Dredging
Keppel and Jan De Nul Sign Contracts for Three New Dredgers
Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine) has secured contracts from Jan De Nul Group to build three trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs). The contracts for the construction of three TSHDs are worth around $73.7 million in total. To be built to Jan De Nul’s design, the dredgers will be able
CEDA Hosts Dredging Events for Students
Young CEDA recently organized two events for students in the Netherlands to present them more info about working in the dredging and marine construction industry. The first event took place on 30 May at Twente University, Enschede and the next one shortly after at the Delft University of Technology,
County Postpones Murrells Inlet Dredging Meeting
Georgetown County has postponed a public information meeting on the proposed dredging of parts of Murrells Inlet. The meeting was scheduled to take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, July 21 at the Murrells Inlet Community Center. A new date for the meeting has not been set. County officials made the dete
Northumberland Council Welcomes Flood Defence Investment
Plans to invest millions improving flood defenses in the region have been welcomed by Northumberland County Council. Investment projects in the county for 2016/17, highlighted by the Northumbria Regional Flood and Coastal Committee (NRFCC), include Blyth Tidal Flood Alleviation Scheme, Haltwhistle F
Barnstable Requests Permit Modification
The town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, has announced that the officials are seeking to modify a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, related to the dredging of the town’s harbor entrance channel and disposal of the dredge material. The modification is for an existing p
Experts Discuss Benefits of Living Shorelines
Communities across the U.S. are discovering the benefits of incorporating nature into their development planning and infrastructure. That was the theme of a July 7 webinar, sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts, with Charley Chesnutt and David Olson of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Rachel Gi
Dredge CURRITUCK Working in the Ocean City Inlet
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District’s dredge CURRITUCK is hard at work this week conducting maintenance dredging of the Ocean City Inlet. The dredge arrived in Ocean City last Friday and started the inlet dredging operations Saturday, July 16. This dredging is focused specifically o
Portsmouth Navy Yard Seeks Corps Permit for Dredging
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is seeking a permit from the USACE, New England District, to conduct work in waters of the U.S. in conjunction with structural repairs to berths in the Piscataqua River at the shipyard in Kittery, Maine. The proposed work involves structural repairs to berths 11, 12 and
Deltares: Maintaining the Dutch Coast
Rijkswaterstaat needs millions of cubic meters of sand every year to maintain the Dutch coast and protect it from the coastal erosion caused by major storms. That sand comes from the seabed. A permit is needed to extract the sand and an environmental impact report is needed in turn to obtain a permi
Royal IHC and NETICS Agree Partnership
Royal IHC has entered into a partnership with NETICS, a player in engineering with dredged sediments. The company specializes in ‘building with nature’ and designs innovative hydraulic structures made from reclaimed sediment. NETICS has developed cutting-edge techniques for creating structures such
India and US Extend Maritime Cooperation
India and the United States have agreed to deepen the scope of cooperation in the maritime sector. The Union Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Shri Nitin Gadkari, recently paid a working visit to the States, where he held wide-ranging discussions with the representatives of Harbor D
VIDEO: Keeping Hamburg Port Dredged and Maintained
Hamburg Port Authority has just released this amazing dredging video named “Keep the Port on Depth” – XXL dredging ship in use. The video will give you an invaluable insight into the role of Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredger “Bartolomeu Dias” in keeping the Port of Hamburg regularly dredg
New Dredger Enters Rosmorport Fleet
FSUE Rosmorport’s Astrakhan Branch has put into operation its new non-propelled cutter suction dredger, the Petr Sablin. The dredger, built by “Onezhsky Ship Building and Ship Repairing Plant”, comes as the fourth vessel included in the dredging fleet of the Astrakhan Branch. In addition to the exis
Connecticut and Rhode Island Representatives Support ELDS Plan
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal, along with Representative Joe Courtney, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, have sent a letter to EPA to express their support for the proposed rule to designate a new Eastern Long Island Sound Dredged Material Disposal Site (ELDS). “As