Earlier this year, Straatman successfully delivered a 25 ton bow discharge assembly to a client in the United States. The bow discharge installation with an inside diameter of ø762 mm and a maximum working pressure of 20 bar was recently installed on Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation new dredge,
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Brisbane is about to begin work for the nearshore beach nourishment trial off Maroochydore Beach, Sunshine Coast Council said. This very important project will use a method – called nearshore nourishment – in what will be a first for the region. It involves
The Opotiki Harbour Development team is very busy working on the apron and the toe construction of the Western Breakwater these days. The apron is the layer of rock going out from the wall and in the photo bellow you can see the long reach building out the toe at the end of the wall: […]
Bass Coast Shire Council’s advocacy efforts continue to pay off for the community with further funding for coastal erosion secured. Through the Coastal and Estuarine Risk Mitigation Program, the Federal Government has announced 34 projects Australia wide that will share in $50 million. The Cape to C
Orion Marine Group has recently completed the commissioning of its newest cutter suction dredger (CSD) Lavaca. The christening of the CSD took place yesterday in Port Lavaca, Texas. Over the course of the past 15 months, the dredger has undergone a complete rebuild, including detailed engineering by
Boskalis has just released the latest update on the largest project in the company’s history – the new Manila International Airport in the Philippines. According to the announcement, the construction work of a huge sand body measuring nearly 1,700 hectares on the outskirts of Manila for the new airp
Beach work at Eastoke on Hayling Island started today. The work will help protect homes and businesses against coastal flooding over winter. With securing funding from the Environment Agency, Havant Borough Council will be carrying out this very important nourishment program in this area. Material f
Pilbara Ports Authority has just released this amazing video named ‘Spoilbank Marina Port Hedland – Dredging team creating entrance channel to the marina’. In the video, Pilbara Ports Authority Dredging Superintendent, Rhett Moss, talks about the work underway on site to create the entry channel int
Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered a full dredge package for the brand-new split hull trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Omvac Catorce. The TSHD, owned by the Spanish dredging contractor CANLEMAR, has already entered service and started working on its first dredge project at the Port of Huel
Servimagnus has successfully completed the Río Salado maintenance dredging project in the Buenos Aires province. For this job, Servimagnus deployed its two cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) Micaela and Lucio, along with its Máximo support vessel, ground crews and technical staff. “With this project – c
The Karnaphuli River dredging program in Bangladesh is in full swing now. The photo below shows Deep Diggers utilizing one of the two DSC Sharks that they built in Bangladesh using DSC design and components for the dredging project on the Karnaphuli River. The Karnaphuli River is the largest and mos
Orion Marine Group has completed the commissioning of its newest cutter suction dredger (CSD) Lavaca. The christening ceremony of the new vessel will took place tomorrow, November 10th 2022, in Port Lavaca, Texas at 1:30 in the afternoon. The Lavaca has been outfitted with the latest state-of-the-ar
The electrification of big machinery has long been a challenge. In 2020, Van Oord commissioned the Netherlands’ first all-electric 20-tonne excavator and more recently its first hybrid bulldozer. The success of these machines has led Van Oord to invest in 4 electric excavators, 2 electric wheeled lo
The Philippines’ Department of Transportation (DOTr), led by Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista, toured the New Manila International Airport (NMIA) last weekend. According to DOTr, the new massive facility is now rising in the province of Bulacan. Under this capital development program, approxi
