Portos RS has commenced urgent dredging to recover the most critical stretch of the access channel to the Port of Rio Grande, in an area outside the Barra Breakwaters. According to the Port Authority, the work is being carried out by Jan de Nul’s hopper dredger Galileo Galilei. “R$ 21.5 million will
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), in cooperation with the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN), detained a dredging vessel about 14.8 nautical miles northwest of Pulau Tanjung Hantu, near Lumut, earlier this week. Director Maritime Capt., Mohamad Shukri Khotob, said that the Agency found 60 li
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District is dredging the Manistee Harbor federal navigation channel to remove shoaling preventing deep-drafting commercial traffic. USACE was previously scheduled to maintenance dredge the harbor later in the summer, but quick coordination between staff and
The first steel plate cutting for new Royal IHC CSD Beaver 65 took place this week at VAHALI Shipyard in Zasavica, Serbia. According to Royal IHC, the dredger “is fuel efficient, has low maintenance costs and is extremely productive at all dredging depths.” These dredgers can be dismantled for trans
Damen has presented a video about the hopper dredger Barito Equator working in the Java Sea, Indonesia. For ten years, this trailing suction hopper dredger has been making her rounds day and night to keep this busy waterway accessible. The vessel — ordered by the Indonesian dredging company Pelayara
The Department for Infrastructure and Transport SA announced this week that maintenance dredging operations will soon begin in the North Haven Marina. According to the Notice to Mariners No 32 of 2024, the dredging works will commence July 2024, in the North Haven Marina and are expected to be compl
A dredging project has begun at Millers-Showers Park, the City of Bloomington said. The City of Bloomington Utilities (CBU) has the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the detention pools at Miller-Showers Park for the purpose of stormwater management. A dredging project to remove a
An ACCIONA-led consortium, including Jan de Nul and Grupo Bertolín, has won a contract for the container terminal construction works – part of the northern expansion of the Port of Valencia. The works include a primary dock, auxiliary docks and 126 hectares of new paved terminal areas, to be built m
Work on dredging the navigational channel along the Indian River, near Millsboro, will begin in the following days, said the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC). The material dredged from the channel will be used in a marsh enhancement project to restore a loca
Plans are underway for a major expansion and deepening of the Babitonga Bay channel in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Earlier this month, Governor Jorginho Mello signed a memorandum of understanding with Ports of São Francisco do Sul and Itapoá to increase the depth of the Babitonga Bay Port Complex. The a
The City of Lewes, DE, is inviting interested bidders to submit proposals for the maintenance dredging of the boat slips at the Canalfront Park Marina and specified private marinas. According to the city, bids will be accepted until 4 p.m. on July 19 at City Hall. At that time, the bids will be publ
Boating enthusiasts throughout Western Australia will benefit from a boost in funding available in the upcoming round of the Recreational Boating Facilities Scheme (RBFS). Applications are sought for round 29 of the RBFS, with up to $2.2 million in funding available for public boating facility impro
Yesterday, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education and IADC welcomed 35 participants to its 5-day Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation in Delft. This seminar will give participants more insight to optimize the chances of successful completion of a project, for which contractors need to fully understa
Dredge Yard, a provider of dredging and mining equipment, has delivered a cutter suction dredger (CSD) 250 and a Booster Station BS250 to Slovakia. According to the company, these advanced dredging solutions will be deployed for crucial dredging operations on the Danube River. The CSD250 is a compac
