Highlights of the Week

Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (July 2 – July 8, 2018).

PHOTO UPDATE: Unity Island Project Moves Ahead

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Commander BG, Mark Toy, last week toured the USACE Unity Island Beneficial Use of dredged sediment project.

New Dredging Contracts for GLDD

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD), an Illinois based provider of dredging, environmental and infrastructure services, announced yesterday the receipt of a several major dredging awards totaling $164 million.

TSHD DC Brugge Delivered

The trailer suction hopper dredger (TSHD) DC Brugge was delivered last week to Scheepswerf Gebr. Kooiman B.V. in Zwijndrecht.

Royal IHC: Pioneering Draghead Design with CFD

Royal IHC said in its latest blog post that they have been working with the Technical University of Delft to develop new CFD (computational fluid dynamics) techniques to simulate different types of dragheads for the trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs).

Anaklia Dredging Contract for Van Oord

Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) has awarded the early dredging and reclamation works for the Phase 1 Anaklia Deep Sea Port project to Van Oord.