Hopper dredges Yaquina and Essayons will next month conduct maintenance dredging of the Grays Harbor, according to the Army Corps. As repoted, the Yaquina is expected to start dredging in the outer harbor around April 5 and will dredge approximately 11 days. The Essayons is also expected to start dr
The King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth has just announced that Boskalis Westminster Ltd is conducting another maintenance dredging campaign in the Portsmouth Harbour. According to the notice, the dredging works within the harbour and its approach channels commenced last Saturday, March 25, and will co
At the Damen Dredging yard in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, the Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 650 Krakatoa has been inspected by her owner before shipment. The client has accepted the stationary dredger, which will now be shipped to Indonesia, where it will operate on the island of Kalimantan, Damen said
Rohde Nielsen, working for the main contractor Per Aarsleff A/S, has successfully completed dredging part of the “Farehamnen Varberg” port development project in Sweden. Thanks to the favorable weather, the contractor was able to finish the dredging a full six weeks ahead of schedule. “I am very sat
Fremantle Ports announced today that the hopper dredge Modi R is putting finishing touches on the Port Beach Sand Nourishment project. “Today, the final push was on, to deposit sand on to Fremantle’s Port Beach, as the the dredge Modi R rainbowed a sand and water slurry, to ensure a wide and pleasan
Ellicott has just announced that the company will soon deliver a versatile Series 670 Dragon cutterhead suction dredge to a client in Maine. The dredge – being funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, which was awarded to the York County Government – will be ready for delivery in May of 2023, the com
Royal IHC – a major player in the Dutch maritime manufacturing industry – has reached agreement on financial restructuring. Like most companies in this sector, IHC has recently had to deal with the effects of the international COVID crisis and geopolitical developments. Both have had a major impact
Rohde Nielsen recently completed major capital and maintenance dredging project in Gdansk North Port for the client Gdynia Port Authority. The project – related to the construction of a new deep-sea outer harbor – included deepening of the port entrance and turning circle, which was split into vario
Vale has started commissioning the Gelado Project in Carajás, in the state of Pará (Brazil), using 100% electric dredgers that will extract tailings deposited over the last 37 years. The commissioning phase, in which performance and capacity tests with loading are being carried out, should last unti
Kooiman Marine Group has successfully handed over the new 75.9-meter trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Hegemann V to her owner Hegemann Dredging in Germany. According to Kooiman, the Hegemann V left the yard in Zwijndrecht and was delivered last Wednesday. The newbuild is a multi-purpose traili
Another round of maintenance dredging works in Bunbury is underway, according to the Department of Transport, Western Australia. Dredging, which kicked off last week, is expected to continue until mid-March. Over the course of the project, the contractor will dredge the main shipping channel and Out
Rohde Nielsen has successfully completed another major dredging project, this time for the client SETH in Cabinda, Angola. With its constrained connections to other cities, Cabinda has limited economic development. Rohde Nielsen was awarded a contract that included capital dredging of the port and a
Glosten, a full-service naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy firm, recently presented a new cutter suction dredge design with the ability to operate at shallow drafts. This medium-sized dredge is part of a new generation of inland and coastal work vessels capable of running on alter
The Memphis District’s Dredge Hurley returned to its home port, Ensley Engineer Yard, in Memphis Harbor, on Jan. 13, 2023, after finishing a record-breaking 273-day season, which began Apr. 26, 2022. In eight and a half months, the 36-person crew dredged 14.5 million cubic yards of sediment, which i
