Jan De Nul has just released this amazing video named ‘Facing the Calcare di Bari limestone in Italy’. The Port of Bari is one of the main economic focal points of Southern Italy. To make the region ready to receive both more and larger vessels, Jan De Nul helped construct an extension to the port.
Hall Contracting, Australia’s largest dredging, civil and marine construction company, is gearing up for the Tuvalu Coastal Adaptation Project – TCAP. The company’s barge with excavators, loaders, site offices, etc. arrived in Funafuti earlier this week, in readiness for the commencement of the job.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, marked the start of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funded Bank Stabilization Navigation Project (BSNP) repair contracts along the Missouri River earlier this week in Atchison. This event signified the start of the first of four BIL fun
The MDOT MPA Dredged Material Management Program (DMMP) is hosting its Annual Meeting on Friday, December 9. This open meeting is an opportunity to learn about what the DMMP has achieved in the past year, initiatives currently underway, and news about upcoming projects. Titled Building the Future To
Ellicott Dredges has just introduced the all-new EPA compliant Tier 3 Marine Ellicott® Series 670M Dragon® dredge. The Series 670 Dragon® cutterhead dredge is typically used to complete medium-sizednavigational projects in locations such as small ports, rivers, and inland waterways. Features include
A distinctive vessel has arrived in Sunshine Coast waters to play a leading role in a special trial aimed at replenishing a popular beach. It’s called TSHD Brisbane and the TSHD stands for Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. Such vessels can collect sand from the seabed and transport it over large dist
The Swanton Welding team completed a very interesting task last month – a 1270 dredge project for a Baltimore based client. Swanton Welding Company began working on this 1270 Dredge project in February 2022 with a wrap-up in October 2022. This piece of equipment is currently at the painters in India
In response to the growing need for emission-free equipment, Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) unveiled a prototype battery-powered mini excavator at Bauma. The ZX23U-6EB epitomises the company’s aim to accelerate innovation to address the challenges of climate change and reduce gree
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is working together with the coastal expertise from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, in the first of it’s kind deployment of a Radar Inlet Observing System (RIOS) to the lower Great Lakes. RIOS will be deployed at Conneaut Harbor
The Davao del Norte provincial government in the Philippines is set to boost public service delivery and enhance vital infrastructure with the acquisition of PHP265 million ($4.6 million) worth of brand-new vehicles and heavy equipment. In his recent statement, Governor Edwin Jubahib said that the n
Thanks to the generosity of Cox Enterprises Chairman Emeritus and former Wetlands America Trust President Jim Kennedy and the James M. Cox Foundation, Ducks Unlimited (DU) will have an additional $2 million to support wetlands conservation. As the most generous individual donor in DU history, Kenned
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) introduced a new Zaxis-7 model with clamshell telescopic arm at Bauma last month. “The ZX350LC-7 is available with 30m reach and is ideal for removing soil from below ground. Assembled at HCME’s factory in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, this special app
Boskalis, in a joint venture with Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V. – Dutch Dredging, has been awarded the contract to further deepen a 68-kilometer-long stretch of the Suriname River. According to Boskalis, one of the main goals of this capital dredging project is keeping the waterway at the required dept
For more than a century, Boskalis has been active in providing protection against the forces of nature. Today, they help protect populations and the natural environment from the consequences of climate change, such as rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions through the coastal defense and r
