Van der Leun America has successfully installed the electrical installation on the water injection dredger (WID) Osprey. The dredger, built by St. Johns Ship Building in Palatka, Florida, for IHC America, will be operating in Wilmington, North Carolina. Earlier this month, IHC America delivered and
With the start of the Winter 2020 dredging season, Jenkins Marine kicked off early in November from their home port of Poole, headed for Southampton, River Hamble. After that, they ventured west up to Chichester Harbor and are imminently on their way to the Isle of Wight to continue on for the next
Ecocoast was recently approached by Tornado Rover Alcisa (TRV) for a project on Yas Island, where the launching facilities for pleasure boats and personal watercrafts were being upgraded. This work is part of a larger project TRV is working on for the Department of Transport, Abu Dhabi. “Our client
A dredging campaign to keep Port Taranaki’s shipping channels clear for trade will begin today, the Port informs. The biennial maintenance dredging work is expected to be completed over eight weeks. Initial surveying of the area, to determine the dredging locations and likely volume of material to b
The Army Corps contractor, Healy Tibbits Builders has begun night dredging operations in the inner Honolulu Harbor. According to USACE, the dredge barge is working at Area U3B. Dredging will take place on Monday nights through Sunday mornings, from 3 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., with hours extending to 10:30
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has awarded the construction of some 2.4 kilometres of quays and earth-retaining walls in the Princess Amalia Harbour to the HOCHTIEF, Ballast Nedam and Van Oord consortium. The construction of the quays marks the start of the further development of the harbour locate
Last Wednesday, Danish backhoe dredger Margrethe Fighter capsized in the Port of Trelleborg (Sweden) while she was working on a berth construction project, informs the Maritime Denmark. Two out of three crew members have been rescued while one is still missing. According to the media reports, divers
This week, Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will hold their next webinar, the Innovations in Dredging. The Innovations in Dredging webinar – set for Friday, February 26, 2021 (from 11 AM to noon EST) – will feature two presentations by Aiden Horan and Xiuhan Chen. Innovations in Dredging Topics &
TV Dredging, part of the Holland Shipyards Group, recently completed full-scale trials for the new deep suction dredger ‘Geertje’. According to the company, the newbuild is ready for delivery to her new owners Hoftijzer Verhuur- en Aannemingsbedrijf B.V. This in-house engineered vessel – type TVD DS
Morehead City Harbor dredging and beach nourishment project recently passed the halfway point and is on target for completion in March 2021. According to the Carteret County, Weeks Marine made solid progress last week, completing dredging works in the reach known as “Range B”. However, since last Su
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio and Ranking Member Sam Graves have urged President Biden to fully utilize the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) in his upcoming budget request. This move would make billions of dollars in already-collected fees available to
Whitsunday Regional Council today released the latest update on their Shute Harbor Restoration Program. The new seawall is completed and the concrete slab foundations for the new terminal building have been laid. Works have begun to install reinforced concrete columns, which will support the walls o
Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler and U.S. Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell have urged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the United States Department of the Army to include funding in the fiscal year 2022 budget for sediment monitoring activities for the Mount St. Helens Sedime
Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La., hosted a steel cutting ceremony for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) at its Deepwater South shipyard in Amelia on February 5, 2021. The ceremony signals the start of construction of a 6,500 cubic yard trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). Delivery of
