River channels and estuaries sometimes become obstructed by accumulations of silt or by submerged objects. This can result in the blockage of transportation routes or even in flooding. A dredger is a self-powered barge-like vessel that is used...

The widening or deepening of a body of water by the physical removal of mud and silt from the bottom. In fishing it is a method of catching fish and shellfish by dragging a net along the bottom of the sea to catch the animals living there. Dredging is...

Dredging is a process to remove sediment. Dredging sediment to construct new ports and navigational waterways or maintain existing ones is essential for vessels to be able to enter shallow areas. Maintenance dredging is required because sediment...

Contaminated sediments in rivers and bays from coast to coast pose an environmental hazard, and while dredging reduces the sediment it doesn't always solve the problem, the National Research Council reported Tuesday.Inevitably dredging leaves some contamination behind, and in some cases further treatment is necessary,...

For the new India and its booming economy, the idea seemed eminently sensible: dredge a shipping channel between India and the nearby island of Sri Lanka, cutting voyages between the subcontinent's coasts by up to 30 hours. What could religion possibly have to do with...

Padraig Harrington became the first Irishman to win the Irish Open in 25 years Sunday, parring the first hole of a playoff to beat Welshman Bradley Dredge.The 35-year-old Dubliner prevailed in the playoff when Dredge had a bogey at No. 18 on the Adare Manor...

Thousands of Hindu hard-liners protested Sunday against plans to dredge a new shipping channel off southern India, arguing the project would damage a marine formation that Hindus believe was created by the god Rama.The $550 million project, aimed at cutting up to 30 hours from...