The Makah Tribe is making it easier for a Neah Bay-based response vessel to help distressed or disabled boats in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Northwest Treaty Tribes said. In partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the entrance to Neah Bay was dredged this winter to deepen and widen the ba
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredges millions of cubic yards of sediment annually from the Delaware River and Bay to provide for safe maritime navigation. A construction contractor is removing up to a million cubic yards of this sediment from USACE’s Fort Mifflin Dredged Material Disposal site i
Royal IHC has signed a contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. for the construction of a medium class hopper dredger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). “We’re very pleased to be working with Eastern Shipbuilding Group to build a highly automated, state-of-the-art hopper dredger tha
Boskalis’ backhoe dredger Magnor has successfully wrapped up a major navigation channel widening project in Port of Southampton. Dredging of the Western Docks will enable the largest container vessels to pass the biggest cruise ships berthed in the Port. The first significant channel-widening projec
The City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate is moving forward with Phase Two of the Lower Silvermine Wetland dredging initiative. As part of the current phase, approximately 79 000m2 of wetland will undergo dredging to remove silt, alien vegetation and reeds. The dredging started from t
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock has commenced work on the Sea Isle (NJ) dredging and beach nourishment project. The hopper dredge “Liberty Island” arrived in the City of Sea Isle earlier this week to begin the beach filling operations. Over the next two months, the dredge will place a million cubic yards
Dredging is underway at Rye Boat Ramp, VIC, Australia, to provide better access for boaters on the peninsula. Thanks to the boating registration and license fees, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council recently scored a grant to dredge at Rye and Mornington’s Fishermans Beach. According to the Better Bo
Van Oord’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Biesbosch and trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Apolonia are teaming up to dredge the Prinses Amaliahaven located on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A consortium of Van Oord, HOCHTIEF and Ballast Nedam has constructed 2.4 kilometres of new q
Hall Contracting’s backhoe dredge Woomera is joining various tugboats in ceremonially marking the last bucket of material dredged as part of the Port of Townsville Channel Upgrade project. Since commencing capital dredging in early 2022, Hall team has removed 3.4 million cubic meters of material fro
Port of Aberdeen is a step closer to becoming a strategic hub for floating offshore wind, with its proposed South Harbour upgrade project progressing to Stage 2. The significant upgrade involves a capital dredge project to deepen 750m of quayside to -14.5m chart datum, providing suitable depth for t
After two years of work, Callan Marine has successfully completed the Packery Channel Restoration, Dredging and Beach Nourishment Project. Packery Channel is a tidal channel connecting Corpus Christi Bay to the Gulf of Mexico that supports recreational boat traffic. The restoration project included
Mobilization for the next phase of San Jacinto West Fork dredging is underway. The City of Houston and its contractor DRC (a subsidiary of Callan Marine) are already staging equipment in two places on the West Fork, Reduce Flooding reports . This program, funded by FEMA, is set to remove an estimate
The Balkan Shipyard and Ship Repair Plant in Turkmenistan will begin assembling a Damen CSD650 cutter suction dredger (CSD) in the following days. The assembly of the new CSD is carried out by an order of the Söwda Gurluşyk Maslahat enterprise, said the Agency of Maritime and River Transport of Turk
Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery (Group) Co. (ZPMC) held a signing ceremony for a 25,000m³ dredger for CCCC Shanghai Waterway Bureau Limited on March 18, 2024. In September 2023, China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s Marine Design & Research Institute of China (MARIC) signed a design contract for th
