Construction has started on Phase 3 of the Map Ta Phut Industrial Port Development in Thailand – the ACCROPODE project. The 3D physical model tests were carried out recently at the CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory to check and confirm the stability of the single-layer ACCROPODE™ armour. According
Environmental dredging is executed for the specific purpose of removing hazardous wastes that are detrimental to ecosystems, human and marine life. The equipment needed for this kind of work is specially designed or adapted to remediate waterways that contain contaminated sediments. Environmental dr
Earlier this year, Rohde Nielsen won a contract by the client NCC, related to the transport of wastewater from the island of Hanö to the sewage treatment facility in Nogersund, Sweden. The contract scope comprised dredging a 6 km long trench, at water depths from -3m to -30m. The backhoe dredger, Mj
Weeks Marine Inc., of Covington, Louisiana, has won a $33.1 million firm-fixed-price contract for a beach renourishment in Monmouth County. Bids for this project were solicited via the internet with two received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said in its latest announcement. Work will be perf
USACE Ensley Engineer Yard team is making great progress on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District’s Dredge Currituck. Metal Worker Welder Joey Cabay said: “Of the long list of repairs already made, the big-ticket items include removing the pilot house, pump engines, generators, old pi
The dredging vessel Omvac Diez, the second dredger set to undertake the dredging works at the Port of Cabedelo, Brazil, is about to begin its task. According to local media, the vessel is now in Recife and should arrive in Cabedelo – to join the dredger Kenford (already working in the area) – in the
Sediment is being removed from the channel between Upper and Lower Twin Lakes, Coeur d’Alene Press reports. The main goal of the project is to improve water quality for wildlife, boaters and the overall community. The Twin Lakes Improvement Association, a nonprofit formed in 1956 to improve and pres
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, has just released this very interesting video named ‘Dredge Hurley Slideshow’. USACE uses the dustpan dredge Hurley to remove sediment from within the navigation channels of the Mississippi River. Dustpan dredges are unique to the Mississippi River
Boskalis’ colleagues at Boskalis Terramare, together with their client and project partners, have been awarded the Project of the Year 2022 award by the Finnish Project Management Association for the deepening of the Vuosaari Channel in the Port of Helsinki. They deepened the channel from 11 to 13 m
The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced more than $703 million to fund 41 projects in 23 states and one territory that will improve port facilities through the Maritime Administration’s Port Infrastructure Development Program. The funding, made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Bodies of remaining four people who went missing after a sand-extraction dredger capsized in Mirsharai upazila of Chittagong because of tidal waves caused by Cyclone Sitrang have been recovered. With the latest development, the bodies of all missing people have been recovered and the number of death
Svitzer, a towage provider and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, will take delivery of two new ASD tugboats and one workboat and thereby further modernising and expanding the fleet in the Americas region. The workboat – Svitzer Moín – is a survey vessel, which will service Svitzer’s operation in Costa Ric
The Mississippi River is one of the busiest waterways in the United States. Of its 4,267 miles of navigable channels (1/3 of U.S. inland waterways) 681 million tons of cargo move on the system each year with transportation cost savings of $12.5 billion. “Maintaining and protecting the Mississippi Ri
Dead bodies of four people have been recovered after a dredger capsized in coast adjacent to Mirsarai Economic Zone in Chattogram, Bangladesh, due to the impact of cyclonic storm ‘Sitrang’. The dredger capsized on Tuesday morning with eight workers, risingbd.com reports. “We recovered three bodies o
