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New edition of WEDA’s Journal of Dredging
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) recently published a new edition of its Journal of Dredging, the Volume 19, Issue 3. The Journal of Dredging provides the dissemination of technical and project information on dredging engineering topics. The peer-reviewed papers in this practice-oriented journal
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Restoring seagrass in Romania by Van Oord
Van Oord was contracted by Administratia Bazinala de Apa Dobrogea-Litoral (ABA-DL) in 2019 to design and build new groynes and beaches to protect the popular seaside resort of Eforie on the Black Sea from erosion. Part of the project is the construction of three hectares of sea grass. Van Oord is cu
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DSC Dredge to build one of the largest 24” dredges in U.S.
DSC Dredge has signed a contract with Muddy Water Dredging, LP for the construction of one of the largest 24” dredges in the United States. On Tuesday, 12th October, Michael Kerns, President and CEO of Muddy Water Dredging, LP and Bob Wetta, President and CEO of DSC Dredge LLC, launched a project to
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Engineering With Nature by USACE
Regardless of their size, islands play a critical role in providing valuable habitat, recreation opportunities, and coastal protection by reducing erosion and wave energy to nearby shorelines. Islands often consist of multiple habitats spanning different elevations, like beaches, dunes, and marshes.
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Damen’s CSD500 arrives in Paraguay
Damen’s modular cutter suction dredger CSD500 has arrived safely in Paraguay. T&C, a civil contractor in Paraguay, will use the dredger to transform the southern river bank of the capital Asunción, in the Costanera Sur project. According to Damen, the modular dredger will increase sand production, r
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Conducting sediment profile imaging at Isles of Shoals
Scientists from the New England District’s DAMOS Program are conducting a sediment profile imaging (SPI) survey to monitor the benthic ecosystem at the Isles of Shoals North Disposal Site after the placement of dredged material from the Rye Harbor Federal Navigation Project. The SPI camera is lowere
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Unique digital platform AlViVi by Alewijnse
Alewijnse has developed a unique, future-proof digital platform that can replace most of the computer equipment on the bridge, thus saving space and money. The company introduced this unique platform initially for use on trailing suction hopper dredgers. However, the solution can also be implemented
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Van Oord introduces new unmanned survey vessel
Van Oord’s VO:X Snellius, their second unmanned survey vessel, was officially launched in September. “This vessel will help us work more efficiently and sustainably,” said Van Oord. “Previous learning experiences have allowed us to further improve the design of VO:X Snellius.” The vessel is slightly
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Desilting Solutions proves success at Townsville Port
Desilting Solutions has been commissioned to undertake desilting works in two vital areas of the Townsville Port – a major 360m long stormwater drainage culvert and targeted dredging within the port berthing pockets. Works started with the culvert desilting, which was affected by tidal inundation as
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IHC Plumigator boosts uptime and productivity
Since the release of the patented overflow innovation, the Plumigator, Royal IHC hasn’t stopped developing the solution. This innovative product successfully limits air release and turbidity during dredging, offering environmental as well as economic benefits. While successful in limiting air releas
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Water injection dredger L’Ostrea baptized
Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux’ water injection dredger (WID) L’Ostrea was baptized in a naming ceremony last week. MOTAS Dredging Solutions was responsible for the engineering and delivery of the complete dredging installation including the dredging control and monitoring system. For this project,
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GLDD raising the bar on climate-change fighting technologies
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), one of the largest providers of dredging services in the United States, has announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with Project Vesta, a clean technology pioneer developing a new way to use sand to remove excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. “We
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Understanding flow velocities to keep navigation channels open
WaterProof Marine Consultancy & Services B.V. has used Nortek’s Signature VM system to measure sedimentation levels in order to assess the possible impact of dredging a short-cut in the navigation channel between Holwerd and the island of Ameland in the Netherlands. Due to the constant erosion and s
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VIDEO: Making of split hopper barges by Baars
Baars Sliedrecht today released this very interesting video about two new 450m3 split hopper barges – B405 and B406. A split hopper barge is a vessel used for installing soil, sand or stones (dredge material) – usually operating in conjunction with backhoe dredgers. Powered by two hydraulic cylinder