Callan Marine's General MacArthur. Photo: USACE/Callan Marine The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a nearly $98 million dredging contract to Texas-based Callan Marine for the second phase of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel deepening and widening project. The project will increase the channel depth from 47 feet to 54 feet and also widen the channel to channel to … [Read more...]
North Korea Caught Shipping Sand to China, Group Says
Photo: Shutterstock/Lledo By Josh Smith SEOUL, March 4 (Reuters) - For several months last year, a steady stream of ships was observed dredging sand in a North Korean bay then transporting loads of it to China, a Washington-based think-tank said on Wednesday. The extraction of sand from North Korea to China would violate a 2017 U.N. Security Council resolution that … [Read more...]
Jan De Nul Completes Three-Year Dredging Project at Port Hedland
Luxembourg-based Jan De Nul Group says it has completed dredging on the navigational channel in Port Hedland, Western Australia. The completion of dredging works as part the Channel Risk and Optimization Project (CROP) concludes a three-year cooperation between Jan De Nul Group with the Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA). Over the past three years a combination of Hopper … [Read more...]
Elbe River Dredging Kicks Off
The project to widen and deepen the Elbe River has kicked off with the arrival of DEME Group’s hopper dredger ‘Scheldt River’. The project consists of widening and deepening the 72-mile long Elbe fairway, leading to the port of Hamburg, to allow two-way traffic of ultra-large containerships without restrictions. “This is very good news for our trading and shipping … [Read more...]
Dredging Kicks Off in Project to Expand Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel
The Port of Corpus Christi is celebrating the start of dredging work in the project to expand the Corpus Christi Ship Channel to prepare the port for the anticipated increase in U.S. crude oil exports overseas. The Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project will deepen and widen the entrance ship channel from 47 to 54 feet and widen it from 400 to 530 … [Read more...]