Fuel shortages and empty store shelves are a potential reality Alaskans will not have to face thanks to the work of 45 crewmembers aboard the Essayons, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-owned and operated hopper dredge. The vessel performed a dredging mission for the Corps’s Alaska District from May 12
The new hopper dredger ‘Gaasterland’, owned by Mineralis BV from Wezep, is employed to win sand on the IJsselmeer since June 2012. Teus Vlot Dredging BV, from Sliedrecht – Holland, has equipped the new ship with a DN 400 suction pipe installation with an underwater pump, which can win sand and grave
On 26th of June 2013, the second day of the exhibition Seawork International 2013, the key handing over ceremony of the self-propelled cutter suction dredger Tallulah Bella took place. Tallulah Bella, the first of the Marina Master 8000 range to be delivered and named after the owner’s daughter, was
The Used Dredge Center has announced the immediate availability of the first two completely refurbished dredges. “We now have a 10-inch (250 mm) AMMCO model PD-10E, and an 8-inch (200 mm) AMMCO Swinging-Ladder Dredge, both ready for inspection at our manufacturing facility in Goodlettsville (Nashvil
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) have informed Wells Harbour Commissioners (WHC) that an emergency licence has been issued for dredging works to commence on 17th June 2013 for 15 days, weather permitting. These works will take place North of number 6 buoy. Also the MMO have provided WHC with
IHC Merwede has announced that it has recently secured orders to the value of €125million for a wide range of new cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and related equipment. The latest sales agreements confirmed by the company include a new custom-built CSD and a further 12 units that will be supplied by
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District officially commissioned its newest shallow-draft dredge vessel – MURDEN – in a ceremony May 29 at the Engineer Repair Yard in Wilmington. The Commissioning Ceremony signifies the acceptance for service and entry of a ship into the active fleet. It
In recent years, Chinese dredging companies have been actively taking pail in the domestic and foreign dredging market. They have built a large numbers of cutter suction dredgers, CSDs & trailer suction hopper dredgers, TSHDs with the Chinese dredging equipment makers developing and improving a lot.
Van Oord’s powerful cutter suction dredger Athena was built by IHC Dredgers for dredging in hard soil. The strong vibrations on this type of dredger are notorious for their negative effects on the working and living conditions on board. Van Oord’s global dredging experience, IHC’s drive to build inn
Last Saturday the cutter suction dredger “Susanna II” was baptized and handed over to its owner, dredging contractor Verboon Maasland. All members of the Verboon team were present with their families to celebrate the completion of the vessel. After the required speeches and the bottle of champagne a
International Dredging and Offshore Contractor Van Oord has chosen Sealink customised VSAT from Marlink to provide data communication services for three offshore rock placement vessels. The five year contract covers Marlink’s provision of end-to-end services and includes facility to provide ad-hoc c
Uljanik Shipyard on 16th May delivered to the Luxembourg Company Jan De Nul S.A. Capellen D.D. Luxembourg yard 497 named “Bartolomeu Dias”. It is the second constructed trailing suction hopper dredger of 26,000 tonnes deadweight, length 147.6 meters and width 30 meters. The ship and the working equi
IHC Merwede successfully named and launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XX, in a ceremony on 2 February 2013 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. The ceremony was performed by Mrs R Mohanty, the spouse of Captain DK Mohanty, the Managing Director of D
The San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District (SCIDD) in Coolidge, Arizona, recently purchased an electric powered Barracuda Class dredge from DSC Dredge, LLC to remove sediment from the bottom of the Florence-Casa Grande Canal settling basin. This hydraulic dredge was chosen not only because SCID