On April 5, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District reached a project milestone on the Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement Project, removing 4 million cubic yards of dredge material as part of phase two of the project. Approximately 7.7 million cubic yards of dredge material and weathered rock,… Read More
Argentinian Port Administrator Consorcio Portuario Regional de Mar del Plata (CPRM) plans to use its own money to fund an estimated $3 million US dredging project, which is expected for 2020, CPRM’s president, Martín Merlini, told local media Pescare. Merlini said the port administrator expects to release a dredging tender… Read More
On April 23, Port Houston released the full results of the nationwide economic impact study of the Houston Ship Channel. Results show that the private and public terminals of the greater Port of Houston account for 10 percent of all jobs supported by the U.S. coastal ports in 2018. The… Read More
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) Environmental Commission Chair Craig Vogt will present his idea for a WEDA-TechNotes program at the Environmental Commission meeting on Tuesday, June 4 at the WEDA 2019 Dredging Summit and Expo in Chicago. The proposed plan will facilitate the position of WEDA as the center of… Read More
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is offering a special three-day international seminar on dredging and reclamation in Mumbai, India, November 26 to 28 at the Radisson Mumbai Andheri MIDC hotel. The seminar is intended for all stakeholders in the field of dredging: government and port… Read More
Damen Dredging yard has completed the assembly of the screening installation of the CEMEX Go Innovation was celebrated at the Damen Dredging yard. The screening installation is designed for the aggregate dredge type MAD3500 under construction. This hopper dredge features several innovative elements, including the fully re-designed… Read More
Jan De Nul Group has launched its fourth Ultra-Low Emission vessel, the 6,000-cubic-meter (7,848-cubic-yard) trailing suction hopper dredge, Sanderus. This green vessel is the first of two identical medium-sized hopper dredges under construction at Keppel Offshore &Marine’s shipyard in Singapore, fitted with a two-stage filtering technique for… Read More
DRAGFLOW and DSC Dredge have partnered to expand each company’s portfolio and customer service reach. Dragflow has more than 25 years of experience in manufacturing heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment focusing on design and manufacturing activities for dredging, mining and industrial sectors. Read More
Orion Group Holdings Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019. “Revenues for our marine segment were down slightly relative to the first quarter of 2018 reflecting the timing of the start-up of projects in backlog. Marine margins were lower year-over-year as a result of the… Read More
Alewijnse has introduced a unique virtualization and visualization platform for use on trailing suction hopper dredges and on other vessels. The AIViVi system has already been successfully installed on several of DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredges. All the dredging process systems are centralized and integrated, and the… Read More
