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IHC puts spotlight on the commissioning of new dredger in Brazil
Although 2023 has been a year of incredible achievements for IHC Mining, the company yesterday shared another major milestone – commissioning of the new dredge in Brazil. IHC Mining kicked off the year by securing a groundbreaking sale of a state-of-the-art dredger for one of the valued clients in B
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UK Dredging pens deal for Damen Shoalbuster
UK Dredging (UKD), part of Associated British Ports (ABP), and Damen recently signed a contract for construction of a new state of the art Water Injection Dredger (WID). Last month, UKD officials visited Rotterdam for a tour of Damen’s shipyard, where their new Shoalbuster 2711 WID will be built. Da
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Peel Ports Group opts for eco-friendly dredging
Peel Ports Group has welcomed a new energy efficient LNG dredger for the first time as it continues to improve the sustainability of its dredging work. The UK’s second largest port operator used Dutch marine contractor Van Oord’s groundbreaking Vox Apolonia for maintenance dredging of the Port of Li
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Introducing alternative fuels into the dredging sector
Introducing alternative fuels into the dredging sector may seem difficult, but it is certainly possible. C-Job Naval Architects is tackling this challenge, the company has created multiple concept designs of dredgers which make use of methanol as a marine fuel. Methanol is an easy switch for vessels
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DB Avalon dredging the Houston Ship Channel (PHOTO)
Curtin Maritime, Corp. has captured this beautiful photo of the DB Avalon dredging the Houston Ship Channel. “Beautiful sunrise this morning in Texas, where DB Avalon is dredging the Houston Shipping Channel,” Curtin Maritime said in yesterday’s update. DB Avalon is a market-first, hybrid-powered dr
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Dutch Dredging ready for the Caribbean project
On the evening of July 20th, Dutch Dredging’s trailing suction hopper dredger Elbe arrived in Montserrat in the Caribbean to kick off dredging operations in the Port Little Bay. Over the next few weeks, TSHD Elbe will dredge approximately 120,000m3 of material and dispose at the approved site approx
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GLDD completes dredging and beachfill operations in Stone Harbor
This week, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock completed dredging and beachfill operations in the Borough of Stone Harbor. According to the Borough, the Dredge Texas and Booster are now off site and currently located at Cape May Inlet. The123rd Street Beach and Parking Lot are currently closed for demobiliz
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Boskalis’ Magnor removing obstacles to advance the energy transition (PHOTO)
Over the years, Boskalis has installed thousands of kilometers of power cable on the seabed to enable the transmission of electricity generated by wind farms at sea to millions of households ashore. But before a power cable can be installed, the subsurface must first be checked to make sure it is fr
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Jenkins Marine returns to Dover to complete Wellington Dock works
Jenkins Marine Ltd has returned to Dover with its dredge CH Horn to complete work started there last Summer. The Port of Dover is currently undergoing development as part of its Western Docks Revival project and Jenkins Marine were tasked with dredging roughly 20,000m3 of silts from the existing Wel
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Stone Harbor beachfill update
Stone Harbor beach nourishment project is entering the last phase, with just 20 percent of work remaining to be done, according to the city’s officials. The contractor, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock started the work in early July by deploying the cutter suction dredge TEXAS to the project site. After
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Reinforcing the Dutch coast by Van Oord
Van Oord’s brand-new trailing suction hopper dredgers Vox Ariane and Vox Apolonia are working together to protect the Dutch coast. The coast of Zeeland, Netherlands, is facing erosion from powerful currents, waves and wind. That’s why Van Oord was commissioned to take action by implementing beach no
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Boskalis kicks off second phase of Gulhifalhu land reclamation project
In the presence of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih of the Maldives, Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger Oranje has started work on the land reclamation project on the island of Gulhifalhu. In his inauguration speech, the president called this dredging project “an important development initiati
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TSHD Brisbane departs Weipa after successful dredging campaign
Hopper dredger Brisbane and its supporting vessels have left the Port of Weipa after completing a 45-day maintenance dredging program. According to North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP), around 780,000m3 of sediment was removed from the port and placed at the approved Dredge Material Placem
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MIW delivers second Watermaster amphibious dredger
Environmentally friendly dredging is just one of the concrete results to come from Finland’s partnership with a Michigan company called Moran Iron Works (MIW). MIW and Watermaster North America recently partnered to manufacture a second Finnish-engineered dredging machine for a costumer in Minnesota