Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 30-April 5, 2020). Donjon Wraps Up Manhattan Dredging In preparation for the arrival of the USNS Comfort to New York, USACE New York District Operations Division moved quickly and approved the necessary dre
Living near a body of water has always appealed to many, yet some of these areas may require maintenance such as dredging and erosion control to keep up with the ever-changing environment. Sweden has dozens and dozens of rivers and an estimated 101,000 lakes, not to mention the coastal areas and sev
Acta Marine’s Crew Transfer Survey Vessel (CTV) Offshore Progress was successfully loaded onto container vessel APL Detroit on the island of La Réunion on March 31 for transport to Rotterdam. Offshore Progress has been working on the construction project for the Route du Littoral since 2016. As the
Machinefabriek L. Straatman BV is currently producing a dredging plough with a total length of 14 meters and a weight of 20 tons. “We received the order to produce this big plough from a local tug and workboat company specialized in dredge support. Based on a typical design our dredging engineer exe
The port-maritime engineering company Siport21 has assessed the nautical feasibility of the Baleares dock of the Port of Tarragona, Spain. This study will allow the access of large cruise vessels – phase I – and large bulk carriers, in phase II of the construction. The aim of the project was to anal
Virtual Surveyor has just released this amazing video, showing how to use drone surveying to support sand pit dredging operations. Sand pits are often wet and certainly dynamic environments. Frequent monitoring is a must, and drone surveying is the right tool for that job. Drone surveying provides a
Huge excavators positioned on jack-up barges on Deptford Creek have been dredging the riverbed to prepare for tunnelling in Greenwich, reports the Tideway – the company delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel. The operation is a key part of Tideway’s work in south-east London to clean up the River Tham
15 months after the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Amalia was christened by the Dutch Queen Maxima, the vessel started its first job. This brand new hopper dredger is reinforcing the coastline by Den Helder, The Netherlands. The Vox Amalia has a length of 158 meters, a width of 36 meters
OpenIJ – a consortium of construction companies building the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden, the Netherlands – has released the spring update for this development project. According to the update, this spring, OpenIJ is going to asphalt part of the future public road near the guard wall and th
Last year, Holland Shipyards Group was selected by Faasse Dredging for the conversion of a general cargo vessel to a hopper dredger. After the acquisition, Faasse Groep and Holland Shipyards have come to an agreement on the conversion of former general cargo vessel Mandeo into the trailing suction h
Van den Herik’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Charlock has been back at the Niestern Sander shipyard in Farmsum, the Netherlands. Last weekend various priority maintenance works were executed at the dock location, after which the dredger left again. Among various maintenance works, a store
Reconstructing and upgrading operations on the western section of the Port of Cres are being carried out as planned, with almost 50% of the planned work being completed to date, local media reports. All engaged in the project are complying with the COVID-19 protection measures, the port authority in
This spring’s beach management activities at Hayling Island which consist of recycling beach material from Gunner Point and the Coast Guard Revetment to the Eastoke frontage are now complete, Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership (ESCP) reports. Contractor Les Searle Group moved over 33,000m³ of materi
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 23-29, 2020). Hopper Dredge Ellis Island Arrives in Carteret County As scheduled one the largest hopper dredges in the United States, the Ellis Island has arrived in Carteret County and is now pumping sand
