ECOncrete and Etermar have announced a successful deployment of the first ‘blue’ Tetrapods at the Port of Leixões in Portugal. According to their official statement, Etermar S.A. used ECOncrete technology to take these classic concrete coastal protection units to the next level. As part of a pilot p
Damen Shipyards has delivered a complete equipment package for the multipurpose vessel ENDAM. Owned by the Korean Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM), the newbuild combines emergency oil spill recovery activities with maintenance dredging tasks. With a 4,100 m3 hopper hold, the vessel w
Arctic Canadian Diamond Company and IHC Mining have reached the next important milestone in the development of the underwater remote mining (URM) system for the extraction of diamond-bearing kimberlite ore from deep open pits at the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Arctic C
The USACE Galveston District and non-federal partners Texas General Land Office, together with Gulf Coast Protection District hosted some very special visitors last week. The USACE Southwestern Division Commander, Col. Kenneth Reed, and Galveston District Commander, Col. Rhett Blackmon, gave a short
Dare County, in partnership with EJE Dredging Service, has announced that Miss Katie – the shallow-draft hopper dredge that has been under construction in Morgan City, Louisiana, since March 2021 – has officially arrived on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Miss Katie departed from Conrad Shipyard
Royal Smals dredging crews are currently busy in Portugal. In cooperation with professional partners and authorities, Smals Dredging is executing challenging maintenance dredging works at ‘North of Porto’. “The entrance of a shallow tidal harbour with heavy currents is being desilted and with the se
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is working on the Grand River in Fairport Harbor, Ohio. Together with its contractor Ryba Marine Construction Company, they are dredging the harbor to provide ease of navigation and safe passage for large vessels carrying products vital to the econ
Improving the maritime infrastructure – that is exactly what Van Oord crews do at the river Elbe in Germany. Maritime transport is the backbone of international trade and the global economy. To keep the German waterway at the right depth, Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vax Ariane
Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Great Lakes Districts – Buffalo, Detroit and Chicago – recently released a technical report which provides guidance for evaluating the environmental su
Portland Port is embarking on its largest and most ambitious improvement project to date, investing £26 million in a major berth development. The port has applied for, and had approved, all the necessary permissions to carry out the project. The development will see the existing Deep Water Berth (DW
Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled a comprehensive new design for its Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) range. First introduced in 2004, more than 250 of the current range have been sold to customers around the world and over that time the designs have been continuously improved. However, last year the d
Infrastructure Malta has officially started a cleanup project next to Ghassara Wharf in Marsa with an investment of €7 million. This work is part of dredging work in several areas of the port to clean mooring facilities and even remove contaminated material from the bottom of the sea. As a result of
Jan De Nul Group has become the latest fleet to select Iridium’s Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) solution. “Jan De Nul plans to roll out Iridium GMDSS in all retrofits and newly built vessels,” said Nils Crabeel, Communication & Network Officer, Jan De Nul Group. “Having LRIT and
The St. Louis District’s Dredge Potter is very busy these days at various locations throughout the St. Louis District’s portion of the Mississippi River from Saverton, Mo. to Cairo, Ill. Its attendant plant, to include tender boats, small boats, barges, and pipeline work 24 hours a day, seven days a
