During the past year, DredgingToday presented many videos related to dredging projects and vessels around the globe. Today, we bring you some of the most popular videos of 2022. Dredging campaign in Port of Brest by DEME The Région Bretagne authorities released the video on the second dredging campa
DEME is finalizing the largest dredging and land reclamation project in the company’s history – the Abu Qir Port Project in Egypt. This vast program includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land, the deepening of the port’s approach channel to 23m and the dredging of a turning basin to 22m.
An inspiring Dutch Trade mission to Vietnam took place earlier this month. During the visit, led by Liesje Schreinemacher, the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, the Dutch experts shared their knowledge on Nature Based Solutions like the Sand Engine for coastal defenses in the N
Dredge crews work through the holidays and ring in the new year on the river, keeping commerce moving on the Middle Mississippi, the USACE St. Louis District said. After a short pause for weather and repairs, Dredge Potter is now heading back out to dredge a reach of the Mississippi River just upstr
Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Lelystad arrived at the Port of Rio Grande earlier this week to boost the latest maintenance dredging program. The other Van Oord’s giant – TSHD HAM 318 – has been working on sediment removal in the port since November 24 and recently started the dre
Dane County removed tens of thousands of tons of sludge from area waterways this year, as part of a two-prolonged effort to improve water quality and reduce the risk for flooding, County Executive Joe Parisi said. The onset of winter weather in December marked the end of the county’s 2022 “Suck the
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.
A brand new edition of Boskalis’ online magazine Creating New Horizons has just been published. The magazine offers fresh perspectives from the company’s experts and showcases projects and approaches that stretch operational and technological boundaries. In this issue, Boskalis is taking a closer lo
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) has successfully held a steel cutting ceremony for the China’s first LNG-powered Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. According to the shipbuilder, the ceremony was held at ZPMC Qidong Offshore Engineering yard on December 26. Ordered by CCCC Shanghai Dre
A first of it’s kind project on the Mississippi River as part of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) is moving right along. The Lock and Dam 22 Fish Passage Improvement Project will restore a migration pathway for fish by constructing a passage structure known as a fishway on
Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project will receive $157.3 million in federal funding for the last phase of the Channel deepening and widening work. According to the port officials, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, approved by Congress in December 2022, includes project
Last Friday, President Joe Biden signed the 2022 Water Resources and Development Act (WRDA), which lawmakers included in the $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023. According to the Army Corps, the bill authorizes $140 million for the Tacoma Harbor Navigation Improvemen
DL E&C said that they have completed the Singapore Tuas Terminal 1 sea landfill construction. Singapore is currently working on the Tuas Terminal project to create the world’s largest port. When all four phases of the project are completed by 2040, it will be reborn as a super-large new port capable
