Sutton Council has just announced that paths around the Beddington Park will be closed for at least three months whilst the lake is dredged as part of the HLF project. In July 2016 the council was successfully awarded funding from the Heritage Lottery and Big Lottery Funds to deliver a £3.7 million
Strategic Dredging has just announced the launch of a unique course for the dredging industry, the Cutter Suction Dredger Intensive Training. According to the company, the “CSD Production Intensive” training has been developed to help dredging contractors achieve higher productions. “Any CSD is wort
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has been awarded a $14.2 million grant from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council for the Mississippi River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp project. This project is one of seven projects the RESTORE Council has selected for
Dredge Yard recently signed a contract to design, manufacture and deliver an ECO200 Dredger with auger head. The auger dredger will have a dredging depth of 6m and will come with a 1500m discharge pipeline. According to the company, the ECO200 Auger will be delivered to a mining corporation in West-
At the launch of the public consultation on Monday, 18 September 2017, Grand Port Maritime de Dunkerque presented its CAP 2020 development project. With traffic volumes due to double by 2030, the trade in containerized goods is now the fastest-growing sector in Europe. To seize the opportunities and
Piet Brouwer Electrotechnology has just announced successful completion of a project for Wasa Dredging. According to the company, the project involved designing, building and installing comprehensive electrical solutions on board two new split barges being built at the Pattje shipyards yard near Gro
The dredging of the Kingston Harbor entry channel has been complete, according to the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL). The deepening of the channel, performed under phase one of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) expansion project, was finished six weeks ahead of the schedule, reported
Holland Marine Technologies BV recently completed delivery and commissioned a dredging system for a 200m³ trailing suction hopper dredger. The THSD was built by Neptune Shipyards and is destined to work in the Caspian sea, reported the HollandMT. As first in a range of compact trailing suction hoppe
Subcon Europe was contracted recently by Subtech Group to design and fabricate 1680m² of CoastMatt™ for the scour protection of Terminal de Carvão da Matola in Mozambique. The dry bulk terminal has an annual export of 7.5mil tonne of coal and magnetite and the scour protection was a part of the curr
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), and Nassau County were a host to a series of public meetings about the Nassau County Back Bays, NY Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study. The meetings were held yesterday,
Jan De Nul Group has won the annual IADC Safety Award for its ‘transport of pipeline optimization’ initiative, presented during the Annual General Meeting of the International Association of Dredging Companies in Marseille, France. The award was presented by Frank Verhoeven, president of IADC to Maa
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) has announced an open tender procedure for the construction of trailing suction hopper dredger. The technical requirements for the vessel and the qualification requirements for participation in the tender are presented in the electronic system Prozorro. “The
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, reported today that work to remove sediment from the Duluth/Superior Harbor is in full swing now. “The contractor for the project – Roen Salvage Company Sturgeon Bay, Wis. – has been making great progress on the contract and is even ahead of schedu
Rob van der Hage, Manager North Sea Infrastructure, TenneT, has confirmed his participation as a speaker at our first Dredging Today Conference (DTC). The conference will take place on October, 9-10th 2017 at Amsterdam RAI Convention Center, under the theme ‘Changing Climate, Resilient Business’. On
