Classification society Bureau Veritas has issued an ‘approval in principle’ (AiP) for Royal IHC’s hydrogen-fuelled trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). In an innovation partnership with the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat, Royal IHC is exploring a new type of vessel referred to as the ‘LEAF’ (low energy ad
A 90-day dredging project to deepen and widen the channels within Shallowbag Bay and Roanoke Sound in Manteo has been completed, Dare County reports. The main goal of this program is to open up the waterways for many vessels that had previously been unable to navigate the shallow waters due to shoal
A $1.36 million project to dredge Theresa Creek Dam will help future proof Clermont’s water security, Queensland’s Isaac Regional Council announced today. The council has engaged a contractor to remove 12,000 cubic metres of the dam’s built-up sediment by the end of May. Commenting the latest news,
The City of New York is about to build two Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) retention tanks to control contaminated solids discharges at the Gowanus Canal Superfund site in Brooklyn, NY. As ordered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the city will construct and operate two CSO retention
USACE and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection have signed a Project Partnership Agreement (PPA) for the Passaic River Tidal Coastal Storm Risk Management Project, New Jersey. The PPA was signed March 17, 2021 by Col. Matthew W. Luzzatto, Commander of the New York District of the U.S. A
The U.S. EPA announced yesterday that in-river work will resume next month to address sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) at the Grasse River Superfund Site (aka Alcoa Aggregation) in Massena, New York. “It’s exciting to see the tremendous progress that has been made as we ne
The contours of the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden are now clearly visible, meaning that the final phase of construction has begun. As reported in the last update, OpenIJ – a consortium of construction companies building the sea lock – will continue with the construction of the Loswal (quay) o
The Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands, H.E. Mr. Riaz Hamidullah, visited Royal IHC’s HQ in Kinderdijk yesterday for a yard tour and lunch discussion. Kees Derks, Area Sales Director, presented Royal IHC’s experience and references in Bangladesh ever since its liberation, precisely 50 years ag
Over 500 military personnel with dredging equipment have been mobilized to dredge five reservoirs around Taiwan in an effort to raise capacity, as the country faces its most severe drought in decades, the Ministry of National Defense reports. Military officers and officials from the Water Resources
The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division said that they will be running an alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke due to critical shoaling issues in the ferry channel outside Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. According to NCDOT, shoaling occurs
Field work associated with the implementation of the University Lakes Project officially started this week, Louisiana State University informs. Consultants will conduct due diligence in and around the lakes as Phase 1 of the project gets underway. Phase 1 begins with: bathymetric and stump identific
Following the successful salvage operation of the grounded 20,000TEU container vessel Ever Given in the Suez Canal, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) released a video of the refloating of the ship. With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters this giant ship had been wedged in this vital
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock with their two hopper dredges, the Liberty Island and Ellis Island, is making nice progress on PHASE III of the post-Florence Renourishment Project. According to the latest update from the Carteret County Shore Protection Office, the Liberty Island has finished pumping west
Southsea Coastal Scheme has reached a milestone, with more than 250 piles installed from the west of Clarence Pier all the way to the Spur Redoubt. On the East of the Spur, drainage works for the new promenade started with excavations, building of manholes and pipe laying. Also on the East, plate we
