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The first zero-emission five-tonne battery-powered excavator in Europe
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV has just introduced a five-tonne battery-powered excavator. “As well as zero exhaust emissions, the first Hitachi-branded model in this class delivers lower noise levels, enhanced efficiency, exceptional performance in confined spaces, and fewer maintenance
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Damen delivers CSD500 to East Africa
Damen is set to deliver a customised cutter suction dredger, type CSD500, next month. The dredger will be transported to the site, a mining plant in Eastern Africa, just weeks after receiving the order. “As Damen we have been present in this region for over three decades,” Mr Hugo Doorenbos, Area Sa
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Dredging the Port of Podstrana, Croatia (VIDEO)
Dragflow – an Italian manufacturer of dredging and submersible pumps – has just released this very interesting video named ‘Dredging the Port of Podstrana, Croatia’. The accumulation of muddy material in the area of a port is a problem of all cities that are built near water and can become dangerous
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Van Oord orders second pair of water injection dredgers
Van Oord has ordered the construction of two additional water injection dredgers (WIDs) from Kooiman Marine Group. This comes after the successful operation of sister vessels Maas and Mersey in 2021. The new WIDs will have the same specifications, supplemented by innovative optimisations. According
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PHOTO: Water injection dredger Aquadelta on her way to owner
Conoship International B.V. has just released this amazing photo of the new water injection dredger Aquadelta. The photo was taken last week, during her trip from Scheepswerf Bijlsma to the owner Bagger- en Aannemingsmaatschappij Van der Kamp B.V. The vessel’s sea trials took place this week. The ne
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TSHD Tommy Norton visits Austal Yard for scheduled maintenance
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ‘????? ??????’ visited the Austal yard in Brisbane recently for scheduled maintenance. The team from the ????? ???????? ??????? ??? assisted with an inspection of the bottom doors and servicing of Impressed Current Anti Fouling (ICAF) and Impressed Current
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The Rotterdam Reef deal signed
In collaboration with the Municipality of Rotterdam, Rijkswaterstaat and Boskalis, the innovative start-up Reefy from Delft will test a modular artificial reef system that protects the riverbank against large ship waves and stimulates the development of nature. Reefy’s innovation consists of massive
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Damen delivers modular DOP Dredger to Mozambique
The dredger named Estoril was handed over to its owner in a special ceremony last week. Fitted out with a renowned Damen submersible DOP dredge pump, the modular dredger will be located at the Port of Beira, where it will be performing maintenance dredging duties to ensure accessibility for larger v
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Titan delivers 350 tonnes of LNG to TSHD Vox Ariane
Titan successfully delivered around 350 tonnes of LNG to the dredging vessel Vox Ariane at the Greenport Terminal in Eemshaven, Rotterdam, last week. The giant vessel is a 10,500 cubic metres trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), owned by Van Oord. “It is the first hopper in Van Oord’s fleet equip
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Boskalis switches to Waalhaven green shore power facility
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and Eneco plan to construct shore-based power facilities in the Waalhaven, so that moored Boskalis vessels can run on green electricity instead of fossil fuels. The shore-based power installation will be built on the Boskalis site in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam. There ar
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City of Palmer purchases new Mud Cat dredge
The City of Palmer, Alaska, recently purchased a new Mud Cat MC-40E, replacing a 20 year old Mud Cat E-Series dredge. The first dredge, which is still going strong, will be used as state mandated back-up unit. The Mud Cat 40 Electric auger dredge is remote controlled and is the most popular E-Series
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GLDD fined $1M for causing oil spill
United States Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company, LLC (GLDD), a Texas company, was sentenced on June 14, 2022 for violating the Clean Water Act in connection with an oil spill and ordered to pay a $1 million fine. According to court documents, GLDD admitted to
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Exploring feasibility of modular coastal protection system in Singapore
Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) is cooperating with PUB – Singapore’s National Water Agency in developing a tailor made coastal protection for Singapore against sea level rise and climate change. According to DMC, “the objective is to develop multi-functional coastal protection systems based on our m
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Trimble equipment proves success at Port of Kalama
Located 30 miles northwest of Portland, Oregon, the Port of Kalama sits on the Columbia River. The port’s industrial area includes five miles of riverfront property adjacent to the 43-foot federally maintained deep draft navigation channel of the Columbia River. Handling well over 13 million metric