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This article was first published in the December 2005 edition of DPC. Correspondent Bert Visser declared which five vessels had impressed him the most over the course of that year – a good choice with those vessels still being known in the dredging industry today A lot can happen in a year’s dredging and 2005… Read More
Next to water, sand is our most consumed natural resource. The global demand for sand and gravel stands between 40 billion and 50 billion tonnes annually, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), and its scarcity is an emerging global crisis. The world may run out of sand if we do not start paying… Read More
Damen Ferries marks two decades with a keen eye on a sustainable future Damen Shipyards Group has marked the twentieth anniversary of its ferries department. At the start of the new millennium, Damen formalised its activities in the waterborne public transport sector with a dedicated department. Today, the product group is at the forefront of… Read More
Royal IHC has signed three contracts with the Jordan-based Arab Potash Company (APC) to deliver two cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and implement a new maintenance agreement. The first contract comprises the delivery of a custom-built CSD, the second is a three-year maintenance contract for the IHC dredgers JARASH and MUTAH, and the third involves another… Read More
The Board of the Pacific Chapter of WEDA invites you to submit an abstract for a technical presentation at our Fall 2020 conference in Seattle, WA. Call for Abstracts: Please limit your abstract to one page. Presentations on all aspects of dredging and disposal, navigation structures, environmental restoration, and related topics are welcome and presentations… Read More
Author: Dan Ginolfi Important WRDA 2020 Provisions The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has scheduled a markup of the Water Resources Development Act for this Wednesday at 10 am [Click here for a link to the webcast]. Last week, the committee released a Discussion Draft of the bill and solicited comments and amendments. Please note… Read More
PORT ANGELES —Port of Port Angeles commissioners have approved a $1.6 million low-bid dredging contract that exceeds the budgeted amount by more than 50 percent — but could be far less depending on transportation costs. When completed, the deeper waters will make ship captains less hesitant about the possibility of hitting bottom at Terminal 3… Read More
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) revealed it would provide further financial support to the maritime industry in the wake of the global COVID-19 outbreak. As informed, the MaritimeSG Together Package will take effect from 1 May 2020. This is on top of previous measures announced by the country’s government. The aid package,… Read More
Marine Energy Wales has welcomed the news that North Wales’ tidal stream array demonstration project, Morlais, has signed up three new international turbine developers. French firms Sabella and HydroQuest as well as Spanish developer Magallanes are planning to deploy their devices on a commercial scale at the Crown Estate-designated zone off the coast of Anglesey,… Read More
After a season of dredging disrupted repeatedly by high winds and the outbreak of the coronavirus, Barnstable County is using a contracted engineering firm to develop a five-year business plan for the county’s dredge program. Christine Player, an engineer for Marion-based Foth Engineering LLC, will lead the development of the plan, which she expects will… Read More