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Expanding the Latin American Port of Montevideo (VIDEO)
In recent years, bigger and bigger vessels have been navigating through the seas and oceans. But the bigger the vessels, the fewer can moor at a quay. That is why in 2021, the government of Uruguay, together with Katoen Natie, decided to further expand the container terminal Cuenca del Plata. To acc
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JDN hopper barges docked at the BLRT Repair Yards
Split hopper barges MAGELLANO 1800, VERRAZZANO 1800, BOUSSOLE and L’AIGLE are currently undergoing service by the BLRT REPAIR YARDS in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The four barges, owned by Jan De Nul Group, a family-owned company specializing in the construction and maintenance of marine infrastructure, ar
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Urgent dredging underway at the Port of Rio Grande
Portos RS has commenced urgent dredging to recover the most critical stretch of the access channel to the Port of Rio Grande, in an area outside the Barra Breakwaters. According to the Port Authority, the work is being carried out by Jan de Nul’s hopper dredger Galileo Galilei. “R$ 21.5 million will
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Damen dredger working 24/7 to keep the Indonesian economy afloat (VIDEO)
Damen has presented a video about the hopper dredger Barito Equator working in the Java Sea, Indonesia. For ten years, this trailing suction hopper dredger has been making her rounds day and night to keep this busy waterway accessible. The vessel — ordered by the Indonesian dredging company Pelayara
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Dredge Goetz maintaining the Upper Mississippi River
Recently, the Dredge Goetz was in the Rock Island District performing dredging operations in Pool 16 of the Mississippi River near Buffalo, Iowa. The Goetz is a hydraulic dredge based out of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District that helps maintain the 9-foot navigation channel on the U
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Kenmare reveals the names of two new dredgers
Kenmare Resources Plc has revealed the names of two new dredgers which are being built at Royal IHC’s yard in Kinderdijk (Netherlands). The company will name the newbuilds after female members of the management team. The first of the new dredges will be named Calen, after the eldest daughter of Higi
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IHC Beaver 65 dredger setting sail for Indonesia
Another Royal IHC has Beaver 65 cutter suction dredger has been successfully lifted onto a transport vessel and is now ready to set sail for Indonesia. The Beaver 65 CSD, with its impressive 650 mm pipe diameter, is renowned for its reliability, fuel efficiency, and low maintenance costs. It’s the l
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Potter ready for another dredging season
The Dredge Potter, built in 1932, left the St. Louis service base dock last week headed to Grafton, Illinois to begin its dredging season. A crew of 53 highly-skilled employees from USACE St. Louis District staff the dustpan dredge that is capable of filling an Olympic sized swimming pool every hour
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Jan De Nul signs deal for the first plug-in hybrid dredger
Jan De Nul Group and Goa Shipyard Limited have signed a contract for the construction of a next generation trailing suction hopper dredger. The new dredger is a plug-in hybrid specifically designed to operate in small harbors. With its 79 meters hull length and a hopper capacity of 2000 cubic meter,
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The next generation of cutter suction dredgers by Damen (VIDEO)
Damen Shipyards recently presented the first type of the next generation of Cutter Suction Dredgers – the CSD600. The new series builds on the success of the old, with significant lessons learned, and faces the future with improved safety, sustainability and efficiency. The CSD600 is capable of dred
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Two IHC Beaver 50 CSDs arriving in India
Royal IHC has made another successful delivery of Cutter Suction Dredgers to a client in India. According to IHC, two of the Beaver 50 Cutter Suction Dredgers have just docked in India and are ready to push local port development. “These powerful machines are set to make waves as they tackle challen
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Holland Shipyards convert inland vessel into dredger
Holland Shipyards Group has just shared an exciting announcement: the successful conversion of an inland vessel into a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. The dredger, named ‘Taruma’ started her journey as a standard inland vessel. Holland Shipyards engineered and installed advanced dredging equipment,
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Royal IHC: Transition to sustainable dredging vessels
To reduce CO2, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate emissions for maintenance dredging along the Dutch coast, Royal IHC is working with Rijkswaterstaat to develop a fully sustainable dredger: the H2-Hopper. This unique TSHD is powered by green hydrogen, has no emissions and is minimised in its ener
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Royal IHC to build another TSHD for Dutch Dredging
Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V. – Dutch Dredging has once again chosen Royal IHC as a solid partner for the construction of a custom-built Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) with a hopper capacity of 2,300m³. The newbuild is an upgraded version of the LESSE, which Royal IHC delivered to Dutch Dredgin