Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) yesterday reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. At June 30, 2023, the Company had $434.6 million in dredging backlog as compared to $377.1 million at December 31, 2022. Low bids and options pending award totaled $487.3 million as
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District, has introduced the newest addition to their fleet – the Multipurpose Vessel (MPV) Brandy Station. The MPV Brandy Station will work on missions previously completed by the MPV Snell. The Snell worked in the Galveston District from 2017 to
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Galveston District has just released this amazing photo of the Padre Island, a hopper dredger from the Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company. According to USACE, the dredger was passing the Galveston District’s headquarters, along the Galveston Harbor Channel. “Unfortun
IHC Mining recently embarked on the first dredger simulator training series with its client, Richards Bay Minerals (RBM), and the company announced today that the training has been successfully completed. The intensive simulator and theory training took place at the RBM operation in South Africa and
Mangroves are like the guardians of our planet. Not only do they absorb CO2 at an impressive rate, but they also protect the coasts and filter the water. Plus, they are a hotspot for biodiversity. Jan De Nul, together with its partners, is currently working on the AquaForest project in Ecuador. Ther
Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG), Panama City, Fla., has been awarded a $257 million firm-fixed-price contract for the design-build of a new medium-class hopper dredger. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received, the Department of Defense announced yesterday. Work will be performed in
As the first point of contact with the soil a drag head is of vital importance to the entire dredging process. Although clay is one of the most difficult soils to dredge with a trailing suction hopper dredger, there is a solution – the Royal IHC Mighty Dragon drag head. Dredging soils such as clay [
The dredging equipment for the Brigantine beach replenishment has arrived in the Absecon Inlet. Brigantine Mayor Vince Sera – NJ’s update said that the replenishment work is scheduled to begin around August 5th. In the area of the replenishment, survey crews (in boats) will be close to the shoreline
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Shoalway arrived in Dover this morning – getting ready for the next phase of planned dredging in the Outer Harbour. The vessel is owned and operated by Royal Boskalis Westminster, and their direct involvement with the Dover Western Docks Revival project mak
HID Dredger, a Chinese manufacturer of dredgers and dredging equipment, joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) recently, and also signed partnership with Mr. Altai Borubaev, the National Science Academician from Kyrgyzstan, for the purpose of improving water quality by creating water pur
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation (GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, said that the U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday attended the steel cutting ceremony for the construction of the Acadia, Great Lakes’ first offshore wind rock placement vessel. The steel c
DACINCO Investment Construction Company Limited in Vietnam has recently awarded IHC Dredging a contract to supply a third Beaver® 65 DDSP cutter suction dredger. This was announced last month, at a special ceremony in Vietnam, marking the delivery of the second Beaver® 65, the DACINCO 01. Alexander
The 2023 Shenzhen International Dredging Technology & Development (Dredging Equipment) Show took place in Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center last week. The dredging conference proved to be a spectacular event, gathering leading dredging or related companies and experts from around the globe.
PD Ports, a Middlesbrough headquartered port, shipping and logistics company, has just announced a £23 million investment in a new dredging vessel. The 71m long dredger, which has already been named the Emerald Duchess following a competition among PD Ports employees, will arrive at Teesport next su
