Michels Construction has been busy lately performing dredging of the Wells harbor under the Federal Navigation Project. So far, the contractor has removed over 60,000 cubic yards of sand from the harbor and built up over 1,100 feet of beach. The overall goal for the Federal Navigation Project, is to
Van Oord is carrying out dredging works in the Port of Krishnapatnam, India. The depth of the port channels has to be restored after a severe cyclone, said Van Oord. To dredge the navigation channel of the port to the required depth again, the Dutch giant is deploying trailing suction hopper dredger
Recent heavy rainfall created a significant challenge for the Canal and River Trust at Dunhampstead Tunnel on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, where the towpath at the tunnel approach had slipped into the canal causing a footpath and navigations closure. Land & Water were contracted at short noti
A Damen crew is busy working on a new customized CSD500 in Nijkerk this morning. The new CSD has been designed for dredging compacted soils. “Its powerful cutter unit and dredge pump ensure a continuously high dredged mixture production. The robustly constructed dismountable dredger can be transport
C-Job Naval Architects recently presented a dredge design which could be built on stock, with the ability to be tailored to the customer’s needs during the building process. The standardized design, a 3000 cubic meter TSHD, has customizable aspects which customers are free to change in line with the
The trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) Padre Island, from Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC, is working in the Galveston Harbor. According to the USACE Galveston District, the TSHD is currently dredging as part of a contract to perform maintenance dredging in parts of Galveston Harbor. The w
Work to reroute the mouth of a river that feeds into Lake Superior began yesterday, WLUC reports. Marquette engineer officials said that the city is moving a significant amount of sand at the mouth of the Dead River. The river feeds into Lake Superior next to the Upper Harbor Ore Dock. According to
Haven Dredging recently conducted several trials on their innovative agitation dredging machine – the Tiamat. According to the company, the comparisons with traditional dredging methods have revealed staggering cost savings with Tiamat. The cost of using Tiamat stands at less than a £1.00/m3, compar
Port Taranaki, New Zealand, has started the process to renew its harbour maintenance dredging resource consents. Maintenance dredging is crucial to Port Taranaki’s ability to trade as a deep-water port. The periodic dredging campaigns remove sediment and sand buildup from the harbour – keeping shipp
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District has completed the first project funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – the Petersburg Navigation Improvements project. Located in Southeast Alaska between Juneau and Ketchikan, the Petersburg dredging project restored the the Borough’s South H
Technosub Group and DRAGFLOW have joined forces to launch Dragflow USA, elevating pumping and dredging solutions across the United States. The President and CEO of the Technosub Group, Mr. Eric Beaupre, is delighted with this strategic alliance: “The launch of Dragflow USA underscores our commitment
After four weeks of dredger on-site assembly, launching commissioning and training, the HID CSD750 heavy-duty cutter suction dredger is ready to work in the Maldives. The new dredger has just completed its journey from the assembly line to its designated work site, in anticipation of its inaugural d
Jenkins Marine has just released this amazing night photo of their backhoe dredger Doreen Dorward, working with the new 50t long reach excavator and 3D GPS guidance system and split hopper barge NAB at Sparkes Marina on Hayling Island. “Working in Chichester Harbour presents an additional challenge
Belgium’s V.H.F.R. Group completed some repair work on Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Causeway last week. For this project, V.H.F.R. team undertook several essential tasks, including: “Throughout this small but intensive project, V.H.F.R. Group team received valuable support from t
