Mud Cat has just commissioned a brand new 2024 Mud Cat® Model 275D cable drive dredge to support an aggregate production facility in Florida. The customer opted for a dredging GPS system for precision tracking of cuts. “The Mud Cat 275D is the ideal industrial, mining, and wastewater dredge when you
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) yesterday announced the publication of the latest issue of the Terra et Aqua magazine. The latest Terra et Aqua features articles covering dredging projects as well as the topics of safety, socio-economics, technical innovations and the environm
Dredging in the first expansion phase of the Kiel Canal in Germany is nearing completion, DEME Group said. The eastern section of the canal is progressing significantly, with the first phase of dredging almost finished. So far, DEME’s backhoe dredger ‘Peter the Great’ has removed nearly 1.1 million
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District, Port of Brownsville, and NextDecade, LLC, celebrated the groundbreaking for phase two of Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project earlier this month. This project is one of four nationwide Public-Private Partnerships (P3) announced by the
The Northern Territory Government has announced the commencement of backhoe dredging operations at the Darwin Shiplift Facility. According to the NT Government, dredging of the Darwin Ship Lift Marine Activity Zone is set to commence on January 6, 2025. Backhoe Dredges Woomera and Nulla Nulla togeth
Minister for Agriculture and Waterways, Vatimi Rayalu, toured the Ba River mouth dredging program earlier this week to witness first hand work being done to desilt river mouth to lessen flooding on Ba town. This work is part of an initiative to improve the management of the flood risks and events th
The Town of Marion (MA) has secured one of 10 state grants to support wharf reconstruction, pier replacements, and dredging projects — part of a $3 million Healey-Driscoll Administration initiative to support Massachusetts Coastal Communities. According to the Harbormaster Adam Murphy, the $150,000
The arrival of Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger Willem Van Rubroeck in Ndayane this month marks the start of maritime works for the $1.2 billion Port of Ndayane Project that will transform Senegal into a major center for global trade. The Willem Van Rubroeck will dredge a 5 km-long shipping chann
Over the past two years, Boskalis worked on the installation of the 433-kilometer-long gas export pipeline from the Scarborough gas field to the Pluto LNG facilities in Dampier, Western Australia. According to Boskalis, this project was made possible by the collective efforts of their specialist fle
Powerspex and Damen Dredging Equipment (DDE) are working together on a new generation of cutter suction dredgers (CSDs). Earlier this week, a delegation from DDE visited Hengelo for a knowledge session, where they received a presentation from Powerspex employees about the working method applied to t
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District recently completed dredging four federal navigation channels in New York-New Jersey Harbor ─ Newark Bay Main Channel, Port Newark, Port Elizabeth and South Elizabeth ⎼ through the Newark Bay Maintenance Dredging Project. The work supports deep-draf
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $25 million contract to Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting for maintenance dredging works in Jacksonville, Florida. The project consists of maintenance dredging in the Jacksonville Harbor federal navigation channel. The dredging will allow larger ves
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Caribbean District is preparing to award $1 billion in contracts in 2025, as announced by its commander, Col. Charles Decker, during Industry Day held earlier in December in Puerto Rico. The effort includes three major contracts related to flood control projects in
HID Shipyard launched its latest cutter suction dredger (CSD) in Malaysia last week. The new CSD was specifically designed for coastal reclamation and riverbank maintenance projects. According to HID, the dredger can work in water depths up to -12 m. “In total, 1500KW of installed power ensures an i
