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Dredging underway on Condé-Pommeroeul Canal
DEME Group today released this beautiful and tranquil photo that might look peaceful, but make no mistake, this area has seen a lot of activity in 2020. The photo is taken along the Condé-Pommeroeul Canal and is actually the largest inland waterway dredging project in France. “Ecoterres, one of our
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Damen EDOP150 busy in Denmark
An electrically driven EDOP150 is currently at work at the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, Damen informs. The EDOP has been delivered with gen set and operational container, and will work from an existing work boat. Now the Port of Esbjerg can keep their harbor basins clean and easily accessible for all p
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Moran Iron Works, Watermaster NA join forces
Moran Iron Works and Ann Arbor-based Watermaster NA have partnered in a venture to manufacture the Finnish-engineered AMD 5000 amphibious dredging machine in North America. The Watermaster machine has been sold worldwide for thirty years but not in the U.S.A. due to an import policy called the Jones
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APC, Royal IHC launch CSD Alyarmouk
Arab Potash Company (APC) and Royal IHC successfully launched the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Alyarmouk at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen a/d IJssel today. The custom-built vessel is a 3,557kW CSD and a further developed copy of the dredger Jarash, which IHC delivered to APC in 2018. As part of its long
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TSHD Sospan Dau returns to Southsea
The TSHD Sospan Dau dredger will return to Southsea tonight for around two weeks, according to the latest project update. This second visit will see the Sospan Dau ‘rainbowing’ a load of gravel every high tide to create a second working platform between the Spur Redoubt and the Saluting Platform. “D
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ECO200 electric hydraulic CSD ready for Canada
Dredge Yard has successfully completed the assembly operations of their new ECO200 electric hydraulic cutter suction dredger (CSD) for a Canadian customer. The cutter dredger dredger was partly fabricated with Dredge Yard partners in the Netherlands and the European Union. The ECO200 CSD has a total
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PHOTO: TSHD Pallieter on the River Scheldt
DEME Group has just released this amazing photo from the River Scheldt dredging program. “Emerging from a typical morning mist at this time of the year, our trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Pallieter’ steadfastly carries out her regular maintenance work along the River Scheldt, directly outside our
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Straatman secures order for bow discharge installation
Straatman BV – specialized in fabrication of hydraulic presses, heavy winches and custom build projects for dredging industry – recently secured an order for the production of a bow discharge installation for a well-known American dredging shipyard. According to the company, the bow discharge instal
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IHC installs spud towers on CSD Hussein Tantawy
Royal IHC has successfully installed the spud towers on the Suez Canal Authority’s cutter suction dredger Hussein Tantawy. “With the towers installed, we are now heading towards the next milestone, the installation of both spuds,” the company said in their latest announcement. The CSD is one of two
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VIDEO: WID Fregate busy on Mahury River
Baggerbedrijf de Boer has just released this beautiful video of their water injection dredging tug Fregate, taken during her work on a twelve-year contract “Maintenance dredging at the ports of Cayenne and Kourou in French Guiana”. The consortium Boer Remorquage SARL, involving Dutch Dredging and Is
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Alewijnse wins another contract with Thecla Bodewes Shipyards
System integrator Alewijnse recently won a contract for the complete electrical and automation installation on board the sister vessel of trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Anchorage. The innovative vessel is currently under construction at Barkmeijer Shipyards, part of Thecla Bodewes Shipyards.
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Thordon completes new project for SCA
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has replaced the rubber cutterhead bearings on the 102m (335ft) dredger Mahmoud Younis with a water-lubricated Composite bearing from Thordon Bearings. The retrofit, which took place at the Port Said Shipyard’s floating drydock, follows the success of a similar install
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Yed Prior – from container ship to hopper dredger
Niestern Sander has successfully completed the conversion of the Yed Prior, then a container ship called GERD, to a gravel hopper dredger for Spaansen. After Niestern Sander was awarded the job, the ship was put dry on March 18, 2020 and a schedule was made. At the time of the first Covid-19 outbrea
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Damen launches its first Middle East-built CSD
A cutter suction dredger (CSD) 650 was successfully launched at Albwardy Damen earlier this week. This modularly built dredger is the first CSD650 to be built at this yard. Usually, the yard is active in ship repair including dry dockings as well as newbuilds of other vessel types. The CSD650 is a s