The Werkendam, Van Oord’s new crane vessel, has been successfully launched in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The vessels will contribute to the further modernization of Van Oord’s fleet and therefore mark the start of a new generation of dredging vessels, the company said in its releas
Royal IHC, a supplier of innovative and efficient equipment, vessels and services for the offshore, dredging and wet mining markets, recently presented a patented non-radioactive slurry density measurement tool for inland CSD dredgers at CEDA Dredging Days. In order to present this new development t
The Port of Seattle is restoring 4.5 acres of habitat along the shoreline of Terminal 5, while getting closer to its goal of removing 90 percent of creosote pilings from its properties. The 2,300 creosote pilings removed leave the port with around 8,000 remaining out of a total of 18,000 estimated i
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has received an application for a DA permit regarding the proposed Cricket Cove Marina Dredging project. According to USACE, the permit is for maintenance dredging of an existing mooring basin located adjacent to the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterw
The Lekki Port LFTZ Enterprise (LPLE) has started major construction works on the Lekki Deep Sea Port in Lagos State, local media reports. The port construction operations are being carried out by two major companies: China Harbor Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), the engineering and construction
The Freeport of Riga Authority said in its latest announcement that they have started work on creation of the ‘Port Development Plan’ for the next decade. According to the Freeport of Riga CEO, Ansis Zeltins, this will be a comprehensive plan highlighting planned development trends for the Port of R
The Port of Dover today released the latest update on Dover Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development project. DWDR is the single biggest investment ever undertaken by the Port of Dover and represents the next exciting evolution of the port, delivering long-term capacity for a key international gatew
China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) has completed dredging works at the Ukraine’s Black Sea Port of Yuzhny. In the course of the dredging works, 4.4 million cubic meters of material was removed and a depth of 16 meters was reached. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure, the proje
The Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Coastal Engineering has launched a major project utilizing sand dredged to create a safe boat channel for Little Egg Inlet to repair beaches and dunes on southern Long Beach Island that have sustained significant erosion from storms, reports t
The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) and the University of the Philippines Planning and Development Research Foundation, Inc. (UP PLANADES) presented the 2017 to 2032 Pasig River Integrated Strategic Master Plan (PRISM) at Sequoia Hotel on January 24, 2018. “We are pleased that all the w
The Tuas Terminal Phase 1 (TTP1) Mega Port Project in Singapore is in full swing, DEME Group said in its latest announcement. The contours of the container terminal are now clearly taking shape, with the caissons being placed to form the structure of the future 8.6 km quay wall. TTP1 project include
VaninoTransUgol JSC will present one of its projects, the construction of coal terminal in the Muchke Bay, during the upcoming Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress in Moscow. The event – supported by RF Transport Ministry, RF Ministry of Industry and Trade, Glavgosexpertiza of Russ
CEOs of six American energy companies yesterday signed a letter addressed to President Donald Trump in support of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP). The letter requests funding for the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to deepen and widen the Corpus Christi Ship C
The Port of Maputo said in its latest release that the volume handled by the port in 2017 has grown 22%, adding that this result was positively affected by the dredging of the access channel, completed in January 2017. Before dredging, with the channel at -11 meters chart datum, the maximum sailing
