During a dredging project along National Road 2 in Chak Angre Leu commune, Meanchey District of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, a young man has fallen into a dredging pipe and died. According to Khmer Times, the accident occurred last week, and 22-year-old Chhorn Sambath, born in Takeo Province, was involved.
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy visited the Port of Morgan City yesterday. While there, he toured the Bayou Chene Floodgate Project and viewed the port’s new dredger. “The Bayou Chene Floodgate Project is a local solution to protect against flooding,” said Dr. Cassidy. “Good for us all that the St. M
Van der Vlist has successfully transported several large machines for a dredging project in Nigg Bay, Aberdeen. The shipment included two Hitachi EX 1900 SCP units, a Hitachi EX 1200 SCP, a CAT 988K and a CAT 390F. In this photo, the transport of the EX 1900 SCP base machine – loaded in Hoorn at [&h
Royal IHC is currently finishing off the last day of the sea trials of the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Hussein Tantawy. “After intensive testing of all the equipment on board the vessel, we are convinced to deliver Suez Canal Authority a vessel that is competitive and will successfully complete all
Damen submersible dredge pump DOP250 has once again proved itself as a reliable and flexible dredging tool, this time in the City of Warrenton, Oregon. The city is located on the North Pacific US-coast and has a marina on the Columbia River in Hammond, OR. The Hammond Marina is one of the most used
A supervisor and one other worker died last week after they entered a dredging vessel’s ballast tank and collapsed in the confined space, CNA reports. The incident took place in Singapore’s eastern waters last Wednesday and was reported in an alert by the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council ye
Julong Environment Technology has successfully delivered a new Julong CSD550 cutter suction dredger to a Chinese Government owned company – to be used in a dredging project in Jiangsu Province. The 21 meter long dredger is equipped with a 1.700hp Weichai marine engine for driving the dredger pump an
The USACE’s Portland District has just released this amazing photo of the hopper dredge Yaquina, taken a couple of days ago. The Essayons’ elder sister is currently dredging Morro Bay, located on the central California coast. The crew will work the bay, which is located in Los Angeles District, U.S.
Dredging Today is bringing you the announcement of the public auction by Notary NautaDutilh (16th June 2021) of the seagoing vessel Caranx (also know as Joint Runner 1) – currently under construction. The public auction includes a geared multipurpose pipe supply vessel with one hold and full tween d
An explosion incident reported this morning at Gator Dredging in Clearwater, Florida, left one person injured. At approximately 6:45 a.m. today, Pinellas County Emergency services were requested at the scene of an explosion on 50th Way. According to reports, a 55-gallon drum exploded at Gator Dredgi
Along the North Pacific US-coast there are plenty of small harbours and marinas. The Port of Astoria, located on the Columbia River, is one of them. This marina not only receives large cruise vessels, but is also quite active in accommodating fishing boats, commercial and recreational vessels. The m
Kim McMahon, co-owner and daughter of founder, Mr. Mike Hooks, traveled to Southwest Shipyard in Galveston, Texas, recently to attend the Steel Cutting Ceremony for Hooks’ new dredger. McMahon, accompanied by various Hooks executives and managers, was invited to the ceremony by contractor SPI/Mobile
Work on the new Mega HID Dredger CSD 5522 is in full swing, HID Dredging Equipment Company, a Chinese manufacturer of dredgers and dredging equipment, informs. According to the company’s latest project update, the HID 5522 cutter suction dredger manufacturing is progressing steadily at their shipyar
Once again, the Damen DOP dredging pump has been put to the test, this time on the North Pacific coast in the town of Waldport. There, the contractor Bergerson Construction Inc. pumped out years of sedimentation at the Pacific Port of Alsea. The marina is mainly used by locals and tourists for leisu
