Dredging
BMP Steering Group Discusses Coastal Protection
A short list of coastal and flood defense options to deliver the aims of the Sidmouth and East Beach Management Plan (BMP) project is to be developed, following a meeting of the BMP Steering Group with East Devon District Council’s BMP project team on 15 January 2016. The BMP’s aims are to maintain
Shandong Highling HLC450 CSD Delivered to India
Shandong Highling Dredging Equipment and Machinery Co. recently delivered its HLC450 standard cutter suction dredger to an Indian client Rashmi Metaliks Limited. The dredger, handed over on January 11, will be used for an environmental dredging project. The dredging depth of this standard 18 inch dr
Drop-in Session for St Asaph Flood Defenses
People in St Asaph are being invited to a public drop-in session, run by Natural Resources Wales, to find out more about the next steps towards improving flood defenses in the city. Funding of £3 million was confirmed for the scheme by the Welsh Government at the end of last year, enabling construct
Bids Invited for Little Harbor Dredging
Public Works and Government Services on behalf of Department of Fisheries and Oceans has a requirement that includes harbor dredging (basin and channel) in Little Harbor (L’Ardoise), Richmond County, NS. The project work is to include the dredging of Class “B” material in the basin and channel to a
Royal IHC and Adani Sign Deal for IHC Beagle TSHD Duo
Royal IHC and Adani Group have signed a contract for two IHC Beagle® 8 trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs). These two 8,000m³ vessels belong to the standardized IHC Beagle® series, designed and built by IHC using over a century of dredging experience. The IHC Beagle® series achieves high levels
Gippsland Ports Orders Damen TSHD 650
The Damen Shipyards Group is constructing a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) 650 for Australian client Gippsland Ports. The TSHD will be the first Damen dredger to operate in the country. The client will use the dredger to maintain entry to the port of Lakes Entrance and the Gippsland Lakes sy
Team Van Oord Projects Shortlisted for Excellence Awards
Team Van Oord (TVO) schemes have been shortlisted for five of the seven categories in the 2016 Environment Agency Project Excellence Awards. The Project Excellence Awards recognize excellent project work undertaken by the Environment Agency and its partners. For 2016 there were 60 individual project
Damen Shipyards Sharjah Celebrates Anniversary
Damen Shipyards Sharjah (DSS) has celebrated its anniversary with a total of 13 vessels being dry-docked simultaneously. The yard, officially opened in January 2014, in 2015 DSS delivered eight newbuilds, carried out two complex conversions and dry-docked 165 vessels from all the major operators in
ORN Tampa Office to Complete Three Projects in Early 2016
Orion Marine Group, Inc. (ORN) today provided its investors with an update on the company’s outlook and end markets. During the fourth quarter, ORN bid on approximately $560 million of opportunities and was successful on $118 million, representing a 21% win rate. Both equipment utilization and job p
TID Renamed to IHC Training Institute
As of 1 January, the renowned Training Institute for Dredging (TID) was renamed IHC Training Institute. The name change reflects the organisation’s newly extended portfolio, which now also includes various offshore courses and classes. The existing training portfolio has now been extended with new i
Georgia Ports Authority Announces New Investments
The Georgia Ports Authority achieved record container volumes in 2015, Executive Director Curtis Foltz reported to the GPA board today. Over the last calendar year, the Port of Savannah moved an all-time high 3.73 million twenty-foot equivalent container units, an increase of 391,356 TEUs, or 11.7 p
Senators Urge USACE to Fund Cleveland Harbor Dredging
U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman have urged Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jo-Ellen Darcy to use at least $2 million of its $273 million harbor and channel projects budget to make up for its request for less money to dredge the Cleveland Harbor. The Corps requeste
Comments Invited on Cle Elum’s Shoreline Plan
A program to manage the shorelines along the Cle Elum and Yakima rivers within the city of Cle Elum is open for comment through the Washington Department of Ecology. The update to Cle Elum’s shoreline management plan was adopted by the city last June and is part of a regional effort led by Kittitas
Highlights of the Week (January 18-24)
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 18-24). Maryport’s Harbor Dredging Project Starts Next Month Van Oord, a Dutch dredging company, has won the Maryport’s harbor dredging contract. Chinese Duo Wins Major Port Deal in Algeria Two Chinese