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WMS Adds Dredge Pipe Floaters (United Kingdom)

United Kingdom

Expansions to their range include safety markers, wave breakers, debris barriers and pipe floaters. All these products are made of LDPE or HDPE, providing both versatility and robustness in service. The pipe floaters have been used for dredging operations, including sand extraction, and are available at specifications between 600ltr/63kg and 1000ltr/86kg. Pipe diameters can range… Read More

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Army Corps Passes Again on Wellfleet Harbor Dredging Project

MA, United States

Town officials in Wellfleet are beginning to focus on the possibility of tackling the long awaited dredging of Wellfleet Harbor without federal support. The Army Corps of Engineers once again left the project off its 2019 operation and maintenance work plan. “I would say this is the second year that we really thought we had… Read More

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Dredging Corp Deal in January, What is it About?

India

Dredging Corp Deal is expected to happen in January. What the deal is about and how will it benefit government? To know this watch the report. Source: Zee Business

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Aboard the Giant Sand-sucking Ships that China Uses to Reshape the World

United States

Fifteen miles out on the water south of Biloxi, Mississippi, below a cloudless sky, a foaming torrent of gray-black slurry gushes into a ship. Every three seconds, another truckload’s worth of salt water and sand, siphoned from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, pours into the Ellis Island’s vast, open cargo hold, called a… Read More

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Corps Move Seen as ‘Positive Step’ for Dauphin Island (USA – Alabama)

AL, United States

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has committed $4 million to putting sand from channel dredging work into an area where it could help feed the eroding beaches of Dauphin Island. Dauphin Island Mayor Jeff Collier said that while the move wasn’t a magic cure-all for the health of the barrier island’s fragile shores, it… Read More

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WEDA Partners with Hydrographical Society of America

CA, United States

The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has partnered with the Hydrographical Society of America (THSOA) to better promote the goals and objectives of both organizations. With hydrographical surveying an essential part of dredging projects, the partnership will benefit members of both organizations by expanding the knowledge base. Under the partnership agreement, the organizations will exchange educational… Read More

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Four Major Ports Sign MoU to Buy Government Stake in DCI (India – Mumbai)

India

Four major port trusts have signed an MoU among themselves to acquire the government’s 73.44 per cent stake in Dredging Corporation of India (DCI). Under the MoU, Visakhapatnam Port Trust will buy a 19.44 per cent stake from the government while Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Deendayal Port Trust and Paradip Port Trust will take an… Read More

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USACE Plans Jetty Projects Along Oregon Coast

OR, United States

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently held an Oregon Coast Jetties Industry Day, gearing up for a series of jetty and breakwater projects expected to keep construction crews working through 2022. The projects include the complete rehabilitation of three jetties at the mouth of the Columbia River; repair of the Tillamook Jetties; the Coos… Read More

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Boskalis Buys BoDo’s Cable Lay Business

Netherlands

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has reached an agreement with SPIE for the acquisition of the offshore cable installation activities and assets of Bohlen Doyen GmbH (BoDo). BoDo’s offshore cable laying business operations comprise of grid to grid and offshore substation to shore connections, which includes the installation of (nearshore) offshore cables and the connection… Read More

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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plan for Fiscal 2019 Civil Works Appropriations

United States

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2019 (FY 2019) Work Plan for the Army Civil Works program yesterday. On September 21, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, Public Law 115-244, of which Division A is the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies… Read More

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Van Oord Heavy Lift Installation Vessel Svanen Takes on Another Baltic Project

Netherlands

Rotterdam 20 December 2018 – Van Oord has signed a contract with the Swedish energy company Vattenfall for the transport and installation of the foundations for Kriegers Flak wind farm. Van Oord will install the project’s 72 monopiles and transition pieces. With a production capacity of just over 600 MW Kriegers Flak will be Denmark’s… Read More

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Waterking Completed The Delivery Of A Dredging Set For The Ministry Of Agriculture In South America

Netherlands

This week Waterking completed the delivery of a dredging set for the ministry of agriculture in South America  The equipment is purchased for dredging drainage channels  Waterking arranged also a complete training on location.  The entire package consists of a pontoon with 4 spud legs, Damen DOP pump 250 with cutter head  A Waterking hydraulic… Read More

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Valeport – December 2018 Newsletter

United Kingdom

Valeport are finishing the year on a real high with our best ever year for Sales. Despite the uncertainties in the UK with Brexit negotiations continuing, the forecast for 2019 is very positive as we enter our 50th Anniversary year. Valeport are currently engaging distributors for valuable feedback so that we can continue to improve… Read More

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E&E Cutting Jobs as CEO Leaves After Management Shakeup

NY, United States

Gerard A. Gallagher III, who has been Ecology & Environment’s chief executive officer since 2015, left his job at the Lancaster environmental services firm on Monday after seeing his role diminished following a management reshuffling earlier in the year. The departure comes as E&E has started a wave of job cuts throughout its operations by… Read More

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Damen signs with Gerd Stensen for Stan Tug 1606

Netherlands

Gerd Stensen, like Damen, is a family company. Their dredging work includes but is not limited to the extraction of coral sand for the French agricultural industry. They have previously operated a Damen Stan Tug 1, still going strong after 36 years and recently sold to a vessel operator in the Baltics. Fast delivery The… Read More

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