The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Little Rock District has released latest update for the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. According to the Corps, all traffic on the locking queue at Montgomery Point Lock & Dam (NM 0.5) has been cleared and normal locking procedures have begun. H
Pentair Fairbanks Nijhuis supplied a Split Case pump type Venus1-300,410 (1100 m3/h @ 85 mlc and 2200 m3/h @ 43 mlc) for a dredging company in Cameroon recently. The pump housing is cast iron and the impeller is aluminum bronze. According to Pentair, the pump was inspected and approved by an externa
The Gold Coast Waterways Authority (GCWA) is celebrating a decade of Gold Coast waterways management. The GCWA was established in December 2012 by the Queensland Government through the Gold Coast Waterways Authority Act 2012. With the responsibility for a waterways network that stretches from Jumpin
Boskalis has just announced the completion of the dredging works for the new inland harbor along the Upper Rhine near Spijk in the Netherlands. For this project, Boskalis dredged 2.3 million cubic meters of sand, utilizing an electric suction dredger and crane barges. Unique to the project is not on
The first phase of development of a new passive-recreation Mercer County park is underway. Dredging of the 50-acre lake at what is known as Miry Run’s Dam Site 21 began yesterday. Located in Hamilton, Robbinsville and West Windsor, the 279-acre property was acquired by Mercer County in the late 1970
Project director Phil Wardale has informed recreational vessel users transiting through the Whanganui Port basin to take care and proceed with caution, due to increase in construction activity in the area. The contractor has made good piling progress over the last few weeks and will now start piling
ZF has announced the expansion of its azimuth thruster (AT) lineup with the new AT 90, compatible with a wide range of commercial vessels, supporting max power of 1,978 kW / 2,651hp. “Whether a client is operating vessels in the inland waterways or has tugboats, ferries or any number of specialty ve
The Gulf Shores Beach Restoration project in Alabama is moving along nicely with over 32,000 cubic yards of sand already delivered to the beaches. Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company commenced offshore dredging operations on October 30 to bring sand to the East Beach Gulf Shores segment of the proje
Van Oord has successfully carried out beach nourishment works along the coast of the Dutch province of Zeeland. As a result, the coastline has been stabilised and coastal towns and infrastructure are well protected for the coming years. The work was carried out by Van Oord’s three new hopper dredger
Watermaster/Aquamec Ltd. has just delivered two powerful Watermaster Classic V amphibious multipurpose dredgers to Lake Neusiedl in Austria. The lake has been facing challenges such as excessive mud and overgrown plants. “After thorough comparison between different techniques, Seemanagement GmbH cho
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District has awarded a $29.1 million contract to Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting of Quincy, Massachusetts, for the maintenance dredging works in Baltimore, Maryland. According to the Corps, the project consists of maintenance dredging approximately 1
The City of Conneaut, Ohio, and state officials marked the completion of work on the Conneaut Creek Dredge Reclamation Facility yesterday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. At the ceremony, Jim Hockaday, City Manager, praised the collaboration that took place to get the city to the point where the faci
The Cobb’s Quay Marina’s latest dredging project is officially underway. “The dredger has arrived yesterday and works have begun,” said Cobb’s Quay Marina in its official announcement. “Weather permitting, we expect works to be completed in the next 6-8 weeks.” The works are being carried out by the
Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales, has started the second phase of dredging on the Montgomery Canal as part of the effort to restore the 200-year-old canal. The Montgomery Canal restoration has included decades of work by volunteers and partners. Now, over four miles of the canal betwe
