The next annual meeting of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) will be at the Hilton Norfolk The Main Hotel in Norfolk Virginia from June 25 to 28 2018. The theme… 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.
In October Damen Shipyards Group delivered a Multi Cat 1908 to Murjan Al-Sharq Marine Services based in Saudi Arabia. The company provides marine construction and maintenance dredging diving and subsea… Read More
In late August 2017 at the Uljanik Shipyard in Croatia Jan De Nul released the self-propelled cutter suction dredge Willem van Rubroeck into the water. The delivery of the vessel… Read More
In August DSC Dredge delivered a 24-inch (600 mm) Marlin Class dredge to Ikorodu Lagos Nigeria. The dredge will be used for sand mining. The dredge features two dredge pumps… Read More
On September 28 the Central Dredging Association held a meeting was at the Damen Dredging Equipment’s (DDE) yard in Nijkerk the Netherlands. The focus of the event was on small… Read More
In October the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District announced that Cat Island in Mississippi has been nearly restored to its 1990s shoreline. The shoreline restoration will reduce hurricane… Read More
By Marsha Cohen Safety in the dredging industry has drawn continually more attention in the last decade and companies worldwide have instituted systems to increase worker safety. Compliance with safety… Read More
This project was a contender for the Dredging for Navigation environmental award at the Western Dredging Association 2017 Annual Meeting. By Judith Powers The Port of Long Beach coordinated its… Read More
Six months ago President Trump made a pledge to fund a $1 trillion infrastructure program to address our aging infrastructure needs. It remains a hot topic but has taken a… Read More
Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has signed a contract with Royal IHC for the design and construction of two custom-built 29190 kW heavy-duty rock cutter suction dredgers (CSDs). The vessels… Read More
