The Canal & River Trust has started its biggest ever programme of dredging at Gloucester’s historic docks. The four-month dredging programme will remove 15,000 cubic metres of silt, enough to fill six Olympic swimming pools, using a powerful ‘suction dredger. This excess silt entered the docks from
A successful keel laying ceremony for the first of two water injection dredgers (WIJs) for the Kooiman Marine Group took place last week at Vahali Zasavica. In July 2022, Van Oord ordered the construction of two additional state-of-the-art water injection vessels from Kooiman Marine Group after the
X-Machines has just released this very interested video named ‘Top 3 most effective modern methods of dredging the seabed’. In the video: dredging for the New Suez Canal, how the cutter suction dredgers work, all about trailing suction hopper dredgers, backhoe dredgers, shipyard with the largest cov
The City of Port Lincoln, SA, will be undertaking maintenance dredging along the beach adjacent to the Laguna Reserve in December. The city has engaged Maritime Constructions to: Move sand from the northern end of the beach to replenish the southern side, Dig out a pit, Pump silt over the groyne int
An estuary is a partially enclosed body of water, often containing wetlands and marshes, where salt water from the ocean and fresh water from rivers and streams meet and mix. Somewhat of an in-between area, estuaries serve a vital role for the surrounding ecosystem, while offering natural recreation
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) has announced that a Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) project was one of three impacting Louisiana that were awarded over $5.49 million in funding through the America the Beautiful Challenge (ATBC) grant program. NFWF awarded nearly
The cutter suction dredger (CSD) Dubuque departed the Vicksburg Harbor last week for a critical dredging mission along the Red River in response to low water conditions. Drought conditions throughout the Mississippi River Valley have caused a low water event on the lower Mississippi River and its tr
Gorgeous Yichang has just released this beautiful video about a Liebherr P995 floating excavator, taken during the recent Yangtze River dredging program. Taking advantage of the unusually low water level during flood season, Yichang City launched the dredging work to clear the waterway and enhance s
A new monument to commemorate the successful completion of the modernisation of the Świnoujście-Szczecin fairway in Poland was unveiled recently. DEME and its joint venture partner Van Oord worked closely together to achieve this flagship project – one of the most important investments of the Szczec
Hitachi introduced a new next-generation model from its Stage V-compliant wheel loader range recently at Bauma. The ZW160-7 has been designed to put operators in complete control of their workspace with industry-leading safety features and unrivalled comfort in the cab. To protect the operator and
The City of Port Lincoln (PLCC), South Australia, will be undertaking routine maintenance dredging at the Axel Stenross Boat Ramp in the following weeks. Dredging of the Boat ramp entrance and channel has not occurred since it was constructed and has very slowly accumulated sediments over time resul
Ellicott dredges have been supplied to over 100 countries across the globe, including countries in the African continent. An Ellicott 670 dredge is currently operating near the Chevron-owned, Olero oil & gas Flow Station, located on the Edo Delta River, in the Delta State of Nigeria. The Ellicott 67
Damen Shipyards signed a contract to deliver a CSD650 to an Indonesian dredging operator earlier this month. This giant dredger will be the largest stationary dredger owned by an Indonesian operator. The vessel will operate in a port expansion project on the island of Kalimantan. The stationary dred
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) last week released the latest update on its F. Magoodhoo airport development project. On November 16, MTCC mobilized the latest addition to its fleet – the cutter suction dredger Bodu Jarraafa – for the land reclamation operations in this area. The c
