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The largest ever land reclamation job in DEME’s history moves ahead
The largest ever dredging and land reclamation project in DEME’s history – the Abu Qir Port in Egypt – is moving forward. DEME said that this capital project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land. It also involves deepening of the port’s approach channel to 23m and dredging of a tur
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MOTAS produces two dragheads for DC Dredging
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has produced two dragheads for their customer DC Dredging BV. These pieces of equipment will be used to dredge sand and gravel offshore at concessions in the North Sea. The draghead visors are fitted with knife plates, which are able to cut effectively into the soil. Further
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Remu Oy: Testing of Big Float E15 with Hitachi long reach excavator
Remu Oy, a Finnish manufacturer of screening buckets, combi screening plants and Big Float amphibious excavators, has just reported a fantastic start of the new year. Recently, they had a chance to assist RDS France with homologation testing of their new Big Float E15 with Hitachi ZX135 12m long rea
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Two ABC 6DL36 generator sets for Mike Hooks’ new dredger
Two powerful, robust 6DL36 generator sets left for the Southwest Shipyard in Galveston, Texas, to be installed in Mike Hooks’ new 27” cutter suction dredger (CSD), Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC) said. This new, non-self-propelled CSD will be equipped with an SCR system and meet the highest emission
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Mike Hooks takes delivery of new idler barge
SPI/Mobile Pulley Works has delivered a brand-new Idler Barge to Mike Hooks LLC. The idler barge, fabricated at SWSLP Shipyard in Galveston and equipped with SPI Mobile Pulley Works spud installation, will be connected to the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Missouri H., and will be starting operation i
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Reducing the cost of dredging with The Laura
The Port of Coos Bay, Oregon’s largest deep-draft coastal harbor, acts as the steward and operator of the State owned dredger “The Laura”. Over the last five years, dredging projects have been completed at the Charleston Marina complex totaling nearly $440,000. In addition, the crews have conducted
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TSHD Yuri Maslyukov in rescue mission off Baltiysk Port
Crew members of the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Yuri Maslyukov rescued a man in distress off the Baltiysk Port last week. The dredger completed the rescue mission with the assistance of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) Kaliningrad, said FSUE Rosmorport. “On December 22, 2021, at about 21:0
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Damen delivers new Shoalbuster 3518 SD to COC
Damen Shipyards has delivered a new Shoalbuster 3518 SD to Caspian Offshore Construction LLP (COC). The Shoalbuster 3518 SD is a highly versatile workboat capable of taking on a wide variety of assignments. Handling anchors, buoys and hoses, as well as towing and other general support tasks for the
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Tsimlyansk Shipyard builds three cutter suction dredgers for STLC
Rostov Oblast based Tsimlyansky Marine Engineering Plant (Tsimlyansk Shipyard, CSMZ) is set to build three non-self-propelled cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) for State Transport Leasing Company (STLC), PortNews said. Capacity of the dredgers will be around 500 cbm/h. Rosmorrechflot plans to gradually
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Maximising the production of DEME’s hopper dredgers
DEME Group and Alewijnse have successfully completed their seventh project in just two years – supply and installation of AlViVi platform on board a trailing suction hopper dredger which is currently working in Abu Qir, Egypt. The Abu Qir scheme is one the largest dredging and land reclamation proje
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Alewijnse to deliver another high-quality TSHD project
System integrator Alewijnse recently won a contract for the complete electrical and automation installation on board the sister vessel of trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Anchorage, which was successfully launched last week at Barkmeijer Shipyards. This innovative hopper dredger (yard No. BN34
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Dragflow presents new solution for high depth dredging
Conceived and designed by Dragflow – a manufacturer of dredging and submersible pumps with great technological innovation – the DRH85 rope dredger represents a novelty for its application in the cleaning of reservoirs of hydroelectric plants and other projects that require operations in artificial l
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Straatman delivers bow discharge coupling unit to Damen
Straatman – manufacturer and supplier of mooring, berthing and dredge equipment, recently delivered one of its bow discharge coupling units to Damen Dredging Equipment. According to the company, Straatman completed the engineering and production of this impressive 50 ton assembly at their factory in
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NTSB determines probable cause of dredger Waymon Boyd accident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued 10 safety recommendations Tuesday during a public board meeting held to determine the probable cause of the fatal Aug. 21, 2020, hazardous liquid pipeline strike and subsequent explosion and fire aboard the dredging vessel Waymon Boyd. The Waymo