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
In high winds an amphibious excavator has done a precision dredging job near a Dutch dyke. The project aim was to remove a limited volume of silt – some 4.000m³ and create a more stable basis for dyke reinforcement. The removed volume was to be replaced by sand in a second stage of the project. [&he
A non-self-propelled cutter suction dredger (Project 4395) was launched at Gorodets based PAO Shiprepair & Shipbuilding Corporation last week. The RKO class dredger “X O 2.0 (Ice 10) A” of 700 cbm capacity/hour, named Tobol, was ordered by Rechvodput for the Ob-Irtysh basin administration. This is t
The St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Service Base team is making the final preparations for the district’s Dredge Potter to begin its season. According to USACE, the Dredge Potter ensures a safe reliable navigation channel on the Mississippi River for commerce. The dredger was origin
Visualization of dredging is essential to gain insight into the dredging process. But this is only the beginning of the whole dredging story. To complete that story, MSA-Service meet with Diederik van Halsema of DC Dredging. He is the fleet manager of the entire DC Dredging fleet, including the vess
EDDY Pump Corporation, involved in pump and dredge equipment manufacturing, has partnered with EZ CONNECT Floats, a manufacturer of innovative patented float products. Through this partnership, EDDY Pump will leverage EZ CONNECT Floats’ expertise and experience in designing adjustable and versatile
