Seventeen cannons and artifacts were loaded onto a flatbed semitruck Jan. 31, 2023, at the Savannah District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineers Depot and transported to the Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M. The cannons and artifacts were discovered in the Savannah River during the
Jan De Nul’s giant trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Cristóbal Colón is almost ready to sail again. The vessel was docked out in January for maintenance works. The crew is currently completing repairs along the quay and preparing the vessel for departure later this month. The TSHD specification
The Davao del Norte Government has purchased a Watermaster – a mobile amphibious multipurpose dredger intended primarily for the Libuganon River in Tagum City. The province is under a state of calamity after the PHP50.3-million (around $1 million) damage in agriculture and infrastructure was recorde
Damen crews are currently preparing a new cutter suction dredger ?????? for transport. At the moment, disassembly (process of separating a machine or structure into its different parts) of the new dredger is underway at the ????? ???????? yard. According to the Dutch shipbuilder, the CSD650 is almos
Two Amphibex dredgers performed emergency response operations in Mexico recently. According to the company, on January 10th, two Amphibex models AE450 stopped their dredging work to help a burning vessel in the Port of Muelle. “We would like to congratulate the crews for their quick reaction,” AMPHI
Group De Cloedt said that the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) DC Ostend is currently at Szczecińska Stocznia Remontowa ‘Gryfia’ shipyard in Poland. Group De Cloedt owns six sea-going trailing suction hopper dredgers and two river-going suction hopper dredgers. Vessel specifications: Type: Tra
Dragflow srl, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of heavy-duty submersible pumps with agitators and complete systems for dredging, recently delivered a remote-controlled dredger to a customer in Guatemala. The dredger – designed for dredging in particularly complex and hard-to-reach environmen
An unexploded device was found during dredging at the entrance channel of the Savannah River on January 25. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the device was found during a routine dredging operation. The vessel captain called the U.S. Coast Guard Command Duty Officer to report the find.
The dredging vessel Merritt is currently dredging Carolina Beach Inlet and will continue work through tomorrow. Afterward, she will take a trip up the coast to Bogue Inlet to keep the AIWW safe for all mariners, emergency vessels, transportation, and recreation, said USACE. Carteret County Shore Pro
Royal IHC today released this amazing video of trailing suction hopper dredger TEUNIS HUIBERTUS on its sea trails in January 2023. This Beagle® 4 is a TSHD from the series of ‘standard’ medium-sized hoppers of IHC Dredging. During the sea trails, next to the ship performance and safety procedures, a
A pre-construction meeting for the upcoming 2023 Beach Fill project for Avalon and Stone Harbor beaches was held at Stone Harbor Borough Hall last week. Participants in the meeting included representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection,
Boskalis has won a contract from the Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure of the Republic of the Maldives related to the further development of Gulhifalhu – including climate adaptive measures for the island. The contract carries a value of approximately EUR 120 million. This pr
Mike Hooks LLC, a dredging company based in Westlake, LA, hosted a delegation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) earlier this week. During the visit – part of the annual Dredging Fundamentals Course – 45 USACE employees were able to tour the new 27-inch cutter suction dredger Lorraine Hoo
Kerry Co. Council is about to begin the dredging operations in Fenit Harbour in February 2023. This relates to the disposal of c. 60,000m3 of material which has accumulated within the marina and inner harbour. Dredging is for the purposes of maintenance of the design and operational depths within th
