Coda Octopus has released version 5.6 of its Survey Engine® software package. Survey Engine 5.6 has upgraded from a 32-bit application to a 64-bit application allowing for the integration of… 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.
Wärtsilä was chosen to provide engines, propellers and control system for a new, large-size hopper dredge being built by the Netherlands-based shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Group. The 103-meter (338-foot), 4,975… Read More
This year’s International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Young Author Award was given to François De Keuleneer, the co-author and presenter of “Enhancing Workability by Operational Wave Modelling.” The Young Author… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced additional work that it will accomplish with funding provided in Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law February… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District has added a new survey vessel to its fleet. Ewell is a 61-foot catamaran outfitted with the latest multibeam SONAR technology and… Read More
The Energy Information Administration has lent weight to calls for more and deeper dredging on America’s Gulf Coast by issuing a report saying that lack of deep enough ports is… Read More
Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu) has begun work to convert the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Samuel de Champlain from diesel-electric propulsion to dual-fuel capability combining MGO and LNG. This is… Read More
Construction work will resume in late May on a facility that will be used as a staging area to support future dredging and capping operations for a $243 million dredging… Read More
America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 has been introduced by U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), committee ranking member Tom… Read More
Don McNeill, strategic growth manager for Caterpillar Inc.’s Earthmoving Division and the director of the Natural Infrastructure Initiative (NII), presented an overview of NII and Caterpillar’s role in restoring and… Read More
