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Steel cutting ceremony for new GLDD dredger
Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La., hosted a steel cutting ceremony for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) at its Deepwater South shipyard in Amelia on February 5, 2021. The ceremony signals the start of construction of a 6,500 cubic yard trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). Delivery of
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VIDEO: CSD Alkaramah hits the water
Royal IHC has just released this beautiful video of the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Alkaramah’s launching ceremony. After the tests, the CSD will start dredging works at the Dead Sea in Jordan – to be used for developing a new pump station. Upon completion of this task, the dredger will be modified
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Rabochaya leaves for her first autonomous voyage
The hopper barge Rabochaya has left for her first autonomous voyage, FSUE Rosmorport informs. This trip will be conducted under the framework of unmanned shipping project, initiated by MARINET Industry Center of the National Technology Initiative (NTI). During the voyage off the Port of Gelendzhik,
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IHC America delivers water injection dredger to NCSPA
IHC America has successfully delivered and commissioned their water injection dredger (WID) Osprey to the North Carolina State Ports Authority (NCSPA). The dredger will perform maintenance in the main seaports of Wilmington and Morehead City for maintaining the depths at all berths, wharves and turn
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Spotlight on Fast Oceanographic Automated Measurement system
Sequoia Scientific, Ocean Instruments and Sequoia’s Dutch distributor, Geometius, have delivered a Fast Oceanographic Automated Measurement (FOAM) system for dredge monitoring. The FOAM system is composed of a pump and winch with a fluid rotary joint, 100 m hybrid cable with hose and conductors, a t
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DCI plans to strengthen dredging fleet
The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) has unveiled plans to expand and strengthen its fleet of dredgers to meet the future demands of ports in India, The Hindu reports. At present, DCI owns 10 dredgers of different sizes and capacities. It is equipped to handle 60 million cubic metres of sand per
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VIDEO: CSD Spartacus is on the move
Just a couple of days ago, the gigantic cutter suction dredger Spartacus was passing through Rotterdam on its way to Maasvlakte 2, where the commissioning of the vessel will continue. Royal IHC has just released this amazing video, taken during this journey through Rotterdam. With a total installed
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CSD Shanti Sagar X up and running again
After being washed ashore by one of the biggest typhoons in Indian history, Royal IHC has successfully recommissioned the cutter suction dredger Shanti Sagar X of Adani Group. Adani Group is a diversified organization in India with combined revenue of $15 Bn and market cap of $40 billion (as on 28th
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PHOTO: CSD Spartacus passes through Erasmus Bridge
DEME Group has just released this amazing photo of their new cutter suction dredger Spartacus, making her grand entrance and turning the Rotterdam skyline ‘DEME green’. The most powerful cutter suction dredger in the world, the Spartacus has been built by Royal IHC, and is pictured right in the hear
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SMS Group refits TSHD Arco Dart
Southampton Marine Services (SMS) Group, a UK based marine engineering services provider, has started 2021 with a D Class refit on behalf of Hanson Aggregate Marine in Bristol, UK. The refit of the hopper dredger Arco Dart was completed in a Covid-secure environment inside the footprint of The Brist
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GPS Marine opts for Damen Stan Pontoon
Damen Trading has recently sold a stock Damen Stan Pontoon (SPo) 6316 to its client GPS Marine Holding BV in Hulst, the Netherlands. The customer was looking for delivery of a flat-top barge in quick time in order to participate in a project taking place in the IJselmeer lake in the north of the Net
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Chinese Embassy: Dredger seized off Bataan ‘not Chinese’
The Chinese Embassy in Manila today announced that the dredger MV Zhonhai 68, recently seized for illegal presence in Philippine waters, is neither a Chinese vessel nor registered in China. “Initial investigation on the identity of MV Zhonhai 68 by relevant Chinese authorities has shown that the shi
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VIDEO Hansel CSDs arrive at King Mariout Lake
Hansel Marine, a Chinese company involved in the production of dredgers and dredging equipment, successfully delivered a new set of Hansel HS-55 type of cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) at the King Mariout Lake dredging site in Alexandria last month. At the moment, four more sets of HS-55 are getting
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Ports of Jersey opts for Damen
Damen Shipyards Group and the Ports of Jersey have signed a contract for a Shoalbuster 2711 – the second vessel of its kind ever to be built. The new vessel will be the second Damen vessel to be operated by the Ports of Jersey, which has operated a Damen Shoalbuster 2709, named Duke of Normandy, [&h