While dredging is often seen as a dirty and unattractive business, it plays a vital role in keeping ports and waterways around the world open for commerce, transport and recreation. Every year, billions of tonnes of sediment are carried down rivers and along coastlines where they settle onto sea and
The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the MDOT Maryland Port Administration have renewed and expanded a voluntary Memorandum of Understanding with the Maryland Department of the Environment and Maryland Energy Administration to strengthen environmental initiatives at the Helen Delich
Rohde Nielsen A/S is introducing new dredgers Ask R and Embla R into the dredging market. According to the Copenhagen based company, these are probably the most innovative and environmentally friendly split trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) ever built. The 2700 m3 hybrid dredgers are diesel e
The offshore energy sector is currently going through a major change with the energy transition and sustainability as a driving force.
With the aim to reduce spillage and turbidity in cutter suction dredging, Dredge Yard developed and tested a new Dredge Cutter System called DrillCutter. The prototype of a full-scale model is launched in Mid-January 2021 and ongoing testing to demonstrate the full potential of the new cutter. The n
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority met virtually in a regular session two weeks ago. Port Chairman, Ric Campo, opened the meeting with an update on the progress of the Houston Ship Channel Expansion program Project 11: “It’s moving from planning and design into execution and moving
Three new low profile Neo-Panamax cranes have begun their journey to Boston on a ship from Shanghai, Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) said in their latest release. The cranes will arrive at Conley Terminal this summer and will be operational this fall. These cranes, along with a new berth and
Following the successful completion of strengthening and dredging works to Berth 7 on Trinity Terminal, Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has further enhanced its deep-water berth capacity. Under the latest development project, Berth 7 has been dredged from 15m to 16.5m below Chart Datum and the be
Herbosch-Kiere’s multipurpose vessel Atlantis is currently dredging in shallow water close to Courance Beach in Saint-Nazaire (draft 2.3m) – part of the construction of France’s first offshore wind farm. Saint-Nazaire, also known as Parc du Banc de Guérande, will comprise 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbi
U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, along with U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott, Rob Wittman, Gerry Connolly, Morgan Griffith, Don Beyer, A. Donald McEachin, Abigail Spanberger, Elaine Luria, Ben Cline, Jennifer Wexton and Bob Good have requested that the Biden administration prioritize the Norfolk Harbo
The brand new dredger Willem van Rubroeck of Jan De Nul Group is being prepared for its first job. Bakker Sliedrecht delivered and installed the electrical machinery package, including the propulsion drives and Alarm Monitoring System BIMAC. Watch the project video they created together with Jan de
Lutra Marine has received investment from the British Design Fund to bring its patented environmentally friendly dredging technology to market. Lutra’s technology solves a huge problem within the dredging sector around how to maintain harbours and ports without causing damage to the local habitats,
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) will this week release the “Engineering With Nature: An Atlas, Volume 2”. The Atlas was developed to communicate the diversity of projects, contexts, and organizations that are advancing worldwide progress in the field. According to the C
APM Terminals MedPort Tangier, a terminal in Morocco, is celebrating its next major development milestone by kicking off phase-2 of the development, which will add an extra 1 million TEU capacity to its footprint.
