Subsea, trenching and excavation pioneer, Rotech Subsea, has completed a dock entrance silt clearance and pile de-burial scope at one of the north of Scotland’s most strategic ports. Rotech Subsea mobilized its next generation RS2 Controlled Flow Excavation (CFE) and Suspended Jet Trenching tool to
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has concluded its assessment of the recent incident that caused a barge containing approximately 850 cubic yards of material dredged from the Gowanus Canal Superfund Site in Brooklyn, NY to become submerged, under high tide conditions, in the Upper New York
Cottrell Contracting Corp., Chesapeake, Virginia, recently won a $9.42 million contract for maintenance dredging of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Camden County, Georgia. According to the Army Corps, Kings Bay Submarine Base project consists of maintenance dredging within the Naval Submarine Base K
Ahtna Marine & Construction Company, LLC (AMCC) has formally announced their Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) certified joint venture with J.F. Brennan Company (Brennan). Publicly titled the “Ahtna – J.F. Brennan JV”, the partnership establishes a mentor protégé relationship between Alaska N
Carlsbad beaches will soon have more sand as a result of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon dredging project – starting this February until mid April, informs the City of Carlsbad, California. The lagoon has been dredged every one to four years since 1954 as part of the Encina power plant operations. The last
Sequoia Scientific, Ocean Instruments and Sequoia’s Dutch distributor, Geometius, have delivered a Fast Oceanographic Automated Measurement (FOAM) system for dredge monitoring. The FOAM system is composed of a pump and winch with a fluid rotary joint, 100 m hybrid cable with hose and conductors, a t
The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) has unveiled plans to expand and strengthen its fleet of dredgers to meet the future demands of ports in India, The Hindu reports. At present, DCI owns 10 dredgers of different sizes and capacities. It is equipped to handle 60 million cubic metres of sand per
Boskalis has successfully wrapped up the dredging operations for the development of the first large-scale LNG export terminal in Canada. For three seasons, the crews worked under harsh weather conditions to remove and remediate soil at the site of the future terminal in Kitimat. Boskalis’ hopper dre
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has announced upcoming lane closures on Riverway and Netherlands Road as dredging activities continue to progress on Phase 2 of the $36.5 million Muddy River Flood Risk Management project in Boston and Brookline, Massachusetts. According to the
A dredging operation to remove 44,000 tonnes of silt from Peel Marina will resume in late February, following the return to work of the construction sector, Isle of Man Government reports. Following on from last year’s dredging works, the dredging process will again involve using a long reach excava
The USACE Omaha District and the City of Hamburg, Iowa, have signed the Section 1176 project agreement that will allow for raising the Hamburg Ditch 6 levee eight feet, significantly increasing the flood risk management benefits the levee provides to the city. This significant achievement comes afte
The 4th International Congress “Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging” will be held in mixed in-person/online format on 10-11 March 2021. The participants will gather at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (Moscow). The congress annually gathers over 250 industry e
The City of Rochester’s Public Works Department is now taking comments on the environmental impact of the Silver Lake Dredging and Dam Modification Project. An Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the $13.2 million project is now available online. Comments regarding possible environmental im
Just a couple of days ago, the gigantic cutter suction dredger Spartacus was passing through Rotterdam on its way to Maasvlakte 2, where the commissioning of the vessel will continue. Royal IHC has just released this amazing video, taken during this journey through Rotterdam. With a total installed
