Vosta LMG delivered ball joints with internal diameters of 900mm and 1000mm to its customer recently. These ball joints are designed to fit seamlessly into the floating steel pipeline behind a cutter suction dredger (CSD), the company said. Vosta LMG X-type ball joints are engineered for less flow r
After almost 6 months of hard work at the Port of Brisbane, the hopper dredge Brisbane is sailing north to support Queensland’s northern ports during the winter months. The next port of call is the Port of Bundaberg where she’ll undertake maintenance dredging to ensure the port’s navigational channe
With their specialist dredging vessels, Boskalis’ crews are active throughout the year in the United Kingdom, from Dover to Cardiff and from Southampton to Middlesbrough. But recently, their teams were very busy in the Isle of Man. In the port of Douglas, on the west side of the island, dredging wor
The U.S. Corps of Engineers, Detroit District will start dredging the entrance to Holland Harbor as early as Thursday, April 24 to remove shoaling across the federal channel. According to the Corps, surveys indicate a shoal formed in the winter months across the entrance to the harbor that could pot
Nine people were killed and two others were still missing following the sinking last week of the dredger Hong Hai 16 in Occidental Mindoro. The local government of Rizal town in Occidental Mindoro confirmed the number of fatalities yesterday. According to the Philippine Coast Guard, special operatio
Coastal protection of beaches, cities and communities located close to oceans and seas is a primary activity of the dredging industry. According to the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP), half the world’s population lives within 60 kilometers of the sea, and three-quarters of all large citi
After a short pause, the Virginia Beach Oceanfront replenishment project is back underway. Work was temporarily halted for about two weeks after some of the sand dredged from the Atlantic Ocean Channel was found to be too fine and easily washed away. The project resumed April 14, with plans to wrap
PC Marine Services has been busy lately dredging the basin and navigation channel in Yanbu Commercial Port, Saudi Arabia. The project includes dredging works in the amount of approx. 2,000,000m³ in order to reach a level of – 16m in the port. PC Marine will also dredge and expand the turning basin a
The Dutra Group and Griffith Company have signed a ~$360-million-dollar contract with International Transportation Service (ITS) to build the Pier G South Slip Fill, New Wharf at Berth 234, and Backland Development Project at the Port of Long Beach, California. The project, which is slated to run fr
The Philippine Coast Guard said that four people – including a Chinese national – have died and seven others are still missing after a dredging vessel carrying 25 people capsized two days ago off Occidental Mindoro. Yesterday, the divers recovered two more bodies during search-and-rescue operations,
Backhoe dredger Dinopotes, owned by Foyle and Marine Dredging, has entered drydock at Dales Marine Services, Troon, to undergo her intermediate hull survey in line with class requirements. Alongside the survey, she’s receiving a series of planned steel and mechanical repairs to ensure full operation
The Army Corps dredge McFarland has returned from another successful dredging mission. To combat shoaling and maintain a safe and navigable waterway, the dredge McFarland was busy recently dredging near the entrance of the Cape Fear River in North Carolina. During her deployment, she dredged more th
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), in coordination with the Local Government Unit (LGU), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and other key stakeholders, is continuing its intensive efforts in response to the recent capsizing of the dredger Hong Hai 16 off waters of Rizal, Occidental Mindoro. “In pa
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District has paused dredging on the Monongahela River to avoid disrupting the fish spawning season. In the Monongahela River, many fish species, including bass, spawn during the spring months, with hybrid striped bass being most active between mid-April a
