The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority will hold an open house next week about dredging in the Maumee River. The port said that they have worked with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to reactivate a disposal facility for dredged material at the mo
Työvene’s first ever trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) was successfully launched on September 19, 2023. The dredger will be used to maintain the depth in the Vistula Lagoon Canal and fairway in Poland. The TSHD, named Ursa, is a steel construction made to withstand a high level of wear and tear
Pinellas County officials are taking emergency measures to shore up some beaches that were slammed by Hurricane Idalia. It will be paid for with money from county tourist development taxes. The project is starting on Sunset Beach in Treasure Island, and will soon move to other impacted areas. The wo
Bembridge Harbour Trust said that the dredging works in the channel inside the harbour have started. Van Oord’s water injection dredger (WID) Borr agitates the silt on the sea bed and up into the water column. It then relies on the free energy of the ebb flow remove it. It is an efficient and enviro
Curtin Maritime, Corp. has unveiled the latest addition to its dredging fleet, DB Two Harbors. In support of Curtin’s mission to set the gold standard in mechanical dredging worldwide, this foreign-flagged grab dredge is packed with cutting-edge features that will surely offer unparalleled versatili
Finding and keeping the balance between dredging, protecting coastline structures and conserving the environment is an important task. Nowadays, extreme climate events such as coastal erosion, droughts and flooding occur at an increasingly alarming rate worldwide. Also, sediments and floating debris
DEME Group has just announced that its well-known cutter suction dredger (CSD) Amazone is ready for its next challenge. After the 10-year special survey and some essential repairs, including a period in dry dock in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, the Amazone is back in top form. “As the Amazone sets sa
Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced the successful renewal of a lease agreement with Breedon Group PLC, the vertically integrated construction materials group in Great Britain and Ireland, at the Port of Newport. This significant milestone marks their commitment to providing essential produ
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has delivered the complete component package for the 800 mm pipe diameter sand backfill installation for these works by the Femern Link Contractors joint venture (FLC). The order was awarded by Dutch shipyard Group Neptune Marine – the builders of the large spreader pontoon
The Philippines’ Department of Public Works and Highways-Central Luzon (DPWH-3) is conducting dredging operations in the heavily silted river channels in a bid to mitigate flooding in this province. DPWH-3 Regional Director, Roseller Tolentino, said that the agency’s Regional Equipment Management Di
The Enjiang Region in China has long been a significant source of sand production – contributing substantially to local tax revenue and providing numerous employment opportunities. Recently, the sand mining operations in the area have faced a persistent challenge due to a high proportion of riverbed
Titan has successfully performed the first two Ship-to-Ship LNG bunker operations in Hamburg. On the 14th of August, the company facilitated a second LNG bunkering to the Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Ariane. Titan’s ship Optimus executed bunkering of a total of 808 cbm of LN
Dredging of the Ettalong Channel is set to continue after ‘Port Frederick’, a new trailing suction dredger, arrived in the waterway this morning. Port Frederick is capable of completing in one day the work the previous Faucon dredge was able to complete in 2.5 days. Recent swell conditions have caus
Boskalis has acquired two contracts for the transportation and installation of the export and array cables for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm off the coast of Poland. The two contracts were awarded by a joint venture between PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted, which are developing the
