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Dredging underway in Great Sodus Bay, NY
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is dredging the federal navigation channel at Great Sodus Bay, New York. A total of 20,000 cubic yards of material will be dredged by Dean Marine & Excavating from Great Sodus and placed in designated open lake sites. Great Sodus is home to more th
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Callan Marine wraps up San Jacinto West Fork dredging
Callan Marine has finished dredging in the San Jacinto West Fork, a significant step forward in flood mitigation efforts. The project, backed by funding from FEMA, included removal of approx. 800,000 cubic yards of sediment from the San Jacinto West Fork. The latest dredging campaign focused on the
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Dredging vessel classed by Türk Loydu ready for service
Next-Generation dredging vessel, built by Yutek Gemi Shipyard for the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, has been successfully completed and commissioned in Turkey. Classed in accordance with Türk Loydu rules and equipped with advanced technology, the 79-meter-long and 15-meter-wide vessel na
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Holland Dredge Design delivers CSD-250 to Cemex UK
Holland Dredge Design has successfully delivered a custom-built cutter suction dredger CSD-250 to Cemex UK. The new dredger was fully engineered and built in-house in record time, according to Cemex’s specific operational and safety requirements. Key features: With the cutter power of 40kW and a dre
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Maunalua Bay (HI) dredging kicking off this week
Maintenance dredging and other improvement works are kicking off this week at the Maunalua Bay Boat Ramp in Hawai‘i Kai. Sand from dredging the boat ramp entrance channel will be reused and placed on adjacent eroded shorelines on both sides of the ramp. Sheet pile walls, commonly used in harbor cons
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The new edition of DFSI Magazine available online
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has presented the second issue of Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure Magazine. The latest edition of DFSI Magazine takes chapter 3 of the Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure book as its foundation and provides guidance on how to des
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Boskalis dredger Crestway working to reopen Port of Tampico, MX
Earlier this month, Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger Crestway jumped in to help a port in need in Mexico. While the vessel crew was dredging in the Port of Tuxpan, an urgent request came in from the Port of Tampico, only 90 nautical miles away. The Port of Tampico was shut down due to sever
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Royal IHC secures another order for Beaver dredger
Royal IHC recently won a contract to supply another Beaver cutter suction dredger and a Booster Station to a customer in the APAC region. The Beaver and Booster Station will be deployed to maintain the access channel to a harbor – ensuring safe navigation for recreational boaters and commercial fish
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DEW launches new CSD 400 designed by Dredge Yard
Dockyard and Engineering Works (DEW) has successfully launched its newly built Cutter Suction Dredger 400, developed with the engineering expertise and component support of Dredge Yard B.V., based in the Netherlands. The new dredger is equipped with a Mitsubishi engine, a hydraulic cutter head drive
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Pacific Harbour dredging getting underway
The City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, has started essential maintenance dredging in the Pacific Harbour Canal Estate at Banksia Beach to remove built-up sediment and improve navigational safety for all canal users. The project involves removal of approximately 80,000 cubic meters of sediment from wit
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Nearly 4 million cubic yards of dredged sand needed for the West Belle Headland repair
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have signed a Noncompetitive Negotiated Agreement (NNA) authorizing the use of up to four million cubic yards of sand to repair West Belle Headland following damage caused by Hurricane Zeta. Originally p
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Cottrell wins Lewes to Rehoboth Canal dredging contract
Cottrell Contracting of Chesapeake, Virginia, has won a $9.6 million USACE contract for maintenance dredging work in Lewes, Delaware. The project includes maintenance dredging of approximately 90,000 cubic yards of sediment within the Lewes to Rehoboth Canal. Connecting Delaware and Rehoboth, the 10
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DC-Grid switchboard for JDN’s first plug-in hybrid dredger tested and approved
Bakker Sliedrecht, together with Jan De Nul and RINA classification society, have successfully completed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of the DC-grid switchboard for JDN’s first plug-in hybrid trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). Just a year ago, Bakker Sliedrecht secured a deal to deliver th
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KSC shoreline protection project available for public comment
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District is gathering information to define issues and concerns that will be addressed in an analysis to be prepared in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document for the nourishment of the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) shoreline