Dredging News

Hagerstown City Park might award an estimated $1 million contract to dredge the landmark’s lower lake.

The project is expected to deepen the waterway to a depth of up to 5 feet and perhaps lead to a greater variety of fish within it. But concerns have been raised over the project, including its cost and whether the dredging would alter water flows in the lake.

If the contract is approved, work can begin next month and be completed by May. And Edwin A. & John O. Crandell Inc. of West River, Md. may become the contractor to carry out this dredging project.

Some councilmans raised several concerns, including whether dredging up against a stone wall in the lake will affect its structural integrity, whether dredging will alter the pattern of water sources feeding the lake.

But Tissue said workers will not dredge up against the lake’s stone wall. Dredging will be conducted out from the wall, which will also create a “safety bench” underwater in case anyone falls in. He emphasized that the contractor will only be removing sediment that has built up in the lake over the last 100 years.

The news is collated by Globaldredge.com – Dredging Pipeline Supplier.

Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has won a contract from Oiltankaing jv Açu Petróleo for the expansion of the Porto do Açu oil transshipment terminal in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The contract worth around $127.06m.

The expansion work includes the deepening, widening, and extension of the access channel and turning basin. In total, approximately 32m cu m of sand, silt, and clay will be dredged.

The project will start immediately and expected to be completed in late 2017. There will be one jumbo and two large trailing suction hopper dredgers will be deployed for this project.

The terminal’s access channel has a depth of 20.5 m suitable to receive Suezmax-type vessels at present. By the end of 2017, the depth will be increased to up to 24.5 m, so the terminal will be able to receive VLCCs.

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Damen Shipyards Group recently held a seminar on the subject of environmental dredging for key players in the Chinese dredging industry. The two-day seminar presented several new developments from the field of environmental dredging. More than 50 representatives from over 20 Chinese dredging companies attended the seminar, which took place at the beginning of November.

The event visited two of Damen’s Chinese yards: Damen Yichang Shipyard and Damen Shipyards Changde. The invited companies included the big state-owned dredging companies as well as smaller, more local dredging companies.

The first day, the participants have visited these highlighted Damen’s dredging products and given a tour of a modern, highly automated trailer suction hopper dredger 2000 that is currently under construction at Damen Yichang Shipyard. This 2,000m3 capacity vessel is being built as part of Damen’s speculative shipbuilding program in order to ensure the delivery of vessels with short delivery times.

Day two of the itinerary, as well as showing the guests a Cutter Suction Dredger 500 that is currently under construction for stock, the yard also gave a demonstration of a DOP 200 Dredge Pump.

The news is collated by Globaldredge.com – Dredging Pipeline Supplier.