Sand replenishment work taking place on Rockaway Beach New York. This beach had no dunes and was totally inundated with water after Hurricane Sandy. Photo credit: USACE. After analyzing the… Read More
Dredging & Marine Construction
The Waterways Journal has been covering dredging and marine construction news on the inland rivers since 1887. Now, with the combined power of IDR (International Dredging Review), we cover this news in greater depth, expanding our coverage to major projects along all US waterways, coastlines and the Great Lakes.
The Scheldt River a 10500 cubic yard (8000 cubic meter) Antigoon Class hopper dredge under construction at Royal IHC will be fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The DEME Group… Read More
Dredging International a subsidiary of Belgium’s DEME Group and the South Korean company Daelim Industrial Co. Ltd. have started construction work on Singapore’s new container port at Tuas. The kick-off… Read More
At the end of July Van Oord dredging and marine specialists head-quartered in Rotterdam the Netherlands reached an agreement on the acquisition of the offshore wind activities of Bilfinger Marine… Read More
Dravo S.A. the Spanish subsidiary of Van Oord headquartered in the Netherlands has recently been awarded a number of long-term beach maintenance contracts. Beach replenishments in Barcelona and La Pineda… Read More
Earlier in the year Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announced that it intended to execute a fleet rationalization study. The study was initiated in light of the deteriorating market conditions… Read More
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) announced in mid-July that Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V. (Dutch Dredging B.V.) had joined the organization as a main member. Baggerbedrijf de Boer/ Dutch Dredging… Read More
Tideway BV a subsidiary of the dredging environmental and marine engineering group DEME headquartered in Zwijndrecht Belgium has announced that it has been awarded a design-and-build cable installation contract by… Read More
The Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm also called the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) is developing a turbine project facility off the Scottish coast in Aberdeen Bay. In late July… Read More
At the end of July Ports America and the Port Tampa Bay Container Terminal signed an amended agreement valid through May 2046 for a new breakbulk concession of five years… Read More
