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In a global industry first, MineWare’s Pegasys Dragline Monitor has extended its capability to support underwater digging. Enhanced with MineWare’s new Machine Terrain Mapping (MTM) Technology module, Pegasys can now help miners locate and recover material up to 100 feet below water. MineWare North America Regional Vice President Greg Ladewig said this is a significant… Read More
After decades of traveling the Mississippi, carving sediment out of the riverbed and reviving one of the most important commercial channels of the Midwest, the famed William A. Thompson Dredge of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) St. Paul District has been resting dormant off the coast of Prairie du Chien, Wis., for the… Read More
To complete an extensive oil pipeline dredging and installation project, Murjan Al Sharq Marine Contracting Co. Ltd. (MSMC) has taken delivery of three Damen vessels: a Stan Tug 1606, a Shoalbuster 2509, and a Stan Pontoon 4512 equipped with a Damen DOP Pump. For Damen, this marks the successful conclusion of a coordinated construction and… Read More
Inland Port Greer is expanding and has received a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support the project that will include an extension of Norfolk Southern’s rail line. The expansion news comes two months after the port celebrated record growth on its five-year anniversary. In October, the port crew lifted a… Read More
Why choose Cat® Tier 4 Final marine engines? Don’t base your decision on anticipated results. Base it on real-world, real-time outcomes. Our product line doesn’t simply meet the latest marine engine emissions regulations — our Tier 4 Final engines are performing in engine rooms, on the water, day in and day out. They’re exceeding marine… Read More
Van Oord has a strong and modern dredging fleet of various trailing suction hopper dredgers. The new generation vessels currently being built will further modernise our fleet and improve our competitive position on different markets. Trailing suction hopper dredgers are deployed for several dredging projects, such as: – Constructing and maintaining ports and waterways –… Read More
According to a statement, the MoU will strengthen cooperation between the two parties and provide a detailed analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of Ukrainian ports and where investment can aid development. The signing ceremony was attended by Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure Volodymyr Omelyan and His Excellency Alex Lenaerts, the Belgian Ambassador to Ukraine. What… Read More
The cable laying/multi purpose vessel Ndurance of Boskalis performed a number of trials at Alexiahaven, Maasvlakte 2. The diesel electric vessel Ndurance is a multipurpose vessel, it can be outfitted for cable laying or a wide range of other tasks, including diving support, subsea rock installation, offshore construction support, salvage assignments and even dredging operations…. Read More
The Port of Virginia has been awarded a $15,500,197 federal grant through the highly competitive Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) transportation discretionary grants process. The U.S. Department of Transportation is investing in surface transportation infrastructure through the BUILD program. Grant applicants vied for a total of $1.5 billion in discretionary grant funding for… Read More
A big, mucky project got underway this week: six different shipping channels leading to the Port of Baltimore are being dredged to allow ships to safely come and go. The dredging effort, which is being managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, is expected to move a total of 2 million cubic… Read More
The Childs River restoration project in Mashpee and Falmouth is one of 12 river and wetland initiatives across the commonwealth to be designated Priority Projects through the Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration. The Baker-Polito Administration announced the designations on December 6. The designation enables Priority Projects to become eligible for technical… Read More
The Centre and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday signed a $60 million Loan Agreement in New Delhi to reduce floods and riverbank erosion in Assam. The objective of the agreement is to continue financing riverbank protection works, renovation of flood embankments, and community-based flood risk management activities in critically flood-prone areas along the… Read More
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF&CC) to clarify its position on the need for prior environment clearance for inland waterway projects including the marquee Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) along the river Ganga on national waterway 1 between Haldia and Allahabad. The principal bench of… Read More
When Marines from Camp Lejeune, N.C., were preparing for their upcoming deployment to the Middle East, they faced an unusual challenge: the beach they needed to train on had been washed away by Hurricane Florence. Using bulldozers and other equipment, they moved enough sand to rebuild a portion of Onslow Beach so Marines could practice… Read More
Dozens of boats and more than 100 workers are trying to clean up and contain an oil spill in Plaquemines Parish. We know nearly 5,000 gallons of oil and water has been collected, but there’s still plenty more work to be done. “It’s a big spill,” said Plaquemines Parish Director of Homeland Security and Emergency… Read More