Michels Construction, Inc. used sophisticated dredging equipment, including a swinging ladder cutterhead suction dredge and booster pump, to remove years of accumulated sediment from a 3.1-mile stretch of the Yahara River in Southern Wisconsin. The dredge was purposefully tailored for this type of w
DEME Environnement marked 35 years of pioneering soil remediation and brownfield redevelopment in Belgium and France with a celebration in Farciennes earlier this week. The event was joined by Hugues Bayet, Olivier Vanderijst, Yves Coppieters, Thibaut de Villenfagne and Luc Vandenbulcke. “Their pres
Rick van de Wetering, Research Engineer at Royal IHC and Ph.D. candidate at Delft University of Technology, has won the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Young Author Award 2025. The Young Author Award is granted at industry-leading conferences, with 2025’s winning young authors
Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) and Congressman Mike Ezell (R-MS) have introduced the “Industrial Certification for Coast Guard Veterans Act,” which would expand opportunities for U.S. Coast Guard personnel to transition to the dredging sector upon completion of their service. The bill directs the D
The Port of Hastings Corporation has submitted a new referral to the Australian Government under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act for the Victorian Renewable Energy Terminal. This referral is the next step for the project to confirm the Commonwealth environmental a
J.E. McAmis started the dredging operations for the USACE Alaska District at Dutch Harbor yesterday. According to J.E. McAmis, their new excavator dredge Ellis Island is set to remove 170,000 cubic yards of glacial till. Currently, a bar shallower than the surrounding seabed located at the entrance
A crew from Groupe Merceron is dredging the access channel to the Port of Audierne. This annual campaign is essential to maintain navigability for marine traffic in the area, the Group said. The main goal of this dredging program is to mechanically remove 28,500 m³ of sand, restoring the waterway’s
In close cooperation with Royal IHC, MaraSoft has won a contract to equip a newly built dredger for an Indian client with its Marad Fleet Management system. “Last time, we shared a project from our hometown. This time, it’s one from much farther away,” said Pieter van Urk, MaraSoft owner. Marad is a
A medieval sword, found during a dredging work on a river in the Netherlands, has gone on display at a museum in Leiden. The sword was found during routine maintenance dredging at the Linschoten Estate and has been donated to the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities), according t
Royal IHC has stated that the 2024 was a significant ‘turning point’ for the company after years of financial uncertainty. The positive results of the strategic review and restructuring in 2023 have created the foundation for further growth, IHC said in the release. Revenue increased with 40% in 202
The Port of Port Orford, Oregon, has announced the start of Federal Navigation Channel maintenance dredging campaign. According to the port, from June 25 to July 5, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and contractors will be working around the clock to deepen the channel. “They will be bringing two dum
At Central Coast Council’s Ordinary meeting yesterday, the officials resolved to allocate $1.2 million to fund a dredging program in Tuggerah Lakes to help mitigate the extent and frequency of flooding in the area. The funding is possible due to a favorable adjustment in budget predictions, they sai
The U.S Army Corps of Engineers, New York District recently proposed to perform maintenance dredging of East Rockaway Inlet, New York, Federal Navigation Project, including dredging the deposition basins. The channel was last dredged under the Operations and Maintenance Dredging Program in 2022, wit
Dredging is now underway along the lower Yarra River to provide better boating access to a pair of publicly accessible berths. Thanks to a previous round of the Better Boating Victoria Recreational Grants, the City of Melbourne is dredging at Collins Landing and Yarra’s Edge marina. Nearly 11,000 cu
