
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Shoalway arrived in Dover this morning – getting ready for the next phase of planned dredging in the Outer Harbour. The vessel is owned and operated by Royal Boskalis Westminster, and their direct involvement with the Dover Western Docks Revival project mak

HID Dredger, a Chinese manufacturer of dredgers and dredging equipment, joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) recently, and also signed partnership with Mr. Altai Borubaev, the National Science Academician from Kyrgyzstan, for the purpose of improving water quality by creating water pur

Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation (GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, said that the U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday attended the steel cutting ceremony for the construction of the Acadia, Great Lakes’ first offshore wind rock placement vessel. The steel c

DACINCO Investment Construction Company Limited in Vietnam has recently awarded IHC Dredging a contract to supply a third Beaver® 65 DDSP cutter suction dredger. This was announced last month, at a special ceremony in Vietnam, marking the delivery of the second Beaver® 65, the DACINCO 01. Alexander

The 2023 Shenzhen International Dredging Technology & Development (Dredging Equipment) Show took place in Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center last week. The dredging conference proved to be a spectacular event, gathering leading dredging or related companies and experts from around the globe.

PD Ports, a Middlesbrough headquartered port, shipping and logistics company, has just announced a £23 million investment in a new dredging vessel. The 71m long dredger, which has already been named the Emerald Duchess following a competition among PD Ports employees, will arrive at Teesport next su

In high winds an amphibious excavator has done a precision dredging job near a Dutch dyke. The project aim was to remove a limited volume of silt – some 4.000m³ and create a more stable basis for dyke reinforcement. The removed volume was to be replaced by sand in a second stage of the project. [&he

A non-self-propelled cutter suction dredger (Project 4395) was launched at Gorodets based PAO Shiprepair & Shipbuilding Corporation last week. The RKO class dredger “X O 2.0 (Ice 10) A” of 700 cbm capacity/hour, named Tobol, was ordered by Rechvodput for the Ob-Irtysh basin administration. This is t

The St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Service Base team is making the final preparations for the district’s Dredge Potter to begin its season. According to USACE, the Dredge Potter ensures a safe reliable navigation channel on the Mississippi River for commerce. The dredger was origin

Visualization of dredging is essential to gain insight into the dredging process. But this is only the beginning of the whole dredging story. To complete that story, MSA-Service meet with Diederik van Halsema of DC Dredging. He is the fleet manager of the entire DC Dredging fleet, including the vess

EDDY Pump Corporation, involved in pump and dredge equipment manufacturing, has partnered with EZ CONNECT Floats, a manufacturer of innovative patented float products. Through this partnership, EDDY Pump will leverage EZ CONNECT Floats’ expertise and experience in designing adjustable and versatile

The McFarland, a deep-draft hopper dredge owned and operated by USACE Philadelphia District, is back in the game. After an extended time in the shipyard in Norfolk, VA, the Dredge McFarland began her first mission last week since returning to Philadelphia recently, said USACE. “She’ll be dredging va

Liebherr has just released this very interesting video named ‘HS 8300 – Dredging in the heart of Texas’. The video is showing two teams in the south of the USA working with the largest Liebherr duty cycle crawler crane, the HS 8300:

The digital transformation in the construction industry continues apace with construction sites becoming increasingly digital and networked. Driver assistance systems such as machine control systems are thus gaining in importance. They support the machine operators in carrying out their activities b