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C-Job presents the Power-Dredge concept
C-Job Naval Architects recently presented a dredge design which could be built on stock, with the ability to be tailored to the customer’s needs during the building process. The standardized design, a 3000 cubic meter TSHD, has customizable aspects which customers are free to change in line with the
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TSHD Padre Island busy in Galveston Harbor
The trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) Padre Island, from Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC, is working in the Galveston Harbor. According to the USACE Galveston District, the TSHD is currently dredging as part of a contract to perform maintenance dredging in parts of Galveston Harbor. The w
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Dead River dredging begins
Work to reroute the mouth of a river that feeds into Lake Superior began yesterday, WLUC reports. Marquette engineer officials said that the city is moving a significant amount of sand at the mouth of the Dead River. The river feeds into Lake Superior next to the Upper Harbor Ore Dock. According to
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Tiamat offers greener, cheaper and more efficient method of dredging
Haven Dredging recently conducted several trials on their innovative agitation dredging machine – the Tiamat. According to the company, the comparisons with traditional dredging methods have revealed staggering cost savings with Tiamat. The cost of using Tiamat stands at less than a £1.00/m3, compar
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Port Taranaki begins process to renew dredging consents
Port Taranaki, New Zealand, has started the process to renew its harbour maintenance dredging resource consents. Maintenance dredging is crucial to Port Taranaki’s ability to trade as a deep-water port. The periodic dredging campaigns remove sediment and sand buildup from the harbour – keeping shipp
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Petersburg Harbor (AK) dredged for the first time in 42 years
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District has completed the first project funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law – the Petersburg Navigation Improvements project. Located in Southeast Alaska between Juneau and Ketchikan, the Petersburg dredging project restored the the Borough’s South H
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Agreement reached to launch Dragflow USA
Technosub Group and DRAGFLOW have joined forces to launch Dragflow USA, elevating pumping and dredging solutions across the United States. The President and CEO of the Technosub Group, Mr. Eric Beaupre, is delighted with this strategic alliance: “The launch of Dragflow USA underscores our commitment
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MTCC newbuild ready for its first dredging project
After four weeks of dredger on-site assembly, launching commissioning and training, the HID CSD750 heavy-duty cutter suction dredger is ready to work in the Maldives. The new dredger has just completed its journey from the assembly line to its designated work site, in anticipation of its inaugural d
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Jenkins’ dredger Doreen Dorward busy at Sparkes Marina
Jenkins Marine has just released this amazing night photo of their backhoe dredger Doreen Dorward, working with the new 50t long reach excavator and 3D GPS guidance system and split hopper barge NAB at Sparkes Marina on Hayling Island. “Working in Chichester Harbour presents an additional challenge
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V.H.F.R. Group completes repair work on Boskalis TSHD Causeway
Belgium’s V.H.F.R. Group completed some repair work on Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Causeway last week. For this project, V.H.F.R. team undertook several essential tasks, including: “Throughout this small but intensive project, V.H.F.R. Group team received valuable support from t
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Dredging begins at various locations in Bayou Texar
DKE Marine Services, Inc. has begun dredging areas in Bayou Texar around storm drainage outfall, the City of Pensacola announced earlier this week. The work entails removal of accumulated sediments and debris from nine stormwater outfall locations. The sites are include: The $642,504.50 contract wit
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HR Wallingford developing models for Aktau Port
Over the next 18 months, HR Wallingford will be carrying out a study for The World Bank to assess how water levels in the Caspian Sea are likely to change under a range of future climate change scenarios and how this will affect the Port of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Aktau is the largest port in […
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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: DEME, Van Oord create two artificial islands in Poland
DEME Group has just released this amazing video named ‘From dredged material to thriving natural habitat’. The fairway between the ports of Szczecin and Świnoujście, Poland, recently underwent a modernisation that goes beyond just improved maritime access. DEME and its joint venture partner Van Oord
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Dredge General Arnold joins Callan Marine’s CSD fleet
Callan Marine has ceremoniously added a new 32-inch cutter suction dredge to its fleet, the General Arnold. The General Arnold was christened in Corpus Christi, Texas, on February 20, 2024, and will immediately begin work on Phase Four of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project. The proj