The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected a cleanup plan for the first mile of the Lower Neponset River Superfund Site, located in Boston and Milton, Massachusetts. This covers the area of the Neponset River from where it merges with the Mother Brook near the Dana Avenue Bridge, to the T
Jenkins Marine has been hard at work near Portsmouth working with a large international dredging contractor at the Southsea beach replenishment project. This is part of a large-scale coastal defence project which is adding approximately one million tonnes of new shingle to the beach between October
The Midwest Chapter of Western Dredging Association will next year (April 21-23) take place at the DoubleTree Nashville Downtown in Tennessee. Once again, the event will provide a forum for exchanging information of interest to the dredging industry and its associates. Representatives from all areas
In a major step toward strengthening the United Arab Emirates’ position as a global energy hub, AD Ports Group and Nimex Terminals have signed two long-term agreements that will position Khalifa Port into a leading trading hub for low-carbon energy and petrochemical logistics. The agreements include
The Port Authority of Douala (PAD) has signed a public-private partnership (PPP) with the Lebanese-Chinese consortium Mira S.A for the construction of a 1,500 meter multipurpose quay. According to local media, the agreement was signed earlier this week by Cyrus Ngo’o, PAD’s managing director, and Ib
Laguna Governor, Sol Aragones, and San Miguel Corporation (SMC) President, Ramon Ang, formally signed a memorandum of agreement today to launch a collaborative flood control and dredging initiative across Laguna. In a news release, Provincial Information Officer, Danilo Lucas, said that the dredging
The City of Newport Beach and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers this week celebrated the launch of the Newport Harbor Dredging Project — the largest and final major dredge planned for the harbor. The project will remove about 900,000 cubic yards of sediment from the harbor floor over the next 10-12 m
Waterking BV has just established a new production location in India for the Waterking amphibious excavators – Waterking Dredging Equipment India PVT. According to the Dutch company, this move will cover the African, Asian and South American markets. Also, their most popular model, the WK 220, will
Preparations are underway for the annual maintenance dredging of Toledo Harbor, Lucas County, Ohio. The Army Corps, Buffalo District anticipates dredging operations at Toledo Harbor to be performed during the period between July 1 and March 15. According to USACE, sediments will be removed from the
Van Oord has reached an agreement with BAM Infraconsult bv (BAM’s civil engineering consultancy in the Netherlands) on the intended acquisition of the Xbloc activities and associated assets. Xbloc activities include the design and construction of innovative concrete armor units for protecting shorel
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released an investigation report into an incident where a fire in the engine room of the dredger Stuyvesant near Jacksonville, Florida, killed one crew member. On November 2, 2024, about 1435 local time, the dredging vessel Stuyvesant, with a crew
Royal IHC, together with Vishwa Samudra Holdings and in the presence of the Indian Register of Shipping (IRS), recently held a steel-cutting ceremony to mark the official start of construction of a new Beagle 8 trailing suction hopper dredger. The new dredger will have a hopper capacity of 8,000 m³
In recent months, Boskalis deployed the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Gateway and the backhoe dredger Manu-Pekka to the North Sea to make preparation work for the installation of the 22-kilometer-long offshore pipeline by Allseas. Boskalis said that they, in cooperation with its partner All
With the introduction of its new Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) range, Damen has developed a highly realistic dredge training simulator. The setup imitates the behavior of a real CSD in a true-to-life presentation. This includes a dredge control system that is completely identical to that of the CSD,
