Moray Council announced today that the 160ft Manu Pekka dredger barge is expected to berth at Buckie harbor on Sunday. The dredger and 88ft BKM 103 multicat tug will spend two to three weeks in Buckie while general maintenance work is carried out and new equipment is fitted before beginning work in
Caterpillar Marine has just announced that one of the world’s largest split hopper dredger is being built with a complete Cat® engine and propulsion package. The 4200m³ capacity vessel, designed by MARIC Design House in conjunction with the Jiangsu Haixin shipyard, receives its shaft propulsion powe
Maritime & Offshore Media Group Navingo has announced that the first annual Dredging Today Conference will take place on 9 and 10 October 2017 at Amsterdam RAI. The 2017 theme is Changing Climate, Resilient Business. The conference is part of Navingo’s dredging platform which also comprises the onli
American contractor Cashman Dredging & Marine Contracting in September 2014 took delivery of the Damen DOP submersible dredge pump. Since then, the DOP450L high efficiency pump has completed many jobs throughout the USA, recently completing one in Puerto Rico. On its current job in Tampa, Florida, t
WASA Dredging has just announced that their two 1010m³ self-propelled split barges Boann and Sinann are now both in the water and the construction is progressing each day. The vessels are designed in-house WASA and are standard WASA SHB 1010 split-barges. The complete construction of these barges is
Ohio has created a successful way to separate the clean, usable sand from the silts, fines and toxins dredged from the Cuyahoga River. “Instead of throwing a valuable resource away, sand is being used to support Ohio’s economy through jobs in the construction industry and infrastructure improvements
Col. Michael Clancy, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ New Orleans District, and Amos Cormier, president of Plaquemines Parish, have signed an agreement for the second LCA BUDMAT (Beneficial Use of Dredged Material) project which will create a 1 mile ridge and 55 acres of marsh at Tiger
Staging has begun in the Town of Duck for the first stage of the beach nourishment projects in the towns of Duck, Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills. According to Dare County (NC), the Duck Beach Nourishment project is anticipated to begin dredging operations around May 20th. The contractor for the pro
Sacred Heart University, of Fairfield, Connecticut, is seeking a permit from USACE to conduct work in waters of the U.S. in conjunction with protecting a 900 linear foot section of existing coastal dune and shoreline in Stratford, Conn. This work is proposed in tidal waters of the Housatonic River a
Jay M. Cashman of Quincy Shipyard, LLC, is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct work in waters of the U.S. to expand and modify the dredging footprint to Pier 1 in the Quincy Shipyard to create a turning basin in Quincy, Mass. This work is proposed in the Fore […]
As part of efforts to improve public amenities on the Port of San Diego’s waterfront, the Shelter Island Boat Launch Facility Improvement Project is now under construction. This project is an important grant-funded upgrade for the Shelter Island Boat Launch, and represents the culmination of years o
Work continues to progress on the Duval County Shore Protection Project as crews move to place sand at 16th Ave. South to 7th Ave. South, reports the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District. According to the Corps, the project is scheduled to wrap up in time for the approaching hurricane
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, has rescheduled the Conway Lake Habitat and Rehabilitation public meeting for June 8. The informal meeting, set to take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kerndt Brothers Savings Bank Community Center in Lansing, Iowa, will allow for an open exchange o
The Leland Michigan Chamber of Commerce said that a new cutter suction dredger, built by DSC Dredge for Leland Township Board, was put into the water for the first time on April 8. Fully functional with just one operator, the 68-foot-long Wolverine can reach dredging depths down to 25 feet below the
