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Norfolk Dredging nabs $19M dredging contract in North Carolina
Norfolk Dredging Co., from Chesapeake, Virginia, has won a $19 million firm-fixed-price contract for a maintenance dredging program in North Carolina. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Southport and Wilmingto
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Mud Cat: Another WeedMaster cutterhead ready for action
Mud Cat is getting ready to ship another WeedMaster cutterhead to its customer in the United States. “This is our customer’s second WeedMaster cutterhead,” said Mud Cat. “The WeedMaster can be used to cut and pump hyacinths, cattails, reeds, milfoil, sargassum, hydrilla, and many other types of aqua
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EXCLUSIVE: Jan De Nul wins $220M Palm Jebel Ali contract
Nakheel, a member of Dubai Holding’s pioneering real estate arm, Dubai Holding Real Estate, has awarded an AED810 million (over $220 million) contract for the marine works on Palm Jebel Ali to “Jan De Nul Dredging LTD.” According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), part of the international Jan De Nu
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PD Ports new dredger Emerald Duchess arrives in Middlesbrough
The £23 million dredger Emerald Duchess, a major investment by PD Ports into the economic and environmental sustainability of the river, made its way on to the Tees early this morning, fresh from successful sea trials in the Netherlands. At 71m long and with its standout green livery, the Emerald Du
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China’s first large dual-fuel dredger passes sea trials
China’s first dual-fuel powered trailing suction hopper dredger, the “XIN HAI XUN” has successfully completed its sea trial in July. With a liquefied natural gas (LNG) clean energy capacity of 15,000 cubic meters, the vessel boasts a total length of 155.7 meters, a breadth of 32m, a depth of 13.5m a
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Inland Dredging to dredge 10 Mississippi River harbors
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District has contracted with the Inland Dredging Company for the rental of a 24-inch hydraulic cutterhead dredge, attendant plant, and discharge pipeline for the annual maintenance dredging of 10 Mississippi River harbors this year. “The Memphis District is
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Another successful dredging campaign at Kalbarri
Boating at Kalbarri is safer following the completion of biennial maintenance dredging campaign to widen the channel and restore safe navigational depths at the mouth of Murchison River. An added bonus of the work was the deepening of water around a jetty used for swimming and recreation, approved b
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USACE publishes GRR/EIS of Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, has published the final General Reevaluation Report and Environmental Impact Statement (GRR/EIS) for the Tampa Harbor Navigation Improvement Study in Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties, Florida. In accordance with the National Environmental Po
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EXCLUSIVE: Dredge Yard builds new cutter suction dredger in Bangladesh
Dredge Yard has entered a collaboration with Dockyard and Engineering Works Ltd in Bangladesh to construct a new state-of-the-art cutter suction dredger, type CSD400. According to an official Dredge Yard’s announcement, “this strategic partnership combines Dredge Yard’s engineering expertise and hig
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BREAKING NEWS: Construction of the largest TSHD in Asia moves forward
China has started building the nation’s largest and most advanced trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). Upon its completion, the new vessel will become the largest TSHD in Asia, said Fei Long, a senior researcher at the Marine Design and Research Institute of China. “The new ship will be nearly 19
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Another fully electric dredger being built in the Netherlands
Dutch shipbuilder DE Klop has announced the start of production of the Cygnus, a revolutionary fully electric cutter suction dredger. This innovative dredger, with a discharge diameter of 500 mm, marks another step towards sustainable and environmentally friendly dredging solutions. The Cygnus is be
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Sea Lots Channel and Turning Basin restored to its original depth
The Sea Lots Channel and Turning Basin in Trinidad and Tobago have been fully restored to its original design depth for the first time in approximately 15 years. Commissioned by the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI), the restoration project was executed by National Energy Corporation o
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Last Call for Abstracts – Eastern Chapter Meeting
The Western Dredging Association recently announced that registration and early sponsorship are open for the WEDA 2024 Eastern Chapter Meeting. Now, the Board of the Eastern Chapter of WEDA invites interested individuals to submit an abstract for a technical presentation at the Fall 2024 conference.
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Jan De Nul contests detention of CSD Zheng He in Mexico
The Mexican foreign trade authorities conducted a search on the Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Zheng He and seized it in November 2023. According to these authorities, the vessel must be classified as foreign ’merchandise‘ and following such classification, she should have been imported i