Dredging
Dredging Allows Larger Ships to Dock at Teesport
The first vessel, a 75,000 tonne Conti Spinell Bulk Carrier, has docked at PD Teesport Berth 1, Middlesbrough, following the recent completion of £19m phase 1 works, McLaughlin & Harvey announced. This development program included the demolition and reconstruction of 305m of suspended deck quay to r
Dredge FREEWAY Back in Clacton
Trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) FREEWAY returned to the Clacton-on-Sea in late May to recommence beach recharge,completing the last section of the haul road. The vessel, owned by Boskalis Westminster NV, will stay on the site for approx 6 days to establish a haul road along the beach, enabling
EMSAGG Event Starts This Week
The fifth European Marine Sand and Gravel Group (EMSAGG) conference ‘Marine sand and gravel – finding common ground’ will take place this week, on 4-5 June 2015 in Delft, the Netherlands. This EMSAGG conference will cover a range of topics highly relevant to the dredging industry, its regulators, cu
Funding Announced for GCT New York Dredging
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced that more than $181 million in economic development funding has been approved for 24 projects that are spurring growth and opportunity in nine regions of the New York State. The funding, approved by Empire State Development’s Board of Directors, supports
Nicaragua Canal ESIA Report Completed
The Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) report for the Nicaragua Canal Development Project, completed by Environmental Resources Management (ERM), has been presented to the Government of Nicaragua. Xu Changbao, General Manager of HKND’s Nicaragua Office, received the ESIA report from M
2015 Houston Dredging Summit ‘on Schedule’
The recent devastating floods that hit Texas will have no effect on the upcoming Dredging Summit and Expo to be held, June 22-25, in Westin Galleria, Houston. According to the hotel management and the conference planners, the Westin Galleria is back to normal and fully functional as of this week. Th
TSHD Barito Equator Delivered to Singapore
Redwise, a global ship delivery and crewing company, has delivered a newly built trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), the ‘Barito Equator’, to a client in Singapore. Built by the Damen Shipyard at Pontianak, she follows successful delivery of the THSD ‘Moniflor’ built 2000 by IHC in the Netherlan
VIDEO: Progress on UDDP Scheme
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) and Vitens Evides International (VEI) from the Netherlands have just released an update video about their Urban Dredging Demonstration Project (UDDP) in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. This program, launched in 2014, is strongly focused on improving the
Ipswich Hosts Regional Meeting on Dredging
A regional meeting on dredging issues will be held Friday, June 19, at 10:30 a.m. at the selectmen’s meeting room in Ipswich Town Hall, announced the Daily News of Newburyport. This meeting, being organized under the auspices of state Senator Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, will include presentations on p
BPA’s New Terminal Opens Soon
The South Korean Busan Port, in order deal with Northeast Asia’s rapidly growing attractiveness as a cruise destination, is bringing a new facilities online this fall. In September, the port will officially open a new cruise terminal to complement the current facility – Yeongdo Cruise Pier, opened i
News in Photos: The ‘Mac’ Completes Its Task
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, has just announced that after 62 days of work their hopper dredger McFarland successfully completed emergency dredging operations on the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River. The ‘Mac’, one of four oceangoing hopper dredgers owned and opera
VIDEO: The WK 100 NG-AS Working in Germany
MBN Lars Hoppe, dealer for Waterking amphibious excavators and accessories in Germany, recently organized dredging demonstration for a German water board district. The demonstration started with the help of a Waterking WK 100 NG-AS. The amphibious excavator was equipped with side pontoons and spudpo
West False River Barrier Project on Track (VIDEO)
According to the Department of Water Resources (DWR), construction of a temporary emergency drought barrier at West False River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is its nearing completion. The barrier now spans the approximately 750-foot-wide river between Jersey and Bradford islands and blocks sa
Port Development Week in September
Following the success of its 3rd Marine and Coastal Engineering Summit that took place last year in Doha, IQPC is organizing the Port Development Week which will take place from 6-9 September 2015, again in Doha. This event will serve as an interactive platform for all project stakeholders and will