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Royal IHC to celebrate 60 Years of Beaver dredgers
This year Royal IHC will proudly celebrate 60 Years of Excellence of the iconic Beaver CSD range of vessels. From the very first delivery in 1963 to the upcoming 1000th Beaver planned for delivery this year, IHC Beaver journey has been marked by innovation and reliability. One of the inaugural Beave
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CSD General Arnold christening coming soon
Callan Marine has announced that the latest addition to its fleet – the 32” cutter suction dredge General Arnold will soon be officially christened in New Orleans. Under construction at C&C Shipyard in Belle Chasse, LA, the diesel-electric driven General Arnold will join Callan Marine’s additional 3
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Ettalong Channel dredging update
Following damage caused to the dredge Faucon during the Ettalong dredging campaign (NSW), another dredge will be sent to the area to finish the work, Faucon’s sister ship – Port Frederick. “Faucon is on its way back to her home on the Gold Coast, where crew will have a quick turnaround and then retu
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Eastern Shipbuilding and Royal IHC to work together on USACE’s new dredge
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has been contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct a new medium-class hopper dredge (MCHD) for the Department of Defense and formally received the notice to proceed. The dredge will be constructed at Eastern’s Allanton and Port St. Joe faciliti
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Southsea Coastal Scheme-Beach recharge operations
Due to the construction of new sea defences, the contractors will next month close a section of the Southsea promenade to recharge the beach with new sand. The KHM Portsmouth announced today that as a part of the Southsea Coastal Scheme works, during September 2023, there will be deliveries of grave
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Damen MultiCat ‘Wind Lass’ joins Jenkins Marine fleet
Jenkins Marine recently acquired new vessel, the 37t Bollard Pull capability Damen MultiCat named “Wind Lass“. The “Wind Lass“ boasts a large clear deck space and wide beam for stability and project cargo handling. The powerful bollard pull, with the use of three Caterpillar C32 TTA engines, makes i
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DEME’s TSHD Uilenspiegel returns to Egypt
DEME Group has just announced that they are deploying additional resources that will speed up the work on the Abu Qir project in Egypt. According to DEME, trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ will once again return to the country to create new land for the Abu Qir 2 port expansion project.
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A royal christening for Royal Van Oord
Next week, Van Oord will hold a christening ceremony for their two new vessels, the Vox Alexia and Calypso. Vox Alexia is named after Her Royal Highness Princess Alexia, the second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands. According to Van Oord, she accepted the invitati
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Dredger Kawatiri beached for repairs
The 55m trailing suction hopper dredger Kawatiri was beached over the weekend in Westport, New Zealand, for planned maintenance. According to Buller District Council, the dredge was beached in the fisherman’s basin at 7am on Sunday (27 August) and came off at 6pm. Dredge Master Kawatiri Steve Christ
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Damen Shoalbuster ‘Al Mirfa’ departs for Abu Dhabi
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered another versatile working platform, the new Shoalbuster 3209. The vessel – named Al Mirfa after a coastal community located in the Al Dhafra region of Abu Dhabi – is owned by SAFEEN Group, a subsidiary of AD Ports Group. The primary purpose of the Al Mirfa will be
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Versatile and efficient Dragflow cable dredge delivered to West Africa
Dragflow SRL, an Italian manufacturer of dredging equipment, has delivered a state-of-the-art cable dredge to a client in West Africa. Equipped with a hydraulic pump model HY400 with a capacity of up to 3000 m3/h, the dredge features a user-friendly design that enables operators to navigate its func
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Murden wrapping up Shrewsbury River dredging campaign (VIDEO)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is finishing up maintenance dredging at the Shrewsbury River, NJ. In collaboration with the Wilmington District, the Hopper Dredge Murden is working around the clock to get the project done. The aim of the dredging work in the Shrewsbury River fede
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Dredger Elbe completes Montserrat dredging campaign
Dutch Dredging’s trailing suction hopper dredger Elbe has successfully wrapped up the Caribbean dredging campaign in Montserrat. Since late July, TSHD Elbe was busy in Little Bay working on the Montserrat Port Development Project. “On the completion of its dredging duties last weekend TSHD Elbe depa
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Guyana’s NDIA acquires new dredge
Last weekend (August 19, 2023) Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned a new dredge at Little Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara. The new cutter head dredge, a first of its kind for the ministry, was procured by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and will be