The Port of Turku, Finland, is gearing up for the next dredging campaign during which the fairway will be improved all the way to the tip of the Ruissalo Island. As reported by the Port of Turku, the dredging of the port fairways, including the Pansio fairway and the inner harbour, will commence whe
Working on behalf of Louth County Council and together with Anthony D Bates Partnership LLP, O’Connor Sutton Cronin is undertaking the design, tender and supervision of maintenance dredging at the Annagassan Harbour, Ireland. The harbour comprises an approach channel, quay walls, vessel berths, slip
Royal IHC has signed a contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. for the construction of a medium class hopper dredger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). “We’re very pleased to be working with Eastern Shipbuilding Group to build a highly automated, state-of-the-art hopper dredger tha
Boskalis’ backhoe dredger Magnor has successfully wrapped up a major navigation channel widening project in Port of Southampton. Dredging of the Western Docks will enable the largest container vessels to pass the biggest cruise ships berthed in the Port. The first significant channel-widening projec
Van Oord’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Biesbosch and trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Apolonia are teaming up to dredge the Prinses Amaliahaven located on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A consortium of Van Oord, HOCHTIEF and Ballast Nedam has constructed 2.4 kilometres of new q
Port of Aberdeen is a step closer to becoming a strategic hub for floating offshore wind, with its proposed South Harbour upgrade project progressing to Stage 2. The significant upgrade involves a capital dredge project to deepen 750m of quayside to -14.5m chart datum, providing suitable depth for t
The Balkan Shipyard and Ship Repair Plant in Turkmenistan will begin assembling a Damen CSD650 cutter suction dredger (CSD) in the following days. The assembly of the new CSD is carried out by an order of the Söwda Gurluşyk Maslahat enterprise, said the Agency of Maritime and River Transport of Turk
The Port of Esbjerg has received permission from the Danish Coastal Authority to deepen Grådyb tidal inlet channel, the 21.6km long waterway from the North Sea to Esbjerg Harbor. In order for the fairway to reach a sufficient depth, there is a need to dredge up to 3,702,000m³ of material from the en
The steel cutting ceremony of two electrically powered mining dredgers for Kenmare Resources took place at Royal IHC shipyard in Kinderdijk today. “We were honoured to welcome Kees van der Staaij and aldermen Hugo van der Wal and Piet Vat to Royal IHC’s shipyards in both Kinderdijk and Krimpen aan d
Port of Rønne, Denmark, has officially received the green light for stage 4 of the port’s development project. Environmental approvals of the project mark another step forward in securing the future of Bornholm. “This is crucial for the island’s development and the modernization of the port, enablin
DEME Group has released its 2023 Annual Report, showcasing a year of growth and strong performance across all the sectors. According to the company, 2023 demonstrates that DEME is firmly on track. The year was defined by geographic expansion, new vessels, significant growth, and several wins. DEME d
CORMAC and Bude-Stratton Town Council issued an update on the on-going canal dredging works today. No operations will take place over Easter weekend (Good Friday to Easter Monday) for both dredging and embankment repairs. According to the update, pile installation for repairs are now completed, redu
The trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) Medway (Boskalis) and Pallieter (DEME Group) kept Astilleros de Santander S.A.U. (Astander) crews busy for the last two months. “Drydocking and maintenance of trailing suction hopper dredgers are complex projects and completing them in a successful way re
A maintenance dredging project in Liverpool Marina has commenced to return sediment that enters through the lock and impounding pumps back to the River Mersey. For this project, Humber Work Boats Limited brought in their 12″ cutter suction dredger, the John M. In order to maintain the desired water
