The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, is nearing the completion of its dredging contract to place near 150,000 cubic yards of dredged material that was removed from the Mississippi River navigation channel at McMillian Island near Lock and Dam 10 in Guttenberg, Iowa, to the Buck Creek Placement Site. The Corps worked… Read More
Many were involved in the final assembly and especially launching of this 53 meter long, 255 ton weighting cutterwheel dredger for goldmining specialist Mineros Aluvial of Colombia. Equipped with the proprietary iPump and a max digging depth of 28 meters, she has a production capacity of 270 m3/h. Countdown to her voyage over the Atlantic,… Read More
Malaysia’s Star newpaper says that “maritime rage” akin to “road rage” is being eyed as the possible cause of an incident captured on YouTube videos that show the moment when a 3,745 dwt hopper dredge slammed into the side of a 47,106 dwt moored tanker. The incident took place at about 11.40 a.m. local time… Read More
