Multicat utility vessel Jenny D is about to begin River Thames maintenance dredging scheme on behalf of the Port of London Authority (PLA). First, Jenny D will commence plough dredging operations at Tilbury 2 CMAT, Gravesend Reach and Tilbury Grain Terminal, Northfleet Hope. According to PLA, the dr
Weeks Marine Inc., from Covington, Louisiana, has won a $62 million firm-fixed-price contract for a harbor deepening and widening work in Alabama. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, according to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Work will be performed in Irvington, Alabama
Chichester District Council (UK) has just announced that routine dredging work will take place at South Pond in Midhurst in early February. The dredging, carried out by the Council’s contractor will run from 5 to 9 February 2024. The work is carried out at regular intervals to remove sediment that i
Semi-submersible vessel Seaway Albatross is on its journey to Bulgaria to deliver two Van Oord split hopper barges, the Pieter Caland and the Cornelis Lely, and backhoe dredger Simson. The vessels are being transported to Burgas where they will be working for the Burgas Capital Dredging project. Acc
The Town of Topsail Beach, NC, has just announced that great progress is being made on the town’s 2023 Beach, Inlet, Sound Maintenance Project. Norfolk Dredging began placing sand on the beach in November and besides a few pauses due to weather, the project has been operating continuously since then
Earlier this month, community leaders in Lake Isabella received news that the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy issued the first permit in the restoration effort for Lake Isabella. The permit approved by EGLE allows the dredging of up to 9,334 cubic yards of material from t
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
