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Hopper dredger Yaquina ready for Vancouver Bar
The USACE’s Portland District released this amazing photo of the hopper dredger Yaquina last week. The vessel and crew were on their way from St. Helens, Oregon, to the Vancouver Bar when the photo was taken. The Yaquina will spend a little while dredging there before heading to the Oregon coast (on
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Dredger partially sinks in Mount Pleasant
A dredger overturned at the Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina in Mount Pleasant around 3:34 a.m. yesterday. Crews located the 120-foot dredger, the Captain Leo II, at the spot – owned by Marcol Dredging Co. The dredger was connected to two barges, said Jack Walker, Marcol Dredging spokesman. “The
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Suez Canal celebrates arrival of CSD Hussein Tantawy VIDEO
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) held a ceremony yesterday to celebrate the arrival of the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Hussein Tantawy. The giant dredger came aboard the heavy load carrier Tai An Kou. The CSD, built by Royal IHC, is a 29,190kW heavy-duty rock dredger and will be used to maintain and
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Royal IHC hands over the world’s largest CSD to DEME
DEME has taken delivery of its giant new cutter suction dredger (CSD) Spartacus from Dutch shipyard Royal IHC. According to DEME, the Spartacus sets a new benchmark in the global dredging market – this is the world’s largest and most powerful self-propelled cutter suction dredger and the first able
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Keel laid for the largest U.S. hopper dredger
Manson Construction and Keppel AmFELS held a keel laying ceremony for the hopper dredger Frederick Paup on August 2. The new dredger will be the largest self-propelled hopper dredger in the USA. The ceremony was attended by dignitaries from the shipyard and Manson, including the vessel’s namesake,
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Ensely repairs the largest USACE dustpan dredger
The USACE Memphis District and mechanics at Ensely Engineer Yard are busy repairing the Wilmington District’s flagship dredger – the Currituck. The Currituck, the largest USACE’s dustpan dredger, works in the shallow-draft ocean bar channels along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and can deposit all tha
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Yaroslavsky Shipyard’s first ever CSD hits the water
Yaroslavsky Shipyard launched a non-self-propelled dredging vessel of Project RDB 66.42М yesterday. According to the press center of the Yaroslavl Region Government, this is the first vessels of this type built by Yaroslavsky Shipyard. “The shipyard has a great technological, logistic and labour pot
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ROHR-IDRECO: New order for fully electric driven CSD
ROHR-IDRECO has announced an order for a large, fully electric driven cutter suction dredger (CSD), with maximum digging depth of 30 meters. The dredger, to be handed over to a European multinational company, will be built at the company’s Mannheim-Germany manufacturing facility – with delivery sche
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PHOTO: Mighty TSHD Uilenspiegel on the Elbe
DEME Group has just released this amazing photo of their mighty trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Uilenspiegel alongside the water injection dredger (WID) Dhamra. The Uilenspiegel has been working close to Hamburg, while the Dhamra was dredging high spots in the fairway of the River Elbe. Accor
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Four months later, giant boxship Ever Given arrives in Rotterdam
Almost four months after it got stuck in the Suez Canal, the 20,000 TEU containership Ever Given has reached its planned destination in Rotterdam. The giant resumed its voyage to Rotterdam after receiving the official approval to depart the waterway from the Suez Canal Authority (SCA). According to
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The Middle East’s largest dredger arrives in Suez Canal (VIDEO)
The Middle East’s largest dredger – the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Hussein Tantawy – arrived in the Suez Canal yesterday. The giant dredger came aboard the heavy load carrier Tai An Kou, and is now waiting in the Bitter Lakes to be floated apart from the vessel. The CSD, built by Royal IHC, is a 2
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DOL cites SPI/Mobile Pulley Works after investigation into worker’s death
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is citing a Mobile dredging equipment manufacturer after investigation into 22-year-old worker’s death. Earlier this year, the apprentice atop a crane bridge 30 feet in the air suffered fatal injuries when he became caught in a crane trolley’s drive shaft, a traged
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CSD Hussein Tantawy starts its journey to Egypt
The new cutter suction dredger (CSD) Hussein Tantawy is ready to hitch a lift to Egypt – to join Suez Canal Authority’s (SCA) fleet of dredgers, Royal IHC said. This cutter dredger is one of two vessels that Suez Canal Authority ordered from IHC. Her sister vessel, Mohab Mameesh, was delivered to SC
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Damen’s equipment for Thailand’s RID
KCL, an authorized distributor and sole agent for Damen, has supervised, commissioned and delivered three DOP amphibious excavators for the Thailand’s Royal Irrigation Department (RID) projects. Amphibious excavators were given to RID in three provinces: Phitsanulok, Ayutthaya and Khon Kaen, respect