The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District’s Dredge Jadwin and its crew returned to the Vicksburg Harbor yesterday morning completing the 2022 dredging season. After departing May 10, 2022, the dustpan dredge spent 254 days on the water and relocated 6.2 million cubic yards of material fro
The Army Corps Dredge CURRITUCK is currently at Memphis District’s world class Ensley Engineer Yard where it’s getting a $9.6 million makeover by a team of master craftsmen. This 18-month overhaul project includes replating of the hull and repairing significant structural damage found when hull plat
Jan De Nul Group has been busy lately working on the second phase of Payra Port dredging project. One year after the first phase of the project was completed, JDN in late October 2022 began phase two of this capital dredging project. Payra Port, Bangladesh, situated at the Rabnabad channel near the
Jenkins Marine Ltd. recently completed an extensive upgrade of the 26m long self-propelled hopper ‘CH Horn’ which was formerly equipped with a fixed grab crane. The fixed crane has now been removed to allow room on its deck for a specially modified tracked Hyundai Excavator. According to Jenkins Mar
As of the middle of December 2022, Boskalis Nederland has been operating a new completely electric cutter/profile suction dredger. The “BOKA E-Dredge 1” can do the job with a permanent shore connection and is therefore completely emission free. Currently, the dredger is making her first meters in th
In 2020, the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat announced a tender, as a part of their ‘Innovaties in de Kustlijnzorg’ (IKZ) that focused on sustainable and cost-effective solutions for coastal care. Together with MARIN, C-Job Naval Architects submitted the concept design of the Autonomous Underwater Maintenance
Kooiman Hoebee shipyard in Dordrecht and Alewijnse recently completed an extensive refit of the trailing suction hopper dredger Swalinge for Den Herder Seaworks. The refit of the Swalinge involved practically cutting the vessel in half to put in the new 37.1-meter section in the middle of the ship.
Jan De Nul Group has just released a short video about design and construction of a new seaport in Nador, Morocco. Located on the western side of the ‘Cap des Trois Fourches’ peninsula, about 30 km as the crow flies from Nador city centre, it is close to the main East-West shipping routes for contai
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) has successfully held a steel cutting ceremony for the China’s first LNG-powered Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. According to the shipbuilder, the ceremony was held at ZPMC Qidong Offshore Engineering yard on December 26. Ordered by CCCC Shanghai Dre
SENER recently won a contract from the Mexican Navy (Secretaría de Marina, SEMAR) for the conceptual, basic and detailed engineering of five twin hopper dredging vessels. The new dredgers, to be operated by the Mexican Navy, will be mainly used for maintenance dredging activities along Mexican coast
Systems integrator Alewijnse has successfully completed the electrical refit of the trailing suction hopper dredger Swalinge at Kooiman Hoebee shipyard in Dordrecht. To expand the vessel’s cargo space from 1800m³ to 3000m³, the vessel was cut in half and a new, 37.1-meter section inserted. In additi
This week, Kooiman Marine Group performed successful sea trials on board the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Hegemann V. According to the shipbuilder, the newbuild BNR219 has been put to the test off the Dutch coast in beautiful conditions. The newbuild, developed by Kooiman in a collaboratio
The Port of Rotterdam recently presented a video update on the largest construction project currently taking place in the port—the development of the new quay walls in the Prinses Amaliahaven. The video shows the new part of the Netherlands which is gradually taking shape in the Amaliahaven on Maasv
Over the years Weeks Marine, Inc. has gained the reputation of being an expert in rebuilding marshland along the coastline of Louisiana. Much of this marshland is no longer being replenished by the Mississippi River due to structural improvements along the river, primarily its channelization with ro
