Bill White, US Ambassador to Belgium, and Minister Annick De Ridder, Flemish Minister for Mobility, Public Works, Ports and Sport, visited DEME Group’s headquarters in Beveren–Kruibeke–Zwijndrecht yesterday. During their visit, they had a brief tour of DEME’s Lookout pavilion and boarded the trailin
Dredging and sand pumping work to renourish Sarasota’s shoreline is moving forward. This fully Federally-funded effort includes the dredging of New Pass and the beneficial placement of 300,000 cubic yards of sand along 1.2 miles of Sarasota’s shoreline. According to USACE, the project remains on sch
Construction work is underway on a new dredging vessel at the Balkan Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant, Turkmenistan’s first major shipbuilding facility. According to the State Service of Maritime and River Transportation of Turkmenistan, this project is part of efforts to expand the country’s mari
Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V. – Dutch Dredging said that their new 2,300 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Magdalena was launched at the Nam Trieu Shipyard in Haiphong, Vietnam, today. This marks the next phase in the construction process, carried out in close cooperation with Royal IHC. With t
Two Plymouth organizations – the University of Plymouth and Recycle it Global (RiG) – have launched a collaborative project to tackle the complex challenges posed by contaminated marine dredged materials. According to the University of Plymouth, a new Knowledge Transfer Partnership will unite their
The Port of Suape, Pernambuco, said that the dredging works to deepen its internal channel are now complete. With a total investment of R$217 million ($41.2 million), the project increased the channel depth from 10 meters to 16.2 meters, removing operational bottlenecks and allowing larger vessels t
The newest addition to the Manson Construction Co. fleet – the hopper dredger Frederick Paup – departed the Seatrium AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, bound for Mobile, Alabama, last week. Representing Manson’s largest single investment since its founding in 1905, the Frederick Paup is the larg
The USACE Baltimore District of has received an application for a Department of the Army permit pursuant to Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 for a dredging project on the Anacostia River in Washington, DC. The applicant, the District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environment (
Kananook Creek Association (KCA) said that routine maintenance dredging works are currently being carried out by Frankston City Council at the Kananook Creek entrance. These works are focused on removing the natural build‑up of sand at the creek mouth to ensure safe access to the boat ramp. KCA said
NMDC Dredging and Marine has just released a video of a keel laying ceremony of their new AED 618 million ($168.3 million) self-propelled cutter suction dredger (CSD). With an overall length of 148 meters and total installed power of 30,440 kilowatts, the vessel is set to further enhance NMDC’s mari
The Government of Japan handed over a cutter suction dredger (CSD) to the Ministry of Agriculture, Waterways and Sugar Industry at the Ministry’s Luvuluvu Station in Nausori this morning, strengthening Fiji’s flood mitigation capacity and long-term climate resilience. Officiating the handover, the C
Work on a new Damen trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) 1000 at Shipyard 189 in Haiphong, Vietnam, is in full swing. At the moment, work on the bottom doors is underway. Also, the two main propulsion engines were placed in the aft engine room last month. The dredge’s engine configuration is: Dame
Holland Shipyards Group said that the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Biesbosch is back in the Netherlands – after 25 years. According to their latest announcement, the Dutch company will give this dredger a second life, together with Filia Dredging. “The vessel arrived just before Christmas
Redwise Maritime Services BV said that the Manta Ray, a rugged U.S.-built hopper dredger from 1987, has started a new chapter after a full reactivation and sailing under her own power to Nigeria. Redwise had been contacted nearly two years prior her sailing for an initial quote, which was for anothe
