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
S.A.M.E. Dredging, a South Africa based supplier of dredging equipment, has just introduced its new Cutter SD500. According to the company, this dredger is capable of pumping approximately 500 m³/hr of wet sediment, slurry at between S.G. of 1,3 – 1,6. This piece of equipment is diesel driven and re
Due to coastal erosion, the beaches at the popular seaside resort in the South-Eastern part of Romania, Eforie, are in drastic decline. Van Oord is now reinforcing approximately 6 kilometres of coastline, using the best and most sustainable solutions. Van Oord is responsible for both project design
Due to the ongoing sea level rise, the coastline of Togo and Benin in West Africa is eroding by more than two meters every year. The result: houses literally end up in the ocean and the local population – which lives largely from fishing and arable farming – is struggling to make a living. To [&hell
The Oosterweel infrastructure project is entering the next phase, DEME Group announced today. The official starting signal was given yesterday for the construction of the eight tunnel elements for the Scheldt Tunnel, which will be built in a dedicated drydock in Zeebrugge. Once the tunnel elements a
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Portland District officially welcomed its newest hydrographic survey vessel, the Beeman, with a dedication and christening ceremony in Newport, Oregon, January 11. The Beeman, whose name honors the legacy of Ogden Beeman, chief of the Portland District’s Waterways N
