With the first season of work completed by subcontractors Granite Construction and Condon-Johnson & Associates, Inc., Manson prepares for Season 2 at the Port of Alaska. A high priority for the Municipality of Anchorage, which owns and operates the Port of Alaska (the Port), the North Extension Stab
Despite the sub-zero winter temperatures, the Yacht Club Podersdorf in Austria has begun its suction dredging operations with the Watermaster eco-dredger. “Regardless of difficult conditions and sub-zero temperatures, the dredging work in the club is progressing well,” the yacht club announced last
Construction on the Boskalis’ new Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger has begun at Royal IHC Krimpen aan den IJssel yard in the Netherlands, with first steel cut on 9 January. Boskalis Executive Board member Theo Baartmans officially cut the first steel plate of their new 31,000m3 TSHD designed by Royal
USACE Los Angeles District deputy commander, Lt. Col. Stephen Brooks, met January 9 with the district’s project-delivery team managing dredging operations at Marina del Rey Harbor and partners from LA County to see the work in action. The dredging, which started January 1 and is scheduled to take fi
Jan De Nul Group has been busy lately dredging at the Port of Rostock, Germany. Awarded by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV), the project includes deepening of the approach channel (Seekanal) and the Rostock Port area. Currently, the fleet of 10 vessels is engaged in this dredg
USACE New England District Realty Specialists Craig Martin, Kate Mueller and Tyler Maryak performed a site visit to Scarborough, ME, on January 5, 2024. This project consists of a maintenance dredge of the Scarborough River Federal Navigation Project that involves the removal of approximately 111,00
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District has just announced that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock is about to begin mobilizing heavy equipment for the Montauk beach nourishment project. According to the Corps, the all-sand beach nourishment of Downtown Montauk was initially scheduled for late 20
This weekend, Dredge America Inc will be staging equipment and supplies at the Ohio River Boat Launch in preparation for the dredging of sediment downstream of the dock. According to the City of Paducah (KY), the contractor expects to begin the annual maintenance dredging in approximately two weeks
DEME Group’s cutter suction dredger ‘Amazone’ and hopper dredgers ‘Artevelde’, ‘Marieke’, and ‘Pallieter’ are moving ahead with the enormous task of removing the remaining peninsula at the New Lock Terneuzen project. Also, DEME’s backhoe dredger ‘Peter the Great’ recently joined the fleet of four dr
The maintenance dredging operations at the Port of Rio Grande, Brazil, are moving forward according to schedule. At the moment, the project is 73% finalized, Correio do Povo reports. So far, the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Utrecht removed two million cubic meters of sediments from the acc
The performance of any dredger is highly dependent on the efficiency of the slurry pump. That’s why for decades Royal IHC has been researching how these can work more efficiently. The latest findings have led to the development of a new generation of dredge pumps with three major improvements: Cutte
The Abu Qir Marine Port Container Terminal in the Egyptian coastal city of Alexandria has started its operation, Xinhua said. Chinese cargo ship “Zhong Gu Ji Lin” loaded with 2,000 standard containers docked at a completed section of the terminal on Tuesday morning, marking the official opening. The
The City of Oak Harbor, WA, and Island County have signed a $1 million grant agreement for the Marina Dredging Project. At its Jan. 2 meeting, the council authorized Mayor Ronnie Wright to sign the Rural County Economic Development Interlocal Agreement for the Oak Harbor Marina dredging project. The
MAN Energy Solutions will supply 3 × MAN 49/60 engines for new Boskalis’ 31,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). According to MAN, each engine will come accompanied by an exhaust-gas after-treatment system, namely an MAN Low-Pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction (LP-SCR) system, that ensu
