DEME Group is currently executing several port development dredging projects in the Mediterranean. Recently, the company’s trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ finalised the deepening of the access channel to the Port of Setubal in Portugal. TSHD ‘Uilenspiegel’ was one of three hoppers dep
A Dragflow DRP remote controlled dredger is currently working in Sables de Brévannes, France, cleaning a water sedimentation basin. In this project, the DRP is used to clean a secondary basin. Dragflow remote controlled dredge has the following characteristics: – relaunch distance – 1.000m, – remote
The Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) is collecting public comments about the potential impact to the fishing industry of a proposed federal dredging project in the Blue Hill area. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Town of Blue Hill have submitted a Navigation Improvement Pr
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has announced the Call for Abstracts for their annual Dredging Summit & Expo ’21. The conference is scheduled to take place at the brand new JW Marriott in downtown Tampa, FL from June 14-17, 2021. “If you have an accepted abstract for the 2020 Expo in Houston
Major works on the McGowan Government’s Spoilbank Marina project will kick off as soon as next month after MGN Civil Pty Ltd was today unveiled as the preferred tenderer for the bulk earthworks package. The commencement of Stage 2 works is a significant milestone in the delivery of the McGowan Gover
Sand pumping operations are now complete at Vilano Beach, the Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports. Over the next 2 to 3 weeks, the contractor Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company will remove the pipe and equipment. According to USACE, dune grass planting will begin in earl
The USACE Jacksonville District awarded a contract on January 11 to Eastman Aggregate Enterprises for $ 11 million for the Broward County Segment II Shore Protection Project. The contractor will place approximately 390,000 cubic yards of beach-quality sand along 8.9 miles of eroded Atlantic Ocean sh
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) announced yesterday that operations are underway to restore Rabbit Island, the only Brown Pelican colony in Southwest Louisiana. Located in the southwest portion of Calcasieu Lake in Cameron Parish, Rabbit Island is the first rebuild
Titan LNG’s FlexFueler successfully bunkered the hopper dredger Scheldt River, owned by DEME Group, on the Western Scheldt recently. The Netherlands-based maritime LNG bunkering company has received approval from local authorities to bunker ships on the Western Scheldt area to the west of Antwerp, B
Herrington Harbour has just released this amazing video named ‘Dredging Day at Herrington Harbour South’. Places in the Entrance Channel at Herrington Harbour South are being mechanically dredged this winter. Mechanical dredging is done by digging with excavators and moving the material by barge whe
Last month, two beautiful milestones were reached at the work Island of Brienenoord in Rotterdam. The dredging work and ground move is finished, ‘the last ship’ has departed. The 68 meter long movable bridge has also been installed. By order of the municipality of Rotterdam, the Island of Brienenoor
FSUE “Rosmorport” has announced the successful completion of the 2020 maintenance dredging season. In 2020, the company carried out dredging works at 49 facilities in 22 Russian seaports, providing safe navigation parameters for these water areas and their approach channels. According to operational
The Port of Vancouver (BC) yesterday released the January update about the Centerm Expansion Project and the ongoing works. As reported, this month, work in the water, on the terminal, and on the south shore continues. The port said that the northeast perimeter dyke is now complete and infilling is
South Carolina Ports Authority finished 2020 with its strongest December on record, noting impressive volumes with containers, vehicles and inland ports. SC Ports handled 209,606 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) at Wando Welch and North Charleston container terminals in December, up 11.
