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Rohde Nielsen wraps up Tweed River dredging campaign
Rohde Nielsen’s hopper dredger ‘Trud R’ has now departed Tweed River after completion of maintenance dredging for 2023. Stage 2 saw approximately 60.000m3 of sand removed from the Tweed River Entrance and placed at Dreamtime, Snapper and Bilinga. This is in addition to approximately 200,000m3 of san
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EXCLUSIVE: New Water Injection Dredging installation from MOTAS
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has completed the design and construction of another Water Injection Dredging (WID) installation. The scope of delivery includes the fabrication of jet arms, a hoisting gantry with swell compensator, hydraulic system and the jetwater pump sets. According to MOTAS, all compon
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Maintenance dredging on Ross River moves forward
Maintenance dredging work in the Ross River, down stream of the Port Access Road bridge, is now underway. According to Port of Townsville Limited, material dredged from this location will be brought back to the Townsville Marine Precinct by barge and transferred to land. A maintenance dredge campaig
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India kicking off Ichamati River dredging campaign
The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (India) continues its efforts to develop and modernize National Waterways and promote inland water transport as a more cost-effective and environmentally friendly mode of transportation. Yesterday, the Minister of State for Ports, Shipping and Waterways,
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USACE vessel Pathfinder to dredge Mississippi River
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District’s MV Pathfinder will begin dredging on the Mississippi River this week. When needed to maintain the 9-foot navigation channel, the St. Louis District’s Pathfinder deckhands and crew members wear dual hats. They switch over from their regular duti
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Another VMI Dredge on its way to Texas
Another VMI Dredge is on its way to Texas, from VMI Manufacturing Headquarters. According to VMI, Inc., this time it’s a MD-615 with remote control. The MD-615 is the midsized model in their horizontal cable driven dredge line up. For many years this has been the machine of choice for a wide range o
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Keeping Gdynia competitive by Jan De Nul
In northern Poland on the Baltic Sea lies Gdynia. Historically a small fishing village, but things changed in the 1920s when the Polish government ordered the construction of a port in the area. The Port of Gdynia soon grew into a universal seaport, and the city around it into one of Poland’s larges
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Boskalis and Van Oord deliver Port of Felixstowe deepening project
Royal Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord have successfully delivered the Port of Felixstowe Deepening Project. Over the last 22 months, the two companies have used more than 20 different vessels to remove over 17.1 million cubic meters of material from the channel. The depth of the approach channel h
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CDMCS Hosts 5th Annual Safety Leadership Awards
Safety excellence in the U.S. dredging and marine construction industry took center stage last week in Washington, DC. when the Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) held its 5th Annual Leadership in Safety Awards Dinner, in conjunction with its quarterly meeting and its CDMCS
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Freeport of Monrovia raises the bar
Last Friday was a historic day for APM Terminals Liberia Ltd. and the Freeport of Monrovia – a total $15 million commitment for two latest generation German made, Liebherr 600 model Mobile Harbor Cranes which will be used to load and unload containers from ships calling at the Freeport. The cranes,
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Teggs Channel dredging now complete
The Department of Transport (DoT) has successfully completed dredging of Teggs Channel, according to the Shire of Carnarvon, Western Australia. The Shire also announced that dredging of the Fascine Channel is underway now, and is expected to last until late November. Works include revegetation, sand
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Dutra secures Brevard County shore protection project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District awarded a $47.6 million contract September 29 to The Dutra Group of San Rafael, California, to execute a Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies (FCCE) rehabilitation of the Mid and South Reach segments of the Brevard Co., Florida, federal shore
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U.S. dredging industry continues with $2.5B in newbuilds
The U.S. dredging industry is highly competitive and saves the taxpayer hundreds of millions of dollars every year. In 2022, according to The Mike Hooks Report, An Analysis of the FY22 U.S. Federal Dredging Market, compiled in September 2023 finds the following: This means that the U.S. private sect
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EXCLUSIVE: DEME completes dredging job in Sicily
DEME Group has officially completed the Port of Termini Imerese dredging program. Also, the company is actively involved in multiple port expansion projects worldwide. “We successfully concluded a project in the Port of Termini Imerese in Sicily, where our trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Reynaert’