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The world’s smallest BWT system for TSHD Charlock
ERMA FIRST is bringing the world’s smallest and easiest to install ballast water treatment (BWT) system to the international market through its acquisition of US firm oneTANK LLC. oneTANK has developed a small scale innovative, low-cost, IMO Revised G8 Code and United States Coast Guard compliant sy
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Studying erosion along North Shore of Oahu
The USACE Honolulu District is conducting a study along the North Shore of Oahu which experiences significant erosion in the winter season. The study is utilizing multiple remote sensing technologies to understand erosion and accretion patterns along the north shore, including a mobile version of th
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New Dutch Ambassador to Bangladesh visits Damen
Damen’s Global Dredging Headquarters in Nijkerk hosted recently His Excellency Anne van Leeuwen, the new Dutch Ambassador to Bangladesh, who will be starting in his new post in Dhaka, Bangladesh, next month. The ambassador was there on a fact-finding mission to learn about dredging, including the la
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DEME: Optimizing business processes with delaware platform
To stay competitive and to continuously offer the best possible solutions to clients, DEME Group continually invests in new vessels and new technologies. In recent years, they have invested a lot in the digitalization of many processes, as well as in tools to improve collaboration between their empl
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Rehabilitating Chesapeake Beach dredge material site
The Town of Chesapeake Beach, MD, is one of 60 projects in 19 counties to receive funding that include grants for statewide projects and emergency water rescue needs. Through the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Waterway Improvement Fund, the Town will receive funding in the amount of $250,0
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Deltares: Mekong Delta at risk of salinization
Sediment starvation in the Mekong Delta can drive 50% of the area saline by 2050 – as shown in a study by the Rise and Fall Project of Utrecht University and Deltares. The researchers show that in the first half of the century, the anthropogenic forces, specifically eroding riverbeds due to sediment
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Experimental study on the adhesion factor of clay
A major mechanical property of clay is the adhesion factor that reflects the ratio between its cohesive and adhesive strength under different water content. Clay is one of the three most commonly encountered soil types in riverbed and seabed, other than sand and silt. A major mechanical property of
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Modular dredging pontoon platform by IHB
IHB ShipDesign AD has just released this very interesting video about their latest project for developing ‘Concept and Basic design of a Modular Dredging Pontoon Platform’. Such type of platform has numerous advantages like easy transportation and can be used for performing multiple tasks. The plann
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Deltares: Better projections of climate change impact
Sandy coastlines are wide spread across the globe. They evolve in time due to the supply and removal of sand, which makes them vulnerable to changes in their sand budget, said Deltares. The presence of a coastal inlet along a coast adds complexity to these budget changes by either supplying sand or
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Monitoring NJ estuaries and back bay marshes
USACE and partners are conducting monitoring in multiple locations along the marshes and in the waterways behind Seven Mile Island in Cape May County, N.J. The monitoring is being conducted as part of the Seven Mile Island Innovation Lab, an initiative designed to advance and improve dredging and ma
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EPA invites input on Kalamazoo PCB cleanup
U.S. EPA will begin a 30-day public comment period on the proposed cleanup plan to address polychlorinated-biphenyls, or PCB, contamination in Area 3 of the Kalamazoo River Superfund site in Otsego, Michigan. Area 3 is a 3.4-mile stretch between Otsego City Dam and the former Otsego Township dam tha
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WEDA’s webinar set for next week
WEDA’s next webinar – Machine Guidance for Management of Over-Dredging – is set to take place on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Whether managing the depth of navigation channels, removing environmental materials or supporting the construction of underwater infrastructure, dredging is a complex, inexact an
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ROHR-IDRECO: New GRAFA order received
ROHR-IDRECO has received a new order for their fully electric-driven Submersible Pump Installation – GRAFA. “Our customer intends to use the system to pump tailings – an application for which the GRAFA is particularly well suited,” the dredge systems manufacturer said. The GRAFA is a fully electric-
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Boskalis’ TSHD Freeway busy at Texel
Boskalis’ hopper dredger Freeway is currently engaged in a very important work near the Dutch island of Texel. The project involves replenishing the foreshore near the northern and middle part of the island to dampen the waves as well as nourishing the beach on the southern part. The Freeway has bee