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Neptune’s Gator 50 completes dredging trails
Neptune Marine has just completed dredging trials of the new Tier III stage V certified Gator 50 cutter suction dredger. With an innovative and premium design, the Gator 50 leads the new generation of dredgers that go further. Designed for high productivity, the dredger incorporates the best equipme
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VIDEO: Building Damen dredgers in Azerbaijan
Damen has just released a video about the first Damen Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 650 which is currently being built at Baku Shipyard, Azerbaijan. The design of the dredger and its materials package have been delivered by Damen Shipyards Group. The dredger, which will be ready later this year, will
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Høj Nordic busy dredging in Kristiansand Harbor, NO
After a postponement of the activities and a pause in the project, work on creating a deeper and better shipping channel at pier 36 in Kristiansand Harbor is now back in full swing. The work in Kristiansand was first started in 2022 in close collaboration with a Norwegian contractor, but was put on
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USACE officials tour hopper dredgers Essayons and Yaquina
Last week, Brig. Gen. Bill Hannan, NWD commander, visited the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (NWP) hopper dredgers Essayons and Yaquina as they undergo maintenance, repairs and upgrades. Also, Dan Howard, NWP navigation chief, Chris Gibbons, Essayons lead port engineer, Jane Favors
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GLDD bags $10.3M Charleston Harbor dredging contract
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock has won a $10.3 million USACE contract for maintenance dredging works in Charleston, South Carolina. According to the Corps, the work consists of maintenance dredging of approximately 1,000,000 cubic yards of required material from the Charleston Harbor Entrance Channel.
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EPA finalizes review of Upper Hudson PCB cleanup
After carefully considering public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its third periodic review of the cleanup of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Upper Hudson River. The EPA said that they looked at all the project data for water, fish and sediment collected bet
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Bass River dredging operations underway
The Barnstable County dredge team has started dredging and beach nourishment operations south of the Bass River Bridge. According to the Yarmouth Division of Natural Resources, dredging and beach nourishment of the Bass River / West Dennis Beach commenced yesterday, January 16, 2025. Routine mainten
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ENKA completes first towing operation in 2025 – Jan De Nul’s CSD Vesalius
ENKA İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. (ENKA) has completed its first towing operation in the new year – Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Vesalius, from Port Kuryk to Port Bautino. ENKA is a global engineering and construction firm headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. Also, the Turkish giant provides ful
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CPRA announces twenty dredging projects in the next fiscal year
The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has released a draft version of the agency’s annual spending plan for Fiscal Year 2026. The plan is the largest single-year investment in Louisiana’s coast to date, with $1.8 billion allotted to the design, engineering, and constructi
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Royal IHC delivers another Beaver 50 to Africa
Royal IHC has just announced the successful delivery of another Beaver 50 cutter suction dredger (CSD) to its African customer. According to the Dutch giant, the dredger is currently being commissioned. After commissioning, the Royal IHC crews will “enter the start up and guarantee phase where an IH
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Massive dredging project finished in Morocco
Last year, Jan De Nul Group finalized a new deep-water port in Nador, Morocco. Strategically located and equipped with modern infrastructure, the port is set to drive economic growth in the region. Located on the western side of the ‘Cap des Trois Fourches’ peninsula, near the Nador city, the new po
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Governor Evers, WisDOT OK $10M to strengthen Wisconsin’s ports
Governor Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) said that more than $10 million in grants will be given and distributed to five harbor maintenance and construction projects around the state. The grants, through the Harbor Assistance Program, will support projects in La Cr
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Newhaven Marina dredging campaign (VIDEO)
ML (UK) Dredging Ltd recently kicked off a dredging campaign in Newhaven Marina. The dredging, which commenced in late November, is being carried out by the backhoe dredger WITTON II. Self-propelled split hopper barge SPLIT THREE is transporting the spoil material from the Marina to the disposal gro
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Dredger C H Horn making her way in Woolverstone Marina
After successfully completing dredging works in Poole Harbor, Jenkins Marine’s dredger ‘C H Horn’ has arrived in Ipswich to start work on the Woolverstone Marina dredging project. C H Horn is an extremely efficient and manoeuvrable self contained dredger, able to load her 125m3 capacity hopper well