will start on Monday, May 31, due to the Stormwater Management Facility (SWMF) sediment removal project. The SWMF was constructed in 2004 for the develo
DEME Group has just released a sneak peek behind the scenes of two of their mega projects – New Lock Terneuzen and Fort Sint-Filips. “We are joining more than 100 construction sites which open their doors to the public on May 30 during ‘Open Wervendag’, a special open day held by the Belgian Constru
Scarborough Marine Group, a Marmora based dredging company, has just released this beautiful photo from their dredging project in Avalon, New Jersey. The contract was awarded by the Avalon Borough Council in April. This project is to provide an interim cleanup of shoaled locations of Princeton Harbo
In an effort to salvage highly valuable corals severely damaged in Honolulu Harbor’s channel, the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) has taken emergency action to recover as many living pieces as possible. The damage took place two weeks ago and was caused by a dredging platform’s anchor and c
USACE Wilmington District has just released this very interesting video named ‘The Dredge Murden Night Operations – Big Foot Slough’. In April 2021, USACE’s dredging vessel Murden was performing emergency dredging in Big Foot Slough to open the channel for ferries, the USCG, and other vessels. The s
Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI) has won another major maintenance dredging contract for the year 2021-22. The contract calls for maintenance dredging of channels and basins at Cochin Port by deploying Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHDs). The project, worth over $16 million, foresees
Deepening and maintaining waterways and navigation channels through the use of dredges allow for the safe movement of ships and cargo in the maritime industry. Investments in the dredging fleet are now being viewed as a critical step in supporting new developments, including environmental restoratio
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District has completed a Final Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) for the Channel Islands Harbor breakwater and jetty repair project. In the SEA, USACE proposes to install three sets of concrete staircases, replace in kind the existing navigatio
Cobourg Marina has begun its annual spring removal of built-up sediment in the Cobourg Harbour, boat launch and the inner harbour basin. Each year, a significant amount of silt and sediment is carried along the north shore of Lake Ontario by waves and currents and deposited at the mouth of the harbo
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District officials participated yesterday in a ribbon cutting ceremony in the City of Topeka to celebrate the completion of the Kansas River Levee Improvements. The 5 year $30 million project that was completed under budget and ahead of schedule will hel
Orion Group Holdings today announced two contract awards totaling approximately $38 million. The Company’s Marine segment has been awarded a contract valued at $28.5 million to perform demolition and construction to establish a new aquatic habitat to benefit juvenile salmon in the Puget Sound area o
Damen Dredging Equipment, the specialist in highly efficient dredging tools within the Damen Shipyards Group, has successfully delivered six cutter suction dredgers to the Secretaria de Marina, Mexico. For this project, five standard dredgers type CSD500 and one type CSD450 have been manufactured an
