With the intervention of Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation, Nimal Siripala de Silva the two dredgers at the Port of Colombo ‘Diyakowulla’ and ‘Hansakawa’ have resumed operations, a statement from the ministry said.

The additional dredging work will be carried out at the same rates, terms and conditions of the original contract.

China's first self-developed 15,000 cubic meters LNG clean energy powered rake suction dredger steel cutting in Shanghai, says an article published on Xinde marinenews. 

Galveston, Texas-based dredging contractor Callan Marine has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for pipeline deep-draft dredging of the Houston Ship Channel.

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Work on dredging the fairway on the Vistula Lagoon, thanks to which larger vessels will be able to enter the port of Elbląg, has been suspended. The body of water froze.

IHC Dredging has sold a Beagle® 4, a trailing suction hopper dredger with a hopper volume of 4,000 m3, to contractor Gebr. van der Lee. The Dutch family business was looking for a sustainable trailing suction hopper dredger with this hopper volume available on short term. The Beagle® 4 is a trailing suction hopper dredger from the series of ‘standard’ medium-sized hoppers from IHC Dredging, which are equipped with the latest innovations and state-of-the-art dredging equipment.

Systems integrator Alewijnse has successfully completed the electrical refit of the trailing suction hopper dredger Swalinge for Den Herder Seaworks' fleet at shipyard Kooiman Hoebee in Dordrecht. To expand the vessel's cargo space from 1800m3 to 3000m3 the vessel was cut in half and a new, 37.1-meter section inserted. 

The planned dredging campaign for the Swansea Channel before Christmas has been delayed until next year.

National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has won a 79 million dirhams ($21.5 million) contract for a very important dredging project in Egypt. The job includes dredging the entrance to the navigation channel and the trench of the quay wall in the Red Sea Port in Safaga, NMDC said in a disclosure to the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) on Thursday.