Van Oord and joint venture partner Boskalis recently wrapped up work on a capital dredging project in Walvis Bay, Namibia. By using trailing suction hopper dredgers, Van Oord and Boskalis deepened the 10-kilometre-long access channel to the port of Walvis Bay from -14.4 to -16.8 meters and widened i
A maintenance dredging campaign is currently underway at the Port of Taganrog, Rosmorport said. Rosmorport’s own multi-bucket dredger and a hopper barge have been deployed for the project. By the end of the month, another dredger and two hopper barges will arrive at the port to assist, the Russian p
Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V. – Dutch Dredging said that the keel laying ceremony of its new custom-built trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Magdalena took place at Nam Trieu Shipyard in Vietnam recently. According to their latest announcement, this was “a significant milestone in the cooperation b
The Ports of São Francisco do Sul and Itapoá signed a contract last week for the dredging and deepening of the access channel to Babitonga Bay. According to the officials, the agreement marks a historic milestone, distinguished by two unprecedented and innovative aspects – for the first time in Braz
The City of Cape Town has announced that preparations are underway for the dredging of Zeekoevlei, an operation that will take about two years and improve the quality of the waterbody. If all goes as planned, the physical dredging of two sections of Zeekoevlei will commence in May 2025. “Improving t
Waterking, a Dutch manufacturer of dredging equipment, has presented the world’s first electric amphibious dredging set. In collaboration with Staad Groep, Waterking assembled a 35-tonne electric amphibious excavator – the WK 350 NG-E, while Damen provided the E-DOP 150 to complete the emission free
Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto inked five financing agreements for critical projects with the Government of Japan during the 15th Philippines-Japan High-Level Joint Committee Meeting (HLJCM) on Infrastructure Development and Economic Cooperation on March 24, 2025. One of the projects that will rec
Funds for an additional dredging of the Beachport Boat Ramp have been approved by Wattle Range Council and their contractor is scheduled to arrive on the site this week. In the meantime, local contractor Bowman Earthmoving will also be undertaking coastal protection works in Beachport. The Council s
The Dutra Group is expanding its fleet with a new 10,464 cubic yard Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge, named “Adele”. The “Adele” will be constructed at Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allanton and Port St. Joe Florida facilities. The newbuild will join Dutra’s 9,870 cubic yard Trailing Suction Hopper Dre
Van Oord’s water injection dredger (WID) Maas visited the Shipyard Gebr. Kooiman BV in Zwijndrecht recently. During the intervention, the Maas was equipped with two new electric motors with liquid instead of air cooling. According to Kooiman, liquid cooling prevents overheating and improves the perf
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) said that the dredging operations will take place at the Lake Mars Pier in the following days. According to DMR, a notice is given to mariners by USACE that dredging works at the Lake Mars Boat Ramp in Jackson County, Mississippi are expected to begin
Deep C has just announced its collaboration with AF Offshore Decom AS on a significant subsea intervention project. According to their latest release, this project involves dredging of several thousand cubic meters of rock dump, equivalent to hundreds of truckloads, marking one of the largest operat
Morgan Creek Harbor Association is proposing to perform maintenance dredging of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW) in Charleston County, South Carolina. According to the applicant, the purpose of the proposed project is to restore navigability and original design depths to the Morgan Creek Ha
Over a decade ago, Jan De Nul was the first dredging company to equip all its new vessels with advanced filter technology that reduces their emissions by up to 98%. The company calls them Ultra-Low Emission vessels (ULEv). In recent years, JDN’s Ultra-Low Emission vessels have been participating in
