On June 11th, 2010, twenty three months after placing the order, the trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Charles Darwin’ was launched at the shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte in Sestao (Spain). The godmother of the ship was Charlotte Putz-De Nul, daughter of Mrs Ghislaine De Nul, sister of Jan
A delegation from the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, headed by BIWTA-Chairman Abdul Meleque Miah, visited Europe in May. The main purpose of the trip was the pre-shipment inspection of the components for three cutter suction dredgers to be built at Chittagong-based Karnafuly Shipyard,
On Wednesday May 26, 2010, the cutter suction dredger ‘Ibn Battuta’ was delivered to its owner, on the shipyard Uljanik Brodogradiliste d.d. in Pula (Croatia). The ‘Ibn Battuta’ is the first of four large self-propelled cutter suction dredgers built at the Pula shipyard. Earlier this year, the ident
Sierra Gold Corporation purchased two 8” dredges last month, which have been completely refurbished and shipped this week to Sierra Leone. Experienced US dredge operators will travel to Sierra Leone at the end of March to prepare for the arrival of the equipment… [mappress] Source:sierragoldcorp,Mar
Mazagon Dock Limited delivered to Dredging Corporation of India Limited, India’s largest rock cutting dredger… [mappress] Source:timesofindia,March 19,2010
Tugs, described in Bluff Your Way to Sea as the wrestlers of the marine industry, have predominantly been the domain of monohulls… Source:seatransport,March 15,2010
Isle of Wight based GRP Laminates and South Boats Special Projects delivered RRV Audrey to Holyhead Towing in October 2009, and already the vessel has proved invaluable in deployments ranging from fast wind farm transfers to dredging support… Source:cowesonline,March 10,2010
Wärtsilä, in consortium with IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, has been engaged by RWE Innogy, the renewable energy arm of the German utility company RWE, as its designer to provide the basic design and consultancy services for a jack up crane vessel… Source:Wärtsilä,March 9,2010
La Push, WA – In conjunction with the United States Coast Guard, and various other state agencies, the dredge Nehalem that sunk late last month in the channel entrance of La Push was raised late Saturday night… [mappress] Source: Olympic Peninsula Enviromental News, March 7, 2010
The Freedom is a brand new survey vessel build by No Limit Ships in the Netherlands… [mappress] Source: Hydro International, March 2, 2010
Dredging Corporation of India Limited is a premier national dredging company in India and is a Category-I Mini Ratna Enterprise. The Company caters to the dredging requirement of all the major ports in India, Navy, non-major ports all over India etc. The Company has also undertaken some of the prest
The Japanese financial assistance will be used for buying a medium-size dredger along with dumping barges, repair/up gradation of navigation aids and extension and repair of the breakwater. [mappress] Source: Dawn, February 16, 2010;
The ship is designed primarily to place stones on the seabed to fill trenches, cables and pipelines Sestaoarra La Naval shipyard has delivered the vessel ‘Simon Stevin’ to his client, the Belgian dredging contractor Jan de Nul… [mappress] Source: El Coreo, February 9, 2010;
She may be getting over the hill, but Moray Council’s 42-year-old dredger is still clearing silt from the bottom of harbours to keep them deep enough for fishing boats. [mappress] Source: The Press and Journal, February 4, 2010;