The City of Wabasha and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District are working under a historic agreement to remove around 135,000 cubic yards of dredged sand removed from the Mississippi River navigation channel to make room for future dredging operations. The Corps of Engineers is paying
Jhonlin Marine Trans – part of the Jhonlin Group – is expanding its dredging capabilities by investing in two new Royal IHC dredgers, the Beagle® 4 and Beaver® 65. Rangga Rishar Saputra, Country Manager Indonesia for IHC, was pleased with the signing of the contract with Jhonlin Marine Trans. At the
Katsa’s assembly team is just finishing the first new Dredge Pump Gearboxes. This gearbox is rated to 1330kW / 1600rpm, and dry weight is some 4700kg. Configuration includes direct dredge pump mounting, PTO´s, integrated hydraulically operated wet running clutch as well as gearbox control unit with
Less than four months since completing its P2-billion initiative to clean up the Pasig River, San Miguel Corporation’s (SMC) comprehensive efforts to rehabilitate major river systems has shifted to high gear in Central Luzon. In just one year, the company has removed more than 2 million metric tonne
Another Damen cutter suction dredger CSD650 was launched at the Damen Dredging Equipment yard in Nijkerk this morning. It is a standard CSD650, built according to Damen’s ‘standard dredgers in stock’ policy. Made for mining operations, capital dredging projects and maintenance dredging, the well-pow
DSC’s annual Dreducation Class is now bigger and better – instead of 1 day it has expanded to a 3-day Aggregate Training Short Course. This Short Course – packed with dynamic Experts and Speakers known throughout the industry – has been carefully designed to be industry-specific, and will cover the
Ben Buchele Elektromotorenwerke GmbH delivered two electric motors to Reintjes for installation on a hybrid dredger Chicago at the Port of Hamburg recently. “The end user wanted an electric motor solution that enabled fully electric power at a speed of up to six knots, and offered the capacity to re
The Department of Transport, Western Australia, has announced that maintenance dredging works are underway at the Port Walcott. This dredging campaign commenced in mid-January 2024 and is expected to be completed by approximately the 9 February 2024. According to DoT, dredging is being undertaken in
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently began work on the Sea Girt (NJ) beach replenishment project. The project, which kicked off in early January, will provide much needed sand and storm protection to the south end of town. The contractor, Weeks Marine has so far filled the beaches of Trenton an
Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District and the City of Nome have signed a “project partnership agreement” that advances the construction of the Port of Nome Modification Project. The document was originally signed by Col. Jeffrey Palazzini, district commander, and Jo
The Yard Brisbane, one of the most well-resourced shipyards on the east coast of Australia, recently welcomed hopper dredge Faucon for a refit project. Operated by McQuade Marine, the vessel is one of the bigger dredging ships to come to the Yard Brisbane. She works up and down the east coast of Aus
ESTEVE AS, part of BMLG group which provides port operator services at Paldiski South Harbor, has announced the start of the next phase of construction works at quay No. 6A. According to ESTEVE, the hopper dredger Vox Amalia owned by Van Oord has arrived at the Paldiski South Harbour, loading sand f
New York State Water Resources Institute has just released this very interesting video on how dredging affects upstream and downstream dynamics. This project was supported by the NY State Water Resources Institute and NY State DEC Hudson River Estuary Program.
Manson Construction crews have began beach nourishment operations in the City of Solana Beach, CA. This long-awaited beach replenishment project kicked off last week and includes dredging and pumping around 700,000 cubic yards of sand on to the beach. The work will create approximately 25-acres of n
