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Jan De Nul VIDEO: Working principles of cutter suction dredger
Jan De Nul has released a very interesting video named ‘Working principles of a Cutter Suction Dredger’. A cutter suction dredger cuts hard soil into fragments with a rotating cutter head. The material is sucked up by dredge pumps and discharged to a deposit area through pipelines across sea and lan
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Liebherr excavators working on the Danube
Two Liebherr crawler excavators were used recently to remove around 80,000 tonnes of gravel from the Danube River. The deployment of the machines was necessary to ensure the “flow” of the Danube along this section, thus contributing to flood prevention in the nearby city center of Ulm. The Liebherr
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One week to go: 400+ exhibitors from offshore energy industry to gather in Amsterdam
The following is a press release from Navingo BV, the owner of Dredging Today and organizer of the annual Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (OEEC). More than 400 exhibitors and co-exhibitors booked their spots at OEEC 2024 Businesses and organizations from across the offshore energy sector and
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First harbor dredging noise study for Tiamat dredger
A recent study conducted into agitation dredging noise in harbors, confirmed that Haven Dredging’s innovative Tiamat Hydrodynamic dredger is safe for marine mammals and fish. Tiamat, launched last year by Haven Dredging, is an innovative hydrodynamic dredging solution to create a more adaptable and
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Dragflow amphibious dredge in action (VIDEO)
Dragflow – global manufacturer of high quality dredges and dredging pumps – recently presented a new video about the company’s powerful Amphibious Dredge. This massive machine is capable of dredging in water and move on land, making it a versatile and efficient solution for a variety of projects. Fr
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IHC delivers two unique pumps for marine diamond crawler
Royal IHC has successfully delivered two innovative and all new submersible pump units for Debmarine Namibia, to fit in their marine diamond crawler. The pump units consist of an IHC QuaZar pump with Curve® technology. These pumps are fitted with the latest technology and have 50% more power and opt
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Another Damen dredger ready for delivery
Damen has just released a photo of a Damen Multi Cat (MuC) 1205 and a Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 500 setting out on the first leg of their journey to the new owner G E M H Y SERVICES based in Dubai. The company is acquiring the above mentioned Damen equipment for their project in […]
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Spotlight on the new Zaxis-7 SLF excavator
Hitachi Product Manager, Akarsh Shetty recently shared some of the highlights on the company’s Zaxis-7 SLF excavator. Hitachi offers a wide selection of super long front (SLF) excavators, which vary from 9 to 49 tonnes and range from 10.5 to 22 meters. Designed using more than 20 years of engineerin
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Position control systems in shallow water dredging operations
Positek – specialized in high performance sensors for dredging and subsea applications – has published a blog post on the optimization of position control in shallow water dredging operations. In marine and freshwater environments, shallow water dredging is a process used to remove sediment, debris,
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Jan De Nul tests all-electric Volvo excavator
Jan De Nul Group is using the Volvo JEC230 Electric excavator at its soil and sediment valorisation center in Hulsdonk (Belgium). It is the first time that an all-electric vehicle of this type is used on Belgian construction sites. This marks another step in the electrification of the company’s acti
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Jan De Nul winner of the IADC Safety Award 2024
During the IADC Annual General Meeting in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, IADC President Frank Verhoeven revealed the winners of the Safety Award 2024. This year, IADC granted the Safety Award for dredging contractors to Jan De Nul for its innovative Cutter Head Staircase. Jan De Nul’s new Cutter Head St
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Another HID amphibious dredger to enter the market
The fourth generation amphibious dredger developed by SCO HID Marine Equipment Technology is about to enter the dredging market in mid-October 2024. This versatile dredger integrates the functions of stranding, digging, grabbing, piling, weeding, etc. It is suitable for shallow water operations such
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Damen launches latest generation of fully electric, low emission E-DOP submersible dredge pumps
The Damen DOP Submersible Dredge Pump has become something of an icon in the world of dredging. Damen Dredging first developed the DOP in the 1990s. Back then, the company was approached by a contractor with a challenging project. They needed to dredge a highway tunnel and, to get the job done, they
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IHC white paper about the slurrification equipment for tailings transport
Royal IHC recently presented a paper explaining advantages of integrated slurrification equipment compared to traditional methods for tailings transport. Tailings deposits present challenges and opportunities that require the owners to excavate and transport the tailings contained in TSFs to another