The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District’s dredge CURRITUCK is hard at work this week conducting maintenance dredging of the Ocean City Inlet. The dredge arrived in Ocean City last Friday and started the inlet dredging operations Saturday, July 16. This dredging is focused specifically o
Hamburg Port Authority has just released this amazing dredging video named “Keep the Port on Depth” – XXL dredging ship in use. The video will give you an invaluable insight into the role of Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredger “Bartolomeu Dias” in keeping the Port of Hamburg regularly dredg
FSUE Rosmorport’s Astrakhan Branch has put into operation its new non-propelled cutter suction dredger, the Petr Sablin. The dredger, built by “Onezhsky Ship Building and Ship Repairing Plant”, comes as the fourth vessel included in the dredging fleet of the Astrakhan Branch. In addition to the exis
The Santa Cruz Port District has just announced that they will host a christening ceremony for its new $5 million dredger, the Twin Lakes, this week. The new 200-ton machine, built by DSC Dredge LLC from Reserve, Louisiana, will replace the Seabright, which conducted its last dredging operation in J
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (July 11-17, 2016). Boskalis Announces Job Cuts and Fleet Reduction Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has completed its fleet rationalization study announced earlier this year. The Netherlands to Implement New Flo
Work on LNG-powered hopper barge “greenports 1” is nearly completed with final touches being made on the EUR 4.9 million vessel. This unique ship, built by Dutch-based Shipyard Constructions Hoogezand Nieuwbouw (SCHN), will begin its first test run next week, after which the “greenports 1” will set
The official commissioning ceremony of the trailing suction hopper dredger Severnaya Dvina was held yesterday in Arkhangelsk, Russia. Following the flag hoisting ceremony on board TSHD Severnaya Dvina, Rosmorport and Damen Shipyards Group carried out the signing of the acceptance/delivery certificat
Desarrolladora La Ribera, developers of the area’s new Costa Palma private beachfront resort community and marina, recently took delivery and received training in the operation of a 10-inch Wolverine Class Dredge, designed and manufactured by DSC Dredge at its Greenbush, Michigan, facility. The Wolv
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, announces that dredge CURRITUCK, based out of the Corps’ Wilmington District in North Carolina, is slated to arrive in Ocean City tomorrow, Friday July 15, to conduct maintenance dredging in Ocean City Inlet over the coming days. Dredge CURRITUCK
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has released an interesting video showing capabilities of cutter suction dredgers. Dredging with a cutter suction dredger takes place while the vessel is moored with spuds or anchors and consists of powerful cutting action combined with suction. Cutter suct
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has completed its fleet rationalization study announced earlier this year. Based on the results of the study it has been decided to take 24 vessels out of service in the coming two years. This will result in the loss of approximately 650 jobs worldwide during this per
FSUE Rosmorport’s new Ice class Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) Severnaya Dvina has arrived at the Arkhangelsk Seaport, Russia. The vessel – built and designed by Damen – entered the port basin on July 1, 2016. Fitted with a complete Damen Dredging Equipment and instrumentation package, the v
The next phase of the Shark River dredging project that will allow safe navigation in the state channel has finally got underway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge Currituck moved to the Shark River Inlet, in Belmar (NJ) on July 1st. According to the USCG notice, the vessels will be conducting
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (June 27-July 3, 2016). Wartsila Engines for Two Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers Wartsila has won an order to supply engines for two new 8000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredgers. HAM 318 Completes Thinadhoo Lan