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BREAKING NEWS: Dredge monitoring system Sagar Samridhi launched
Union minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal, launched an online dredging monitoring system ‘Sagar Samridhi’ today. This project is part of the government’s efforts to expedite the ‘Waste to Wealth’ initiative, the Ministry said in a statement. Developed by the National
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Dorset Council: Dredged sediment poses no risk to health
Analysis of the sediment deposited on Lyme Regis Front Town beach from the annual dredging in March this year shows that there is nothing that could be a risk to human or marine life, Dorset Council said. Five sediment samples were taken across the deposited sediment to give an accurate representati
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Maintenance dredging in industrial ponds by Damen DOP150
Damen DOP150 submersible dredge pump is at work at the industrial settling ponds of a power station in Victoria, Australia. According to Damen, this piece of equipment is powered by an amphibious excavator, and will pump the sludge over some 1,000 m to a disposal area. Various industrial settling po
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BREAKING NEWS: Van Oord’s TSHD HAM 318 kicks off Addu land reclamation
Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) HAM 318 is about to begin the land reclamation activities in Addu City, the Maldives. According to Addu City Council, the work will start from the Hithadhoo Zone-2 area. This is the largest development project in Addu City and will solve the land pro
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Damen, Van Wijngaarden ink deal for the largest Damen Multi Cat 3713
The new Multi Cat 3713, to be named Waddenstroom, is currently in build at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld as part of the Damen philosophy of building for stock and will be delivered on 26th October this year. The 37-metre DP2 vessel is the largest and most innovative model in Damen’s highly regarded Mu
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Early Bird tickets for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 now available!
Great news! Tickets for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC) are now available for purchase! OEEC takes place on 28 & 29 November 2023 in RAI Amsterdam. Benefit from the Early Bird price and buy your ticket here to get a 25 % discount by using the code EARLYBIRD2023. OEEC is a premier
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Liebherr VIDEO: Hard grounds of the Gulf
Liebherr has just released this very interesting video named ‘Hard Grounds of the Gulf’. In the video, the company is showing how Liebherr USA, Co. customers utilize the HS 8300 duty cycle crawler crane to perform dredging projects around the Gulf of Mexico. The HS 8300 with its impressive load capa
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EXCLUSIVE: R.B. Weeks joins Weeks Marine’s hopper dredge fleet
Following successful sea trials, Weeks Marine has taken delivery of its newest trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD), the R.B. Weeks. The vessel is named in honor of Richard B. Weeks, a co-founder of Weeks Marine, and is the sister vessel of the Magdalen, named after Richard B. Weeks’ wife, Magdalen
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HID chain bucket dredger busy at Yahekou Reservoir
The first large-scale chain bucket dredger – manufactured by HID Dredgers in China – has officially started operation at the Yahekou Reservoir. The large chain bucket dredging vessel has a total length of 59 meters, a width of 8.9 meters, a depth of 2.2 meters, a maximum dredging depth of 15 meters,
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New long reach excavator for Cavite Province
In a significant stride towards efficient dredging and desilting works in Molino Dam and other existing dams in Cavite Province, the Philippines, Senator Mark Villar spearheaded the Turnover Ceremony for one Unit of Long Reach Excavator with one Unit of Pontoon Equipment today. The acquisition of th
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HID cutter suction dredger busy on Yangtze River VIDEO
In a major effort to protect the environment in the Yangtze River Basin’s Taizhou Section, a heavy-duty cutter suction dredger (CSD) with a flow capacity of 4500m3/h has been deployed to carry out a vital sediment treatment project. The dredger, manufactured by HID, is equipped with the latest techn
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No hopper dredging in Brunswick Harbor due to sea turtle nesting
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has agreed it will not use hopper dredges in Brunswick Harbor during spring or summer months until it conducts a rigorous environmental review of potential impacts, One Hundred Miles (OHM) and the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) said. Since 2021, OHM and SEL
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Electric dredger Henk Piet christened
New electric suction dredger Henk Piet was christened yesterday, Koninklijke Oosterhof Holman said. The new dredger is 22m long with maximum dredging depth of 37 meters. The dredger has two electric pumps of 600 kWh each. The use of electric dredges is part of Koninklijke Oosterhof Holman and Nautil
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Royal IHC: Technology word of the month – Hydrogen
Hydrogen has been a rocket fuel for decades. But might this rocket science also be applicable for ships? It is only in the past few years that the first hydrogen-powered ships have been built, for example a water taxi, inland container vessel, crew transfer vessel, tug, inland ferry, seagoing ferry,