Dredging of the federal navigation channel near the Port of Garibaldi is scheduled to begin tomorrow, August 20, and continue into early November. According to the Port of Garibaldi’s dredging notice, the dredging operations will generally take place during the larger ebb tide each day. “Boaters are
Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Tristão da Cunha kicked off the dredging operations at Georgia’s Anaklia Deep Sea Port Project last week. Another Jan De Nul’s giant TSHD Al-Idrisi will arrive in the area by the end of August. Operating together, the two vessels will perform the d
C&C Marine is nearing completion of a 30-inch cutter suction dredger (CSD), engineered for large-scale dredging projects. The non-self-propelled dredger measures approximately 360 feet in overall length and 56 feet in breadth and is designed to dredge at depths ranging from approximately 10 feet to
Dravo S.A. is currently carrying out the maintenance dredging works at the Port of Lisbon, an essential operation to ensure the port’s navigability and operational efficiency. For this project, their crews are working together through a collaboration with Van Oord:
AYK Energy and Gebhard Electro are strengthening their collaboration by striking a new deal to electrify two workboats. The first project is the construction of a new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD1000) at Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands for UK Dredging, part of Associated British Ports. T
Lyttelton Port Company (LPC) will invest $821 million in Te Awaparahi Bay Expansion and Resilience Project. LPC chair Barry Bragg announced the investment plan today, saying that it marks a significant step for the port, Christchurch and the economy. “We’ve spent the last decade rebuilding and stren
DP World said that they have reached a significant milestone in its US$800 million investment program to transform the Port of Tartous, completing the delivery of three Mobile Harbor Cranes (MHCs) that will strengthen Syria’s trade infrastructure and support the country’s economic recovery. The thre
The Government of South Australia said that the MV Andrew Wilson, a 40-meter grab hopper dredger built in 1962, will be turned into an artificial reef in shallow waters of Gulf St Vincent. Donated by Maritime Constructions, the dredger will be scuttled 6km off the coast of Brighton later this year.
The USACE Buffalo District’s crews and contractors are removing accumulated sediment from the Buffalo Harbor and Buffalo River federal navigation channels as part of a $2.3 million maintenance dredging project. The mission is simple but essential: maintain safe, reliable navigation for the commercia
Boskalis’ new 31,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Seaway started its first project recently. Off the coast of Den Helder in the Netherlands, the hopper dredger is being deployed to nourish the channel embankment, protecting the coastline against natural erosion and rising sea levels. Th
Truro Town Deal said that the dredging works begun this week at Town Quay, Garras Wharf and Worth’s Quay. The operations, running between August and November, will remove accumulated mud and silt from the riverbed, restoring navigable depths and extending the tidal window for vessels using the upper
Port of Townsville said that annual maintenance dredging will begin on August 17 in Cleveland Bay with the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Brisbane removing natural sediment from the shipping channel to ensure vessels can safely access the Port to provide essential goods to the region. The dr
After years of campaigning for a permanent solution for dredging Swansea Channel, a new purpose-built dredger – a Beaver 30, from Royal IHC – has arrived on Lake Macquarie and is preparing to get to work. The Turkulliko is undergoing its final water trials ahead of its first major mission: removing
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has just released this amazing photo of its Dredge Wheeler working on the Southwest Pass area in the Bird’s Foot Delta of south Louisiana. While the Wheeler does help keep waterway channels clear from Key West, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas, i
