Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has entered into agreement with the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University to provide funding and technical support for what will become the GLDD Laboratory of Dredging and Coastal Studies. Lasse Petterson, President and Chief Executive Officer at
Royal Boskalis Westminster, a Papendrecht based company operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors, is making new capital investments in its fleet – centered around strengthening their position in the large and jumbo hopper segment. Under the plan, Boskalis will
In light of the increasing costs arising from the continued attempts to refloat the 12,000 TEU Ever Forward, Evergreen declared General Average today. The vessel, owned by Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd., a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corporation, ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay after leaving
Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) and Representatives Bobby Scott and Elaine Luria (both D-VA) issued the following statement yesterday, applauding an additional $223,871,000 in federal funding for key Virginia projects. “This funding will advance key infrastructure projects in the r
The Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project was included in President Joe Biden’s proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Budget released yesterday under the USACE Coastal Navigation Construction category. The President’s recommended funding targeted project closeout appropriations of $157.3 million. Once
Dredging Corporation of India Limited (DCI) today celebrated the company’s 46th birthday at its Head Office in Visakhapatnam. Incorporated on this day 46 years ago, DCI has consistently catered to the dredging requirements of the major and minor ports across the country and abroad. The celebrations
Van Oord saw a healthy market recovery in the Dredging business unit in 2021. Revenue increased from EUR 598 million in 2020 to EUR 727 million in 2021. Fleet utilisation was nevertheless still low, the company said. The market picked up in the second half of the year. The results were satisfactory
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development earlier this week organised a webinar to discuss the findings of the SAVi Assessment of the Hondsbossche and Pettemer (H&P) sea dunes. The result of the SAVi assessment of the Honds
The Biden-Harris Administration submitted to Congress the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 today. “The Army Civil Works FY 2023 Budget – which on the heels of the transformative investments of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and the 2022 Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Ac
The year of 2021 proved to be a year of opposites for Van Oord. On the one hand, it was a difficult year in the light of COVID-19, market- and supply chain issues and operational challenges. On the other hand, Van Oord ended the year with an optimistic outlook – reflected in a record-high order [&he
Van Oord has signed a large contract in Egypt for dredging the Ain Sokhna Port on the Red Sea. This new contract requires the deployment of self-propelled cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and a fleet of sand carriers. The port is situated in Ain Sokhna, a region of Suez Governorate of Egypt. A major i
Carteret County’s project to dredge east Taylors Creek in Beaufort and use the sand to nourish a portion of the shore of nearby Radio Island is now underway. Depending on the project’s progress, the works may last up to 30 days, the County said. The boating public is asked to keep a safe distance fr
Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has announced that the detailed programme for global dredging summit – WODCON XXIII is now available at their website. The theme for the WODCON XXIII is ‘Dredging is Changing’. The event is taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 16th to 20th May 2022, at the Ti
DEME and its joint venture partners have secured a major dredging and coastal defence contract in the Italian Port of Livorno. This substantial contract (“substantial” refers to a contract with a value of EUR 150-300 million) has been awarded to the joint venture including SIDRA, the Italian company
