Measutronics Corporation has opened a new office in Seattle Washington the company announced on Monday February 14. Headquartered in Lakeland Florida Measutronics specializes in the integration and sales of positioning… Read More
Author: International Dredging Review
Sand and gravel operations continue to become more automated and environmentally friendly. Because sand and gravel profitability is dependent on production it is worthwhile and even necessary for producers… Read More
At the Boerner Kies operation in Trabitz Germany Metso Pumps provided a Metso Thomas L36 (14x12x36) dredge pump on the dredge Christine. This fully-automated dredge was designed and built by Bagema. There are only three people at the site - and none of them on the dredge. Read More
DEME Building Material Launches Gravel Hopper Dredge Victor Horta On December 15 DEME Building Materials (DBM) held a naming and launching ceremony for their new 5000 cubic meter (6540 cubic… Read More
Chris Nelson has joined Thaman Rubber Company as vice president as of November 25. Read More
Last summer Dutch dredging company Geluk contracted Damen Dredging Equipment to replace the hydraulic drive on its sand mining dredge Maas with an electric drive for an efficiency gain of more than 28 percent. Geluk specializes in aggregate dredging as well as construction reclamation maintenance and other dredging projects. Read More
Singapores growth is literally built on sand.For more than ten years sand has been dredged all over Asia to feed Singapores construction and reclamation boom. Building out into the sea Singapore has increased its land area an estimated 20 percent over the past five decades. The city-state uses sand both to reclaim land from the sea and for cement. Read More
International dredging-related contracts and events of recent months. Read More
Bill Hansons talk Its Not the Steel Its the Paper was more a reference to the fact that there was always more than enough equipment (steel) in the U.S. to do what was needed (despite pronouncements to the contrary) he explained. The question was how quickly the engineering permitting and contracting could be prepared. They were equally challenged but in the American tradition of teamwork and cooperation in a crisis we all excelled in our own areas of expertise he said. Read More
This project was a successful application of a total cleaning system (TCS) where the particular type of solids of the sediments permitted the dredger to avoid the costly construction of a dredged material maintenance area (DMMA) or the transportation and tipping fees for a municipal landfill. The surface waters were cleaned in tandem and contributed to a higher quality benthic environment in the canals. Read More
