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PHOTO: DOP250 at work in the Port of Alsea (OR)
Once again, the Damen DOP dredging pump has been put to the test, this time on the North Pacific coast in the town of Waldport. There, the contractor Bergerson Construction Inc. pumped out years of sedimentation at the Pacific Port of Alsea. The marina is mainly used by locals and tourists for leisu
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Royal IHC: Hussein Tantawy’s sea trials in sight
Royal IHC has just released these amazing photos of the Suez Canal Authority’s new cutter suction dredger (CSD) Hussein Tantawy. “With the sea trials in sight, we are now in the final stage of commisioning the vessel,” said Royal IHC in their latest announcement. The CSD is one of two vessels that S
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Hai Gong 101 completes sea trials
Van der Leun China has just reported the successful completion of tests and the commissioning of the 7000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Hai Gong 101. The vessel, owned by the Dachandao Group, is back from a successful sea trials and dredging test which started on April 8th and lasted until the A
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Keppel AmFELS cuts steel for largest U.S. hopper dredger
A steel cutting ceremony for the largest U.S. flagged, self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Frederick Paup took place on April 23. The dredger will be owned and operated by Manson Construction Co. and built at the Keppel AmFELS Shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. While Project Manager,
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Barkmeijer installs wheelhouse on new TSHD
Barkmeijer Shipyards, Dutch shipbuilder based in Stroobos, has just released the latest update on the construction of new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for De Hoop Terneuzen. According to the announcement, the wheelhouse was successfully placed on the TSHD BN348 yesterday. This dredger is t
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Workboat Coastal Crown hits the water
A launching ceremony of the Coastal Crown, the most sustainable workboat in the market, took place two days ago at the Bijlsma Wartena shipyard in the Netherlands. The 36-meter-long vessel, the newest addition to Acta Marine’s fleet, is an ultra-shallow draft Multicat-type, equipped with Tier III en
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Damen delivers Multi Cat to Leask
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a Multi Cat 2712 to Orkney-based Leask Marine. The vessel has been delivered just six weeks following the contract, Damen said. “The Multi Cat, named C-Force, is Leask Marine’s second Damen vessel. They have operated their first, the C-Salvor, a Multi Cat 2409, fo
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VOSTA equipment for GLDD’s new hopper dredge
Conrad Shipyard LLC has awarded VOSTA LMG orders for a Dredge Control and Monitoring system (DCMS) and Side Suction Pipe System (SSPS) Gantry System. These systems will be implemented in the new 6.500 yrd3 (5.000 m3) hopper dredge (TSHD) that Conrad Shipyard is currently building for Great Lakes Dre
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Dredge barge snaps in two VIDEO
The Association of Professional Boatman of Serbia has released this shocking video of an overloaded dredge barge snapping in half. The video also shows the moment when a worker makes an impressive jump to safety after the overloaded barge snapped in half and began sinking. The incident took place du
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HID delivers floating pontoon to Uruguay
HID Dredging Equipment Company has successfully delivered a large floating pontoon to Uruguay. The large 30M barge pontoon successfully arrived in Uruguay last week. HID engineers assisted the owner in assembling and commissioning of the barge pontoon. According to HID, this piece of equipment was s
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Wabtec marine engines for largest U.S. hopper dredger
Wabtec Corporation and U.S. Channel Partner, Cummins Sales & Service, recently signed a contract to supply the main power for the largest U.S. flagged, self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge, Frederick Paup. Wabtec will deliver five V250MDC marine diesel engines (three 16V250MDC units and two
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Two new zero emission excavators from Liebherr
In recent decades, Liebherr has demonstrated the quality and reliability of its electric technology with the success of its dedicated product ranges for mining, dredging and materials handling applications. Today, the company is presenting two new local zero emission machines, the Liebherr R 976-E a
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Preparing CSD Willem van Rubroeck for its first job VIDEO
The brand new dredger Willem van Rubroeck of Jan De Nul Group is being prepared for its first job. Bakker Sliedrecht delivered and installed the electrical machinery package, including the propulsion drives and Alarm Monitoring System BIMAC. Watch the project video they created together with Jan de
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Hansel delivers CSD to Qinghai Province
Hansel Marine, a Chinese company involved in the production of dredgers and dredging equipment, has successfully delivered new HS-45DW cutter suction dredger (CSD) to a salt mine in Qinghai Province, China. The new CSD is a piece of equipment very suitable for dredging hard soil up to 18MPa, said th