Dredging works have officially started at Anaklia Deep Sea Port in Georgia, marked by the arrival of the first dredging vessel Tristao Da Cunha into the maritime aquatory of the future port. Under the development plan, the seabed in the Anaklia marine area will be deepened to 17.5m, followed by the
IHC Equipment recently supported Filia Dredging in bringing the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Biesbosch back into reliable operation by helping assess the existing dredging installation, inspect critical components and provide the historical technical insight needed to make informed decisio
DEME has selected Vuyk Engineering to collaborate on the design of its newly announced, shallow-draught 22,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). The new vessel combines industry-leading efficiency with a lower cost per dredged cubic meter and a reduced greenhouse gas footprint compared with
Boskalis has commissioned its new 31,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger Seaway. Following the completion at the shipyard of IHC in Krimpen aan den IJssel and sea trials in the North Sea, the vessel has started working on its first project. That first assignment takes place in the Netherlands, of
An Italdraghe SGT 200 cutter suction dredger (CSD) is currently operating in Guyana, South America. In this gold mining application, the Italdraghe SGT 200 dredges gold-bearing material from the bottom and conveys the resulting slurry through a floating pipeline and a long discharge line to the onsh
Manson Construction from Seattle, Washington, has won a $12.9 million firm-fixed-price contract for the Oakland Inner and Outer Harbor fiscal 2026 maintenance dredging project. Bids were solicited via the internet with two received, the Department of War (DoW) said. Work will be performed in Oakland
Maldon District Council said that the Maldon Harbor dredging program is moving ahead. “Dredging work will be taking place in Maldon Harbor during high tides at different locations between July 1, 2026 and April 1, 2027,” the Council said. The major dredging projects in Maldon are currently structure
The Port System Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas has launched a tender for the dredging works on the Gioia Tauro Port channel, in the northern section of the port. The contract, worth over EUR 2.6 million, is part of the broader EUR 5 million port deepening project, aimed to ensu
The maintenance dredging operations on Rocky River Harbor in Rocky River, Ohio, are almost complete, the USACE Buffalo District said. Working with contracting partners, Toledo-based Geo Gradel, approximately 59k cubic yards of sediment will be mechanically dredged from the harbor’s navigation channe
The USACE New York District, in conjunction with the Town of East Hampton, recently completed dredging the channel at Lake Montauk Harbor – a heavily-trafficked waterway on Eastern Long Island – increasing its depth from -12 to approximately -17 feet. The Lake Montauk Harbor Navigation Improvement P
Neumann Contractors’ third large dredger is now being mobilized to a gold mine in Far North Queensland, supporting what is expected to become Australia’s largest mine tailings relocation project ever undertaken using three dredges operating simultaneously. According to Neumann, “this milestone highl
The giant trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Congo River is working on DEME’s Abu Qir project in Egypt – the largest dredging and land reclamation contract in the history of the Belgian maritime engineering firm. With an investment of hundreds of millions, this program is set to transform the co
Rohde Nielsen has completed coastal protection works at La Pineda Beach, Tarragona, Spain, supporting shoreline protection. For this project, approximately 100,000 m³ of sand was supplied, dredged offshore and transported to the beach via a sinker-line system. The material was then distributed and l
Ukrainian drones struck a Russian dredger, 21 tankers, four tugboats and two dry cargo ships in the Sea of Azov overnight on July 11, Robert Brovdi, the commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, said. “The shadow tanker fleet is noticeably shrinking,” Brovdi wrote on Telegram. “It appears traf
