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C-Job presents the Power-Dredge concept
C-Job Naval Architects recently presented a dredge design which could be built on stock, with the ability to be tailored to the customer’s needs during the building process. The standardized design, a 3000 cubic meter TSHD, has customizable aspects which customers are free to change in line with the
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MTCC newbuild ready for its first dredging project
After four weeks of dredger on-site assembly, launching commissioning and training, the HID CSD750 heavy-duty cutter suction dredger is ready to work in the Maldives. The new dredger has just completed its journey from the assembly line to its designated work site, in anticipation of its inaugural d
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Dredge General Arnold joins Callan Marine’s CSD fleet
Callan Marine has ceremoniously added a new 32-inch cutter suction dredge to its fleet, the General Arnold. The General Arnold was christened in Corpus Christi, Texas, on February 20, 2024, and will immediately begin work on Phase Four of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project. The proj
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Annual Port Hedland dredging campaign well underway
Port Hedland maintenance dredging campaign 2024 is well underway with trailing suction hopper dredger Juan Sebastián de Elcano removing silt and other materials to maintain the navigability of the port. The annual Port Hedland dredging works commenced in early February and are expected to be ongoing
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MEUSE RIVER to dredge London Gateway’s new berth
Port of London Authority (PLA) has just announced that on or around the 25th February 2024 the vessel MEUSE RIVER will commence trailer suction dredging at London Gateway Port Berth 4, Sea Reach. According to PLA, the vessel will discharge using a floating pipeline to the east of Berth No 4. Dredgin
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Spotlight on the sand engine concept in Togo and Benin
After almost a year of work, Boskalis has successfully completed the coastal protection project in Togo and Benin. During this coastal defence scheme, trailing suction hopper dredger Willem van Oranje made almost 800 trips between the offshore sand borrow area and the shore to successfully construct
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Dredge Stuyvesant pumping sand Melbourne Beach, FL
The Dutra Group’s Hopper Dredge Stuyvesant is dredging material from a designated borrow area offshore of Cape Canaveral. This material is transited to Melbourne Beach where it is offloaded through approximately 4,500’ of subline. The material is being used to build a stockpile approximately 26’ hig
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Dutra’s CB Harry S working at Morehead City
The Dutra Group’s CB ‘Harry S’ has started working at Morehead City, North Carolina, for the Army Corps’ Wilmington District. The work will entail dredging 558,000 cubic yards of material with placement at the Morehead City Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS). The Port of Morehead City, a b
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Boskalis hopper dredger Medway wraps up work in Harwich
Working for the Harwich Haven Authority, Boskalis trailing suction hopper dredger Medway recently completed the first maintenance dredging campaign of this calendar year. Together with the plug tug Teddy, TSHD Medway worked around the Port of Felixstowe, River Stour, Mistley and the Harwich Deep Wat
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Dutch Dredging wraps up Luís Correia project in Brazil
On behalf of Investe Piauí, Brazilian partner of Dutch Dredging BV, DTA Engenharia was awarded two contracts after a public tender procedure: 1 for the design and construction of a new quay for the local fishing industry in Luís Correia and second to deepen the access channel to this new quay. Dutch
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Van Oord vessels on the way to Burgas, Bulgaria
Semi-submersible vessel Seaway Albatross is on its journey to Bulgaria to deliver two Van Oord split hopper barges, the Pieter Caland and the Cornelis Lely, and backhoe dredger Simson. The vessels are being transported to Burgas where they will be working for the Burgas Capital Dredging project. Acc
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Royal IHC secures order for two new dredgers
Jhonlin Marine Trans – part of the Jhonlin Group – is expanding its dredging capabilities by investing in two new Royal IHC dredgers, the Beagle® 4 and Beaver® 65. Rangga Rishar Saputra, Country Manager Indonesia for IHC, was pleased with the signing of the contract with Jhonlin Marine Trans. At the
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Maintenance dredging underway at Port Walcott
The Department of Transport, Western Australia, has announced that maintenance dredging works are underway at the Port Walcott. This dredging campaign commenced in mid-January 2024 and is expected to be completed by approximately the 9 February 2024. According to DoT, dredging is being undertaken in
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Dredge Faucon getting a makeover in Brisbane
The Yard Brisbane, one of the most well-resourced shipyards on the east coast of Australia, recently welcomed hopper dredge Faucon for a refit project. Operated by McQuade Marine, the vessel is one of the bigger dredging ships to come to the Yard Brisbane. She works up and down the east coast of Aus