Jan De Nul’s giant trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Galileo Galilei is busy working in Brazil, at the Port of Rio de Janeiro. With a total investment of 163 million reais ($32.4 million), PortosRio is carrying out the dredging operations to deepen the port’s access channel from 15.5 to 16.2 me
Hall Contracting has just released this amazing video about the completion of capital dredging works at Port of Townsville Channel Upgrade. Hall’s backhoe dredge, Woomera, joined various tugboats in ceremonially marking the last bucket of material dredged as part of the Port of Townsville Channel Up
The last decade witnessed an increasing level of attention to sustainability and sustainable development across all sectors all over the world, including the dredging industry. Also, the dredging industry has vital roles in the global sustainability transition and the dredging community has to work
Belgium’s V.H.F.R. Group completed repair work on Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Causeway in February this year. In March, the Boskalis’ TSHD Strandway underwent a 2.5-week drydocking project at the Damen Harlingen shipyard. Throughout the project, overseen by the V.H.F.R. Group, t
The Port of Turku, Finland, is gearing up for the next dredging campaign during which the fairway will be improved all the way to the tip of the Ruissalo Island. As reported by the Port of Turku, the dredging of the port fairways, including the Pansio fairway and the inner harbour, will commence whe
HID’s new generation cutter suction dredger CSD750 (HID-CSD-7535 Model) was delivered to Maldives Transport & Contracting Company (MTCC) earlier this year. “We are honored to deliver the first ever CSD750 to MTCC,” said Bella Wang, HID Global Sales Director of HID Dredging Equipment. “We feel that t
The USACE Detroit District started dredging the outer harbor in Holland, Michigan, this weekend to remove about 31,000 cubic yards of sediment from the federal navigation channel. The King Co., based in Holland, Michigan was awarded a $901,885 contract to hydraulically dredge Holland and Grand Haven
USACE Honolulu District, on behalf of the Hawaii Department of Transportation Harbors Division, is hosting a community information meeting to present the construction plan for the Kaunakakai Harbor Maintenance Dredging project, at the Duke Maliu Regional Park Pavilion in Kaunakakai, today. The purpo
HERBOSCH-KIERE reached an important milestone in Senegal today – following extensive preparation over several months, their Hitachi ZX 890, a 90 T crane, has started its operations from the Gaverland, with the first bucket into the seabed. “In the months ahead, we’ll be fully dedicated to laying dow
Ahtna Marine & Construction Company (AMCC) has announced the successful completion of the Mason’s Inlet dredging and beach renourishment project for New Hanover County in North Carolina. Tasked by New Hanover County, AMCC undertook the vital maintenance dredging of Mason’s Inlet, situated between Sh
Working on behalf of Louth County Council and together with Anthony D Bates Partnership LLP, O’Connor Sutton Cronin is undertaking the design, tender and supervision of maintenance dredging at the Annagassan Harbour, Ireland. The harbour comprises an approach channel, quay walls, vessel berths, slip
The USACE Task Force Virgin Islands Puerto Rico (TF-VIPR) Commander, Col. Charles Decker, USACE TF-VIPR Deputy for Programs & Project Management, Jacqueline Keiser, and members from TF-VIPR attend the First Bucket Ceremony for the San Juan Harbor Dredging and Deepening Project yesterday. Under the p
The City of Greater Geelong (VIC) has completed maintenance dredging of the Clifton Springs boat harbour. Dredging to clear the harbour channels near the entrance took place between 20 and 31 March 2024. Clifton Springs boat harbour is relatively shallow, particularly after storms when sand and seag
Luhr Crosby of Columbia, Illinois, has won a $10 million US Army Corps contract for dredging work in Cairo. Under the contract, Luhr Crosby will provide dredging of shoals found between Cairo, IL and Markland Lock and Dam along the navigation channel Ohio River miles 981–531, Upper Mississippi River
