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USACE provides update to Myrtle Beach renourishment timeline
The upcoming beach renourishment project along the Grand Strand is scheduled to begin late fall 2025, with completion anticipated by mid-summer 2026. According to the Army Corps of Engineers, beach renourishment will begin in North Myrtle Beach in December 2025, followed by the City of Myrtle Beach
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BREAKING NEWS: Oiltech Dredging delivers CSD for marina project in the Caribbean
Oiltech Dredging Equipment has just announced the successful delivery of a state-of-the-art Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) to support the development of a new marina harbor in the Caribbean. This new build dredger, designed to efficiently handle silt removal operations, marks a significant milestone i
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VIDEO: China’s first eco-friendly large-power CSD enters service
China’s first eco-friendly high-power cutter suction dredger (CSD) Junchuan is now fully operational in Yan’an, Shaanxi. In just one year, it aims to remove 6 million cubic meters of silt, an amount equivalent to filling six 80,000-seat stadiums.
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Curtin Maritime wins Thimble Shoal Channel dredging contract
Curtin Maritime Corp., from Long Beach, California, has won an $8.6 million firm-fixed-price contract for maintenance dredging at the Thimble Shoal Channel. Bids were solicited via the internet with four received, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) said. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Virginia
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Another HID Dredger successfully launched
HID Shipyard has successfully launched its latest cutter suction dredger, model CSD4016, marking a significant step into the commissioning and trial phase of this state-of-the-art dredging vessel. The newly launched CSD4016 features a modular design and delivers powerful excavation and slurry transp
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USACE seeking contractors for Muskegon Harbor dredging
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District is seeking contractors for the Muskegon Harbor Maintenance Dredging project in Michigan. The project involves mobilizing a dredge to Muskegon Harbor, conducting dredging operations between specified upstream and downstream limits, and placing dredge
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ICIEC signs Specific Transaction Policy for Boskalis
The Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC) announced – on the sidelines of the IsDB Group Annual Meeting 2025 in Algiers – the signing of a Specific Transaction Policy (STP) for Boskalis, valued at $40 million. According to ICIEC, this agreement – signed by Dr.
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ASBPA announces 2025 Best Restored Beaches
The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) has presented the annual awards of the nation’s Best Restored Beaches. The award-winning projects this year are the Canaveral Harbor Sand Bypass Project, Cape Canaveral, FL; Encinitas and Solana Beach Storm Damage Reduction Project, Encin
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NMDC Group, Jiangsu Juxin to set up dredge pipe manufacturing facility in UAE
NMDC Group has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jiangsu Juxin Petroleum Steel Pipe, to explore areas of collaboration, with the long-term aim to establish fabrication facilities in the UAE for metallic pipes to be primarily used in the dredging sector. “Collaboration is not optional
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BREAKING NEWS: Van Oord continues vital beach nourishment works in Lincolnshire
Van Oord has signed a new, 3-year contract with the UK Environment Agency to continue beach nourishment works along the Lincolnshire coastline. During the course of the contract, 3 annual campaigns of beach nourishment will be undertaken between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point. “As a result of this aw
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EXCLUSIVE: Assembling of Zeekoevlei dredger underway
The City of Cape Town’s Spatial Planning and Environment Directorate said that the components of the floating suction dredger have arrived at Zeekoevlei in the False Bay Nature Reserve over the weekend. The project team is now busy assembling the machine, and if all goes as planned, the dredger shou
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Annual figures: Record turnover for Jan De Nul in 2024
Jan De Nul has achieved a record turnover for the third year in a row. In 2023, turnover increased by 18 per cent compared to 2022. In 2024, it even went up by 36 per cent. The company said today that they reached the four-billion-euro mark for the first time. In its annual figures, the […]
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Port of Aveiro dredging kicks off
The Port of Aveiro, Portugal, recently kicked off a maintenance dredging operations in three strategic port areas: Canelete, the Coastal Fishing Port and the Largo Fishing Port. The dredging project represents a global investment of €2.125 million and aims to improve safety, navigability and operati
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KSR Marine expands its fleet with multicat KSR-A
KSR Marine Services Private Limited has just introduced the latest addition to its fleet – the new multicat KSR-A. “This versatile multicat significantly boosts our operational efficiency, particularly in supporting faster dredger and anchor movements,” KSR said. According to KSR, this is how this v