The Department of Transport WA has commenced biennial maintenance dredging at the mouth of the Murchison River in Kalbarri after recent confirmation the channel width had more than halved in the past year. DoT A/Manager Asset Management, Sam Mettam said that hydrographic surveying had shown the chan
Serge Cormier, Member of Parliament for Acadie-Bathurst, was in Tabusintac yesterday to announce plans to carry out critical dredging at McEachern’s Point and Pointe-Sapin Small Craft Harbours. “By dredging the wharves at McEachern’s Point (Tabusintac) and Pointe-Sapin, we are ensuring the safety of
Boskalis has successfully completed massive dredging and reclamation operation at K. Gulhifalhu in the Maldives. According to the Ministry of Construction and Infrastructure, Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger Prins der Nederlanden delivered the last cubic meter of sand to complete the reclam
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the start of a $84 million Great Lakes cleanup project in Rouge River near Detroit. Sediments in the Lower Rouge River Old Channel are contaminated with polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, heavy metals, and polychlorinated biphenyls, or
York County, Maine, is moving forward with operationalizing the dredge with the signing of the first MOU agreement with a municipality. At the April 10th meeting, the York County Commission voted unanimously to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the City of Saco that outlines a
World Dredgers BV introduced its pioneering autonomous suction dredger in Ophhoven, Germany, earlier this week. This project is nearing completion and is expected to be finalized by the end of May 2024. Reading the maritime and dredging news, our readers may have noticed that autonomy is starting to
Muddy Water Dredging, LP celebrated a major corporate milestone today as it christened its first dredge, the Vaneta Marie. “The Muddy Water Team, led by Co-Founders Michael Kerns and Matt Devall, welcomed 100+ guests from across the Gulf to celebrate a vessel that will soon be deployed on critical n
The first Damen Cutter Suction Dredger CSD600 departed the company’s dredging yard in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, and is now being shipped to her new owner, PT. Dua Samudera Perkasa. The new dredger was towed to the Port of Rotterdam, where it was loaded aboard a heavy lift vessel that set sail for In
The dredging operations required for the construction of the new Scheldt tunnel for the Oosterweel Connection started in the Scheldt off the Antwerp port area earlier this week. According to oosterweelverbinding.be, this involves creating a temporary navigation channel so that the vessels can safely
Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority is accepting bids through May 2 for dredging works in the Port of Cleveland. The work primarily consists of dredging approximately 3,395 cubic yards of sediment from docks 24E and 26W at the Port Authority’s General Cargo Terminal. The project also includes d
Ocean Scientific International Limited (OSIL) has delivered a network of 1.2m data buoys to Van Oord to monitor turbidity and dissolved oxygen levels in the location of dredging operations. A total of 9 data acquisition systems have been produced for Van Oord, and the fully integrated multi-discipli
DEME has won two contracts from Prysmian for the engineering and installation works for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore grid systems in the Netherlands. According to DEME, this is the most extensive cabling award in the company’s history and marks their first project involving Prysmi
Neptune Americas & Marine has presented the E-Gator 45 cutter suction dredger, the epitome of sustainable dredging technology. Designed to operate with zero emissions, minimal noise, and vibration disturbance, the E-Gator 45 represents a significant leap forward in eco-friendly dredging solutions. I
Pilbara Ports, Western Australia, has acquired the first customers for the company’s new port facilities at Lumsden Point in the Port Hedland. The agreements with Mineral Resources and Pilbara Minerals will enable Pilbara Ports to move on to the next stages of this construction project. Minister for
