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Boskalis: Accelerating the use of methanol as low-carbon fuel
A maritime consortium in which Boskalis is participant has been awarded a EUR 24 million grant to conduct research into accelerating the use of methanol as a low-carbon fuel within the shipping industry. Methanol can enable significant reductions in CO2 emissions compared to traditional fuels and is
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New Watermaster arrives in Argentina
A new amphibious multipurpose Watermaster dredger has arrived in Misiones, Argentina. According to Watermaster, Yacyreta Argentina will use the versatile machine for coastal treatment, biomass removal, tree extraction, dredging of excessive mud, and clearing of invasive aquatic vegetation and debris
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Royal IHC delivers key components for TSHD R.B. Weeks
Last year, Royal IHC and Weeks Marine Inc. entered into a contract for the engineering and equipment delivery for the 6,540m³ TSHD R.B. Weeks, currently under construction at the Allanton premises of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Florida. This is an identical vessel to the Magdalen that w
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Liebherr R 954 dredging excavator busy in Turkey
Liebherr has just released this amazing video about their R 954 dredging excavator, working on a dredging project in the Black Sea. By the Black Sea, the engineering unit of Samsun, Turkish port town, uses the Liebherr pontoon excavator to dredge the seabed. Using a boat equipped with a hold that op
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Government of Bangladesh buys 42 dredgers
The Government of Bangladesh has already bought 38 dredgers and now they are starting a process to buy more than 42, United News of Bangladesh reports. This action is being conducted under the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority’s (BIWTA) plan to save the rivers by reducing and protecting th
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New HID amphibious dredger on its way to the Philippines
HID Dredging, a Chinese manufacturer of dredgers and dredging equipment, said that their new amphibious dredger is on its way to a customer in the Philippines. The dredger has transport length of 12 meters (without boom), transport width of 3.3 meters, transport weight of approximately 22.5 tonnes.
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Dredging pump BELL150 at Brest Naval Base (PHOTO)
Bell Dredging Pumps BV, trough their French dealer PAJOT Solutions de battage, recently rented a BELL150 equipped with a cutterhead to customer in Brest. Easy to mount to almost all types of excavators, this multi-functional dredge pump can be equipped with various suction heads for dredging differe
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Beng Kuang introduces dredge equipment for offshore tin mining
Beng Kuang Marine Limited has designed and developed specialised dredging equipment for offshore tin mining activities. Installed on barges, the specialised dredging equipment has been tested for operational efficiency in various offshore tin mining sites in Indonesia with the following highlights:
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Shoalbuster 2711 handed over to Ports of Jersey
The second of Damen’s new Shoalbuster 2711 class was handed over to its owner Ports of Jersey recently in a christening ceremony held at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld. First introduced in 2019, the compact, 27-metre Shoalbuster 2711 provides an extra two metres of beam compared to its predecessor, the
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New Damen CSD350 begins its journey
New Damen’s cutter suction dredger CSD350 is on its way to Brazil. This new cutter suction dredger is a sister vessel to the dredger Amsterdam that was delivered to the Brazilian company Construtora Vale Verde in 2019. The Holanda is a fully dismountable, stationary dredger fitted out for one-man op
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Julong delivers customized dredger to Jiangsu Group VIDEO
Julong Environment Technology delivered a 4000m3/hr customized dredger HAILINGHUCAI 001 to Jiangsu Communications Construction Group recently. The dredger is 34.0m long and 12.3m wide, and adopts a modular design to facilitate transportation by road. It has a dredge pump flow rate of 4000m3/hr and a
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DPWH Region III acquires new Watermaster amphibious dredge
The Equipment Management Division of the Philippines’ Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Region III has acquired new dredging and support equipment that will be used in river dredging projects and disaster response and recovery operations in Central Luzon. According to DPWH-EMD Region
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New EDDY Chrome patent-pending metal for slurry & dredge pumps
Eddy Pump, an engineering company that builds dredge equipment and industrial pumps, continues to evolve and set the pace for slurry pump technology. According to the company, their team of engineers has developed a new state-of-the-art metallurgical formulation. After years of computational materia
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Weeks Marine orders Straatman ball joints
Straatman BV completed engineering and production of three pinch ball joints earlier this week – all executed in their factory in Zwjjndrecht. These specific type of ball joints will be used on the cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) between floating pipeline and CSD. The great advantage of this ball joi