Philippine dredging company QR5 and Royal IHC have signed a contract for the supply/delivery of a cutter suction dredger Beaver 45. After a thorough evaluation of potential suppliers of CSDs, the Beaver 45 from IHC Dredging proved to be the most suitable for its first project: the improvement of the
In recent years, bigger and bigger vessels have been navigating through the seas and oceans. But the bigger the vessels, the fewer can moor at a quay. That is why in 2021, the government of Uruguay, together with Katoen Natie, decided to further expand the container terminal Cuenca del Plata. To acc
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is now soliciting bids for the project of dredging the Essex River. The Essex River Federal Navigation Project (FNP) in Massachusetts consists of mechanically dredging approximately 17,500 cubic yards (cy) of sand and silty material from the 4-foot channel and 4-foot
Following on from the success of the previous courses Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure, CEDA and IADC have announced that a next course will be organized, with the support of DHI, from 24-26 September 2024 in Copenhagen. During the 2.5-days participants will learn how to achieve dredging proj
Split hopper barges MAGELLANO 1800, VERRAZZANO 1800, BOUSSOLE and L’AIGLE are currently undergoing service by the BLRT REPAIR YARDS in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The four barges, owned by Jan De Nul Group, a family-owned company specializing in the construction and maintenance of marine infrastructure, ar
Sunshine Coast Council (QLD) is undertaking a project to boost sand on Maroochydore beach before summer. The Council will use dredged sand from the Maroochy River to widen and restore the beach to provide protection from future storms. The sand renourishment project has been protecting the Maroochyd
The Estero Island Beach Nourishment and Hurricane Recovery project is now underway, according to the Town of Fort Myers Beach (FL). The project will dredge approximately 950,000 cubic yards of sand from a nearshore borrow area in the Gulf of Mexico onto Fort Myers Beach. Ahtna Marine Construction Co
Marinex Construction Inc. has won a $22.8 million contract for maintenance dredging works in Savannah, Georgia. The work is located in the Savannah Harbor deep draft navigation project in the vicinity of Chatham County, Georgia and Jasper County, South Carolina. According to the Army Corps, approxim
The Jamestown Fishing Harbor Project has been successfully completed and is awaiting formal handing over to the Government of Ghana, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) said. The project, which includes dredging about 100,000 cubic metres of Harbor Basin, construction of hydraulic structures about
The first of series Damen CSD600 has started its operations in Indonesia. The cutter suction dredger is the first of Damen’s comprehensive new dredger range to be delivered. It was transported from Rotterdam, the Netherlands to Indonesia as deck cargo on a heavy lift carrier. The stationary dredger,
Dredging work at the entrance of the Tweed River is set to begin this month – part of the Tweed Sand Bypassing project. The project’s objectives are to establish and maintain a safe, navigable entrance to the Tweed River, and restore and maintain the coastal sand drift to the beaches on the southern
The Honourable Judge Steven Merrick of the Sechelt Provincial Court fined George Winkler $70,000 for offences under Canada’s Fisheries Act last month. Mr. Winkler pleaded guilty in October 2023 to violating the fish and fish habitat protection provisions of the Act by undertaking work that resulted
Last week, Royal IHC team in Brazil successfully concluded the final commissioning test and begun operations of the dredging pump for the last of four electrical mining dredgers designed and supplied to serve Vale’s Gelado Project. “With our dedicated team focused on achieving project success, they
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released its third review of the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Upper Hudson River. The EPA’s review concludes that PCB levels in water and fish are going down overall, but the EPA needs more years of fish data to determine if the clea
