One of the world’s leading trade fairs for construction machinery, building material machines, mining machines, construction vehicles and construction equipment, bauma 2016 opened its doors to visitors this morning. At this seven-day event, taking place between April 11 and 17, 2016, over 3,400 exhi
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will hold its International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation in Panama this week. The IADC Seminar will be held from Monday, 11 April, through Friday, 15 April, 2016 in Panama at the Riu Plaza hotel. Some of the most important dredging pr
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 4-10, 2016). Boskalis Completes Acquisition of STRABAG Wasserbau Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has concluded the acquisition of the dredging activities and assets of STRABAG Wasserbau GmbH. D
St. Johns Riverkeeper filed a Petition for Formal Administrative Hearing against the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on Friday, April 1, 2016 regarding the proposed St. Johns River harbor deepening project. On February 19, 2016, DEP issued a Notice of Intent to issue an Environm
The Damen Field Service crew has just returned from the commissioning of Barracuda cutter suction dredger in Algeria. The customized Damen cutter suction dredger CSD500 has been delivered with a complete dredging package including a booster station and dredge piping enabling immediate start up. The
The €300,000 worth Fenit harbor dredging project is scheduled to take place next week. This dredging scheme will include the removal of 132,300 tonnes of material which has accumulated near the head of the pier, the eastern breakwater, the commercial berth and approaches to the inner harbor, Radio K
Production and repair base of the Taganrog Department of the FSUE “Rosmorport” Azov Basin Branch on March 29, 2016 finished the repairs of bucket ladder dredger Kuban-2. Planned internavigational repairs of the vessel were carried out since 18 January of this year. In less than three months, the dre
Scotland’s only council-owned dredger has made its inaugural journey from shipyard to the sea. Moray Council – responsible for the maintenance of six harbors – is the only local authority in Scotland to own its own dredger. The £2.5 million, 250 tonne vessel was floated off at high tide from the Mac
Protecting the Texas coast from natural and man-made disasters continues to make headlines in the media as various agencies and organizations seek to find solutions to this complex issue. Col. Richard Pannell, USACE Galveston District commander, acknowledged the magnitude of this undertaking and exp
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (Teledyne) and CARIS jointly announced today that the CARIS business and its international affiliates have agreed to be acquired by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Teledyne. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The closing of the transaction, which is subject
Caterpillar has just rolled-out the new Cat® 323F L excavator, specially designed with reinforced structures and massive counterweights to take on the most severe applications. The heavy duty booms and sticks feature high strength steel and box section construction with internal baffles for added du
Scientists, environmental campaigners and policy makers will attempt to define and visualize the seascape of the Tay and Forth estuaries at a conference at the University of Dundee later this month. The 19th annual Tay Estuary Forum conference, taking place at West Park Conference Center on Friday,
Hillsborough County Conservation & Environmental Lands Management has just announced that they will close the Apollo Beach Nature Preserve to protect public safety during the dredging phase of the Apollo Beach shoreline restoration project. Beginning April 11, dredging activity will take place at th
Three months after winter storms damaged a section of Teignmouth’s promenade, the Environment Agency together with the contractors successfully completed repair works on the sea wall. The agency worked with Teignbridge District Council and contractors Team Van Oord to repair the sea wall and secure
