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Investigation report released on dredger Shearwater collision
Marine Accident Investigation Branch has just released an investigation report into the immobilisation of the dredger Shearwater, after its propeller shafts were fouled by its own towline while towing the barge Agem One on 9 April 2020. The Shearwater was damaged and holed, resulting in flooding, af
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African giant opts for Alia Density Meters
Alia Instruments, a producer of process control equipment for various markets, continues to build big non-nuclear density meters for dredging application. The company recently completed production of three Alia Density Meters, the biggest so far, with capacities to match 650 to 750 mm diameter slurr
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Collision with dredger: Bodies of brothers found Sunday
Officials have found the bodies of two missing men thrown from a boat into the Savannah River. Jasper County Coroner, Willie Aiken, said that Joseph and Thomas Fox’s bodies (brothers) were found Sunday morning. The 21-foot center console boat was carrying seven people when it collided with a dredgin
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Ecodelta and Charlock at Niestern Sander
The dredging vessels Ecodelta and Charlock recently visited the Royal Niestern Sander yard for their regular maintenance works. Both vessels can be considered as regular guests, Niestern said. Royal Niestern Sander serves the dredging and marine contracting market for many years. “With our roots in
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Julong CSD SUHAIJIAN 17 ready for Haihe River
Built for the Chinese government contractor Jiangsu Haijian, the cutter suction dredger (CSD) SUHAIJIAN 17 of the Julong CSD550 series is about to begin its dredging work on the Haihe River in China. According to the sales director Mr. John Xiang, “one series of optional devices like anchoring boom
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Improving waterway navigation in Bangladesh
Just in last decade, dredging works across the country have added an additional 2,300 kilometers of navigational waterways to Bangladesh’s river system. In 2012, following a renewed Bangladesh government dredging initiative, Ellicott began supplying dredges to the Bangladesh Inland Waterway Transpor
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Sustainable protection of the Belgian coast VIDEO
This spring, Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Pedro Álvares Cabral, sailing on 100% second-generation biofuel, successfully restored the beach of Knokke. In order to protect the Belgian coast, JDN raised the beach by pumping ashore a large quantity of sand. In this way, the compan
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Damen delivers fully electric zero emission dredger
Damen Shipyards Group has successfully delivered another state-of-the-art dredge package, this time to a client in Egypt. According to Bastin Kubbe, Damen’s Regional Service Manager for Asia-Pacific, this fully electric zero emission dredger (E-CSD650) is now on its way to the inland Egyptian Black
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Ekiti State acquires two amphibious dredgers
The Government of Ekiti State, through the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mrs. Iyabode Fakunle-Okieimen took delivery of two amphibious dredgers at the state capital, Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday. The two multi-purpose dredging machines are suitable for wetland, shallow water, and dee
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MacGregor cranes for America’s largest hopper dredge
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, announced today that the company will deliver two large, 120 ft. double telescopic service cranes and one 50 ft. telescopic stores crane for a self-propelled hopper dredge. Currently being built for Manson Construction Co., the Frederick Paup will be the largest ever sel
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ECTMarine and Oiltech deliver customized Gold Dredge
The Dutch-based manufacturer of dredgers and dredging equipment ECTMarine has successfully completed another challenging project, the development of customized Gold Dredge. For this project, ECTMarine and Oiltech Dredging Equipment Holland worked together to design and deliver all dredge components
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Relong proves success in Xiaoqing River project
Shandong Provincial Government recently purchased an amphibious multifunctional dredger from Relong Technology Co., Ltd. According to the Qingdao based marine company, this piece of equipment was used for dredging and excavating sediment from the Xiaoqing River estuary. In the Huanghe (Yellow) River
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Neptune Marine opts for Steder
Steder Group, on behalf of Neptune Marine, has shipped a dipper pontoon from Rotterdam to the Caribbean. Besides the 350 MT pontoon, shipment included a complete CAT 390 excavator of 120 MT. “A flawless execution thanks to all parties involved, RHB as stevedores and SAL/Jumbo as carrier,” Steder sai
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Remu presents its largest amphibious excavator – Big Float E35
Remu, a Finnish manufacturer of Screening buckets, Combi screening plants and Big Float amphibious excavators, has just introduced the Big Float E35 – their largest amphibious excavator to date. Equipped with additional pontoons, anchoring legs, stern drive units, custom built counterweight with aux