Dredging
Meeting on Cooper’s Ditch Dredging
The City of Chesapeake, Virginia, will hold its Citizen Information Meeting on a dredging project on June 18, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, at the Great Bridge Middle School in Chesapeake. The purpose of this gathering is to receive public input on the City’s conceptual design for the Cooper’s Ditch Dred
Corps, Port of Virginia Sign Dredging Agreement
Leaders from the Port of Virginia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, have signed the Feasibility Cost Share Agreement (FCSA) for the Norfolk Harbor and Southern Branch deepening projects. The Corps was represented by Col. Paul B. Olsen, Norfolk District Engineer, and the Virgini
BAM, Van Oord JV Wins Hoevelaken Contract
The Directorate General of Public Works (Rijkswaterstaat) has awarded the project to improve the Hoevelaken motorway interchange to the A1/28 joint venture established by BAM and Van Oord. The project will encompass improving the interchange as well as widening various motorways. Sand needed for the
Dragflow Growing Big
Dragflow, an Italian manufacturer of dredging equipment specialized in solid pumping solutions, has been very busy in the last six months seeing excellent business growth and substantial product development. The company also moved its headquarters to a larger, bigger space where they will continue t
EXCLUSIVE: Jan De Nul Dredgers in Suez
The New Suez Canal project is well on schedule, with the opening ceremony set to take place on August 6. Jan De Nul six cutter suction dredgers working on site, together with 18 other dredgers of the Consortium partners, dredge 24/7 in order to deliver the New Suez Canal by August 2015. The Consorti
Army Corps Clears Sacramento Shipping Lane
Ever since a seaplane carrying Admiral Chester Nimitz struck floating debris while attempting to land in San Francisco Harbor in 1942, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been tasked by Congress with maintaining the navigability of the Bay Area’s waterways. It’s been an assignment that in the years
USACE Celebrates 240 Birthday
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is celebrating today, June 16, 240 years of serving the nation as the premier engineering organization that stands ready to support the country’s military and water resources needs in the 21st century. George Washington appointed the first engineer officers of the Ar
Picture of the Day: Maasmond Cleaning the Royal Docks
The water-injection dredger Maasmond, operated by Van der Kamp International Dredging, has been busy for the last few weeks conducting various dredging operations up and down the Thames. Lately, the vessel was given the task and has spent several hours cleaning out the King George V lock in the Roya
Dutch Ministers Visit Bangladesh
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Lilianne Ploumen and Minister of Infrastructure and the Environment Melanie Schultz van Haegen are staying in Bangladesh from 14 to 18 June. Textiles and water form the focus of the visit, which aims to strengthen bilateral trade and development
Damietta Port Development in Full Swing
Konecranes has received an order for four Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes from Branch Damietta Container & Cargo Handling Company in Egypt. This Konecranes equipment will include high-performance 16-wheel RTGs with a lifting capacity of 40 tons, a stacking height of 1-over-5, and a stacking width o
Alfa Laval’s T35 for Two TSHDs
Alfa Laval, a supplier of of products and solutions for heat transfer, separation and fluid handling, recently delivered its T35 gasketed plate heat exchangers for the central cooling systems onboard two trailing suction hopper dredgers. The next-generation T35s have been installed during the last d
Tuggerah Dredging Scheme About to Start
A dredger is on site at The Entrance Channel as Wyong Shire Council prepares to improve water flow into Tuggerah Lakes. Council’s Waterways and Coastal Section Manager, Mr Luke Sulkowski, said that the dredger is being set up to start the planned program. “The recent April storm gave us a head start
More Equipment for New Bronka Port
Three more rubber tyred gantry crane (RTG crane) have been delivered to Bronka Port (MMPK Bronka) by the heavy load carrier M/V Meri. According to the project investor Phoenix LLC, the cranes were delivered from port Hanko and unloaded at Bronka’s berth No. 3. Unloading of the Konecranes-built crane
Scituate Hosts Event on Coastal Erosion
Two environmental experts from state agencies will talk Tuesday night in Scituate, Massachusetts, about the process of coastal erosion and storm damage and options for protecting the fragile coastline. Geologist Rebecca Haney from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management will join coastal