MOTAS Dredging Solutions is nearing completion of the delivery of an engineering and components package for a 2.000m3 Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. The delivery is a result of a contract awarded by NEPTUNE Marine, also located in The Netherlands. “MOTAS Dredging Solutions provides a comprehensive
The harbor development works at Maaungoodhoo island of Shaviyani atoll are well underway. This information was revealed by the contractor – Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) on Sunday. In the latest project update, MTCC said that the Maaungoodhoo harbor development reached overall 53
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has posted a couple of very interesting articles in the latest edition of the Terra et Aqua magazine. The winter issue includes articles covering dredging projects as well as the topics of safety, socio-economics, technical innovations and the e
DEME Group’s giant backhoe dredger Peter the Great is getting ready for action at the New Lock Terneuzen project. “A large part of the old Middensluis has now disappeared due to demolition works. After the Christmas Holidays, we will start removing an invisible part: the more than 7,000 piles in the
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company has finished pumping sand to the Gulf State Park and is now working in Orange Beach (AL). According to the City, the beach renourishment operation began in Orange Beach on Wednesday. “Heavy equipment is on the beach, and the public is asked to be respectful of wor
This morning, Mxtv released the latest video update from the largest land reclamation project in Boskalis’ history – the New Manila International Airport (NMIA). This will be the Philippines’ largest and most sophisticated airport and the dredging operations are moving forward according to schedule.
NY State Senator Alexis Weik has announced that the dredging of the Brown’s River is finally complete. “The navigational conditions within the Brown’s River federal channel are now safe for the foreseeable future,” Weik said in the announcement. The project provides for a channel 6 feet deep to 250
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District Mat Sinking Unit (MSU) kicked off revetment season on the Mississippi River earlier this week, following a delay to make critical repairs to the mooring barge. “My sincerest gratitude goes out to the entire crew of our Mat Sinking Unit for
The USACE Jacksonville District started maintenance dredging of sections of the Okeechobee Waterway and Intracoastal Waterway in the vicinity of St. Lucie Inlet earlier this week. The dredger Murden is expected to remove approximately 25,000 cubic yards of shoaling material over a 12-day period, sai
A launching ceremony of the world’s biggest and China’s first dual-fuel powered trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Xin Hai Xun took place in Qidong, east China’s Jiangsu Province, last week. With a liquefied natural gas (LNG) clean energy capacity of 15,000 cubic meters, the vessel (ordered by C
Crew on board the US Army Corps of Engineers dredge vessel Yaquina recently rescued a woman from the Columbia River after she had fallen into the currents several miles upriver. On the red deck of the massive dredge vessel Yaquina, deck mechanics Tanner Ensworth and Brian Marshall had just returned
Dredging operations at Bogue Inlet began January 1, and the project will eventually result in material being placed on western Emerald Isle beaches. The long-planned program is expected to last about six months, the town said in a press release. This work is being coordinated by the U.S. Army Corps
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District’s Dredge Goetz is working hard to keep navigation open on the Mississippi River just south of St. Louis, Missouri. The Dredge Goetz is 225-feet long, 40-feet wide and 600 tons. Its steel hull is 8-feet deep, and its draft is 5 feet. It can dredge a maxi
This cityscape shows how easily the Damen cutter suction dredger type CSD450 takes to work in an urban environment. This offers a major advantage on cityside waterway projects, meaning there is no need to add to road congestion and air pollution with noisy trucks. What’s more, the dredger is complet
