Dredging
Boskalis Active in Angola
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is working on a dredging project in Africa related to maintaining the access channel and turning basins of the Soyo LNG port. Works on the project, awarded to Boskalis by Angola LNG Ltd., started few months ago and will be completed by the end of 2017. The project wil
The Giant in Panama (VIDEO)
The Canal de Panamá has just released this amazing video which shows the backhoe dredger Alberto Aleman Zubieta during its deepening work on the Panama Canal Expansion Project. Royal IHC delivered the giant to Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) in 2013. The vessel is equipped with three spud hoist
Picture of the Day: IHC Pumps for JDN
Royal IHC (IHC) – a Dutch maritime group focused on the design and construction of vessels and services for the offshore, dredging and wet mining markets – has just posted this Cutter Pump photo on its facebook page. The picture shows three brand new CutterSpecial® pumps with Curve® impeller ready t
Port of Gulfport DEIS Prepared
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, has prepared a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Port of Gulfport Expansion Project. The DEIS evaluates the potential impacts from expanding onsite facilities and expanding the port’s turning basin at the Port of Gulfport. A public
YE 118 Noordland Delivered
The Dutch fishing cooperative YE 118 Noordland BV has taken delivery of its new shellfish dredger from Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam. The new vessel, called YE 118 Noordland, has fishing gear specially designed for dredging razor shells. It comprises a 5.5-tonne basket that is lowered over the
New Dredging Gear for Cebu City
The Cebu City Government has bought five brand new heavy equipment units which will be used for the road repair schemes and the waterway dredging projects. Engineer Jose Marie Poblete, Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) chief, said that the equipment turned over to them by the supplie
Congo River and Innovation in Antwerp
Last Saturday, DEME Group’s two vessels, the Innovation and Congo River, were used as the stage for a corporate event in Antwerp. The company moored jack-up vessel Innovation and trailing suction hopper dredger Congo River in Antwerp in order to celebrate the recent “Company of the Year 2015” (Onder
Measuring Sediment Deposition
Researchers in the WAMSI Dredging Science Node are developing new automated scientific instruments to measure sediment deposition in the field with prototypes deployed and tested. Sediment deposition and subsequent smothering of marine habitats such as corals and seagrasses is one of the mechanisms
Cano Martin Pena Deal Inked
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Corporacion del Proyecto ENLACE del Cano Martin Pena have signed an agreement to assist in the restoration of the ecosystem of the Martin Pena canal. The agreement, detailed in a Memor
Prestigious Award for PPA
The Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) was awarded the prestigious Western Australian Premier’s Award for its ground-breaking Tidal Model Project in the Developing the Economy category on Wednesday, 28 October 2015. The category recognizes projects which maximize opportunities for the future through stim
Highlights of the Week
Machiavelli Ready for Action As part of a future Corio Bay Channels Upgrade Project, investigative works in the vicinity of No 1 and No 2 Beacons in the Wilson Spit Channel will be conducted between October 28 and November 9, 2015. Dredge Yard Delivers the Auger […]
Bay Area Works Reach Milestone
The largest private environmental restoration project in the Bay Area reached a major milestone this week with the breaching of a levee that will allow the San Francisco Bay to expand northward, restoring marshland and wildlife while also providing protection against sea-level rise. As several hundr
SPI Monitoring for Douglas Harbor
Integral Consulting Inc. (Integral) will use ocean-depth sediment profile imaging (SPI)/plan view camera system to conduct baseline and post-disposal monitoring for a dredging and disposal project in Douglas Harbor, Alaska. The company was awarded the subcontract by Western Marine Construction of Se
Royal IHC Names 1.840m3 TSHD
Royal IHC named the MAHURY, a 1.840m3 capacity twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), on 29 October 2015 at its partner MTG Dolphin’s shipyard in Varna, Bulgaria. The new TSHD is Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging’s fourth IHC-built vessel. Dutch Dredging named the vessel after its t