DP World said that they have reached a significant milestone in its US$800 million investment program to transform the Port of Tartous, completing the delivery of three Mobile Harbor Cranes (MHCs) that will strengthen Syria’s trade infrastructure and support the country’s economic recovery. The thre
Boskalis’ new 31,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Seaway started its first project recently. Off the coast of Den Helder in the Netherlands, the hopper dredger is being deployed to nourish the channel embankment, protecting the coastline against natural erosion and rising sea levels. Th
Port of Townsville said that annual maintenance dredging will begin on August 17 in Cleveland Bay with the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Brisbane removing natural sediment from the shipping channel to ensure vessels can safely access the Port to provide essential goods to the region. The dr
After years of campaigning for a permanent solution for dredging Swansea Channel, a new purpose-built dredger – a Beaver 30, from Royal IHC – has arrived on Lake Macquarie and is preparing to get to work. The Turkulliko is undergoing its final water trials ahead of its first major mission: removing
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, has just released this amazing photo of its Dredge Wheeler working on the Southwest Pass area in the Bird’s Foot Delta of south Louisiana. While the Wheeler does help keep waterway channels clear from Key West, Florida, to Brownsville, Texas, i
Te Rūnaka o Ōtākou has gifted the name, Kapuka, to the new $36 million trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) owned by Napier Port and Port Otago and due to arrive in New Zealand in December. The name Kapuka means “to scoop out with both hands together”. According to Napier Port, the sheer scale of
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ newest hopper dredger, the Donnelly, is taking shape at Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Florida. Built to replace the nearly 60-year-old dredge McFarland, the Donnelly is a ready reserve vessel designed to carry forward the Corps’ navi
Representatives of Metalkol have completed the technical inspection of their newly acquired cutter suction dredger (CSD) 500 at the Damen Dredging yard in the Netherlands. Following extensive inspections and testing, the customised CSD was approved for delivery. It will be transported to the Democra
Following an extensive dry-docking, repair, and maintenance program, the KSR-IX, KSR Marine Services’ Royal IHC Beaver 5014 cutter suction dredger (CSD), has been successfully undocked. During her time in dry dock, KSR-IX underwent a comprehensive scope of works, including: With only a few minor wor
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) has won a $44,5 million firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging of the federal navigation channel and deposition basin in Fire Island Inlet, with placement of dredged material as beach nourishment along the feeder beach west of the Fire Island Inlet. “The
Sand pumping operations are now underway in Brighton. Van Oord UK and Ireland, together with Mackley, in partnership with Brighton & Hove City Council, has successfully completed the first beach nourishment pump as part of the Brighton Marina to River Adur Coastal Scheme – Phase 2. “This marks an ex
A major marina maintenance dredging project, awaited for 23 years, is now underway on Lake Trasimeno – the fourth largest lake in Italy. At the Sant’Arcangelo di Magione marina, a hydraulic excavator equipped with an Italdraghe CA200 amphibious undercarriage and fitted with an Italdraghe BD1 submers
Van Oord’s sustainable hybrid water injection dredger (WID) Rhône arrived at Balaena Birkenhead last month for a major program of survey, maintenance and repair work. The vessel’s schedule of works included an intermediate class survey, as well as the replacement of pins and bushes on her jet pipe,
