Macau Dredging Services Limited will continue to provide dredging and maintenance services of Macau’s public waterways and harbour basins after being awarded with a new 5-year contract taking effect on January 1, 2023. According to their official statement, Macau Dredging (MD) “will provide services
Nanjing Deers Industrial Co. has just released a very interesting video about the Yancheng LNG reserve construction project. At the moment, it is the largest LNG reserve base under construction in China. According to Nanjing, the dredging works of the project have been completed.
Mud Cat has just commissioned a new MC 100E with 680m3/hr. (3,000gpm) pump performance to a dredge contractor in the Mediterranean region. The client already owns multiple Mud Cat and IMS Versi-Dredge units. According to Mud Cat, the MC 100E has a ladder mounted pump that reaches 6m (20ft.) with its
IHC Dredging has sold a Beagle® 4, a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) with a hopper volume of 4,000 m3, to contractor Gebr. van der Lee. The Dutch family business was looking for a sustainable trailing suction hopper dredger with this hopper volume available on short term. The Beagle® 4 is a t
Damen has just introduced the first cabin of its new Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) range. A new design becomes quite real when they start finishing up components, the company said. “This beauty makes sure you dredge in comfort and style. She comes with air-conditioning and sound-absorbing isolation,”
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has released an update on their fleet renewal program. The Galveston Island, the first of two newbuild hopper dredges, is in the water and is scheduled to be in operation the first half of 2023 as planned. This new dredge is a 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity tr
The largest U.S.-flagged, self propelled trailing suction hopper dredger (THSD) Frederick Paup will be propelled by three SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers – manufactured at the German Wismar production site. The three SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers type 510 L FP are powered by diesel-electric drives and feature
Sometimes, the solution to a problem can be lying right under our nose. Dunes serve as natural buffers to climate change, for instance, by breaking the strength of the wind and waves that can cause erosion and damage coastal infrastructure. That is why UNESCO began working with scientists, local man
INZ WORLD has just released this beautiful video about the biggest and strongest dredgers in the world. Dredgers are of great importance as they serve the purpose of ensuring the necessary safe bottom clearance for safer voyages. The sediments might be gathered for purposes like:
Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA Ports) has been undertaking a major dredging project in the Port of Oshawa. Under the work, they will widen and deepen the approach channel in order to maintain depth at the dock. “This work is critically important, because we are maintaining a safe navigation ch
Top10 Files has just released this beautiful video named ’10 Most Amazing Dredgers in the World’. In the video, you will see the following dredgers:
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla District, is set to begin dredging the lower Snake River navigation channel in January. The dredging will remove accumulated sediment from the federal navigation channel below the Ice Harbor Lock and Dam navigation lock near Pasco, Washington, and near t
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has announced an update on its fourth quarter 2022 operations. Revenues and gross profit margins for fourth quarter 2022 are expected to be lower than previously anticipated. These results were impacted by the earlier than expected retirement of the Terra
Thames-Coromandel District Council has 400km of coastline and is finalising its Shoreline Management Plan. It’s the result of three years of consultation and research to manage coastal hazards, coastal erosion and inundation, NIWA said. Further south, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council is developing its K
