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Jan De Nul builds new seaport in Morocco
Jan De Nul Group has just released a short video about design and construction of a new seaport in Nador, Morocco. Located on the western side of the ‘Cap des Trois Fourches’ peninsula, about 30 km as the crow flies from Nador city centre, it is close to the main East-West shipping routes for contai
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ZPMC cuts steel for China’s first LNG-powered hopper dredger
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) has successfully held a steel cutting ceremony for the China’s first LNG-powered Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. According to the shipbuilder, the ceremony was held at ZPMC Qidong Offshore Engineering yard on December 26. Ordered by CCCC Shanghai Dre
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SENER developing five hopper dredgers for the Mexican Navy
SENER recently won a contract from the Mexican Navy (Secretaría de Marina, SEMAR) for the conceptual, basic and detailed engineering of five twin hopper dredging vessels. The new dredgers, to be operated by the Mexican Navy, will be mainly used for maintenance dredging activities along Mexican coast
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TSHD Swalinge delivered and ready for action
Systems integrator Alewijnse has successfully completed the electrical refit of the trailing suction hopper dredger Swalinge at Kooiman Hoebee shipyard in Dordrecht. To expand the vessel’s cargo space from 1800m³ to 3000m³, the vessel was cut in half and a new, 37.1-meter section inserted. In additi
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Hopper dredger Hegemann V passes sea trials
This week, Kooiman Marine Group performed successful sea trials on board the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Hegemann V. According to the shipbuilder, the newbuild BNR219 has been put to the test off the Dutch coast in beautiful conditions. The newbuild, developed by Kooiman in a collaboratio
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Amaliahaven quay wall construction VIDEO
The Port of Rotterdam recently presented a video update on the largest construction project currently taking place in the port—the development of the new quay walls in the Prinses Amaliahaven. The video shows the new part of the Netherlands which is gradually taking shape in the Amaliahaven on Maasv
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Weeks CSD Captain Frank working at the Head of Passes (PHOTO)
Over the years Weeks Marine, Inc. has gained the reputation of being an expert in rebuilding marshland along the coastline of Louisiana. Much of this marshland is no longer being replenished by the Mississippi River due to structural improvements along the river, primarily its channelization with ro
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Sustainability in the Dredging industry
Jan De Nul Group recently deployed two Ultra Low Emission vessels, Tristão da Cunha and Sanderus, to dredge in Flemish ports. This way, Jan De Nul complies and even dives below the strict exhaust regulations the Flemish Government implemented for dredging activities. The company is the first to intr
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Keppel O&M delivers second dual-fuel hopper dredger to Van Oord
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), has delivered the second of three dual-fuel hopper dredgers to Dutch maritime company, Van Oord. Named Vox Apolonia, the energy efficient TSHD is equipped with green features and has the
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Royal IHC delivers two dredgers to a customer in Vietnam
Royal IHC announced today the successful delivery of two cutter suction dredgers to a customer in Vietnam. According to IHC, last month the company handed over two CSDs, an IHC Beaver 70 and an IHC Beaver 45, to Xuan Thien Group at Nam Dinh province. General Manager of Xuan Thien Group, Mr. Nguyen H
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Another Damen dredger ready for delivery to Argentina
Major Argentinian contractor Merco Vial S.A. is about to expend its fleet with a brand new Damen CSD650 cutter suction dredger. The delivery of the CSD650 includes the supply of a matching booster station, enhancing the flexibility of the set-up immensely. The new dredger is a customised stock vesse
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GLDD’s new hopper dredge Galveston Island hits the water
Conrad Shipyard has launched the first of two 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity hopper dredges for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation. Following the last week’s launch, the Galveston Island is now undergoing completion works prior to sea trials and delivery to the owners. One of the companies that took p
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TSHD Galileo Galilei starts work on the Vreed en Hoop project in Guyana
One of the world’s largest hopper dredgers, Jan De Nul Group’s Galileo Galilei has arrived in Guyana to commence work on the Vreed-en-Hoop development project. According to NRG Holdings Incorporated, the consortium behind the project, arrival of TSHD Galileo Galilei marks the beginning of the reclam
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Dredger Sayonara loaded and ready for delivery (PHOTO)
The Jumbo-SAL-Alliance team was busy recently fixing multiple client cargoes for MV Fairplayer in Europe, all destined for Africa. Among the loaded equipment was recently completed hopper dredger Sayonara. The ship, weighing approx. 940 tonnes was previously an inland vessel before it was newly conv