Cottrell Contracting of Chesapeake, Virginia, has won a $9.1 million contract for maintenance dredging work in Kings Bay, Georgia. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the work consists of maintenance dredging within the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay including the main channel to varying
Kazakhstan’s Aktau Port will begin dredging works in June 2025 to address the ongoing decline in Caspian Sea levels, Report Information Agency said. This information was revealed earlier this week by Abay Turikpenbayev, Chairman of the Board of Aktau International Sea Trade Port, during the Caspian
The General Meeting of Shareholders of Van Oord took place yesterday, April 24, during which the Annual Report 2024 was presented. According to the Report, in 2024, the company demonstrated outstanding teamwork in executing 147 projects. The infrastructure market was characterized by regional variat
Dredging work at the boat ramp in Harvey E. Oyer Park is nearing its end, the City of Boynton Beach said. The City is collaborating with Palm Beach County Department of Environmental Resources Management on the project, which will be near the boat ramp at the park. Over time, sand has accumulated in
CEDA Dredging Days is the flagship conference of CEDA and is the main event on the dredging industry calendar in the CEDA (EMEA) region. The “new style” Dredging Days 2024 conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was a great success. In the next edition, which will take place from 11-13 May 2026 in
Work is now well underway at the Ardersier Energy Transition Facility – located near Inverness in Scotland – to deepen and widen the channel and harbor. According to Haventus, this will allow the large vessels serving the offshore wind market to safely access the quayside when the facility opens lat
The dredging works for the new LNG Terminal at SOHAR Port and Freezone are progressing as planned, on schedule and within budget. This week, the senior management from SOHAR Port and Freezone had the opportunity to join Boskalis on board the trailing suction hopper dredger Willem van Oranje. The gue
Dragflow said that their DRM dredger is currently undergoing comprehensive operational testing. This amphibious machine is designed to navigate challenging terrains, ranging from shallow marshes to dam basins. “Without any side pontoons, it combines the flexibility of a crawler with the stability of
The Port of Port-La Nouvelle, in the south of France and the country’s third-largest Mediterranean port, is undergoing a major transformation – enhancing capacity, accommodating larger vessels, and evolving into a regional offshore energy hub. A new deep-sea infrastructure is currently under constru
Construction crews are making great progress on the Isle of Palms, SC, beach re-nourishment project. According to the City, the project is now halfway complete with sand placement being completed from 6th Avenue through 9th Avenue. Sand has also been placed between 4th and 6th Avenues, but grading i
The City of Virginia Beach, VA, has requested authorization to perform maintenance dredging works within the Rudee Inlet. The proposed project includes maintenance dredging, by hydraulic methods, of Rudee Inlet navigation channel frameworks, Federal Channel, Outer Deposition Basin and Lake Wesley Ch
Italdraghe said that two more units of BD1 – the smallest model in the ITD submersible dredge pump range – are ready to head to the Philippines. According to Italdraghe, these dredging heads are versatile modular heavy-duty submersible dredge pump units compatible with all excavator brands. Each dre
The Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation has announced the completion of remediation efforts to remove significant sediment deposits along the Crow’s Nest area of the East Shore of Lake Wawasee. The sediment was deposited as a result of shoreline development activities beginning in 2021 that were not
An all-electric cutter suction dredging vessel – the largest of its kind in the world – began its pilot operation today, clearing silt and sediment at the Guanting Reservoir in Beijing, Xinhua said. Named Junlan, the dredger boasts 600 kilowatts of driving power and has a maximum digging depth of 25
