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Royal IHC delivers a Beaver dredger to Denys
Royal IHC recently delivered one of its Beaver cutter suction dredgers to a client in Africa. As reported, a multi-specialist construction group, Denys inquired into the possibility of purchasing a Beaver dredger at short notice and IHC didn’t hesitate to make it happen. The Beaver 30 was a perfect
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PHOTO: Dredge E Stroud working in the Perdido Pass
Earlier this month, Mike Hooks LLC began maintenance dredging operations at Perdido Pass Channel in Alabama. Over the last two weeks or so, the company’s cutter suction dredge E Stroud has been busy working in the Perdido Pass for the Army Corps’ Mobile District. Similar to previous campaigns, dredg
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DEME’s Minerva ready for its next project
After five years in service, DEME Group’s hopper dredger Minerva has successfully completed her regular drydocking and inspection campaign. When entering service in 2017, the vessel made waves in the dredging industry as the first dual fuel trailing suction hopper. This October, TSHD Minerva’s five-
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Boskalis brings four dredgers for the Noordwijk campaign
For many decades Boskalis has been successfully carrying out beach and foreshore replenishment work to strengthen coastlines throughout Europe. The company is currently working on the Wadden Island of Texel and near Noordwijk in the Netherlands, and in the spring of 2023 on the beach of the Wadden I
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Southwest Shipyard to build new crane barge for USACE
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District in concert with the Philadelphia District and the Marine Design Center recently awarded a $11.4 million contract to Southwest Shipyard LP of Houston, Texas, for a new crane barge on the St. Marys River. “The new crane barge will perform critical loc
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JDN’s water injection dredger Cosette hits the water
Jan De Nul Group and Neptune Marine today held a launching ceremony for the new water injection dredger Cosette near Dordrecht in the Netherlands. This newbuild is a sister vessel to the Pancho, delivered earlier this year. The design of both vessels is based on an existing vessel design from the Ne
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Fremantle dredging project halfway through
Rohde Nielsen has made good progress dredging the Fremantle Ports Deep Water Channel, placing the beach-quality sand onto the Port Beach. According to the City of Fremantle, between July and October 2022, 78,000m³ of sand has been placed onto the Port Beach which is slightly over 50% of the target.
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PHOTO of Dutra Group’s hopper dredge Stuyvesant
Dutra Group has just released this photo of their hopper dredge Stuyvesant transiting to Sabine Texas and leaving Mobile, Alabama, after a lengthy drydock. After several weeks, and a lot of hard work and focus from the Dutra Team, she is happily heading back to work. During drydock, the Stuyvesant w
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Kitty Hawk beach nourishment project update
Weeks Marine Inc. continues to make good progress on the beach nourishment project in the Town of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Following a brief pause, the hopper dredge B.E. Lindholm has returned to the Kitty Hawk and is now pumping sand on to the town’s shoreline. As reported in the update, the act
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TSHD Sospan Dau once again working in Portsmouth
The King’s Harbour Master Portsmouth has just announced that next week Boskalis Westminster Ltd will be conducting surveying operations and maintenance dredging in the harbour. According to the notice, the dredging works within Portsmouth Harbour and its approach channels will take place from 11 to
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Alewijnse makes a breakthrough in the US
Electrical systems integrator Alewijnse has made a breakthrough in the US market with the delivery of the newest dredge control solutions on board TSHD Liberty Island from the fleet of Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. The company, with more than 130 years of experience in electrical engineering and aut
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Dredging underway in Grand Harbour, Valletta
Infrastructure Malta recently began implementation of a €7 million harbour development project in the Port of Valletta. According to the release, the agency is carrying out major dredging works in various areas to increase the port’s depth for mooring facilities as well as to remove contaminated mat
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TBH completes major project for DEME
TBH recently completed an impressive project for DEME Group – Project Control Services for the docking of the hopper dredgers Brabo and Bonny River. As reported, the company – one of the leading specialist in high-risk, large-scale projects – was contracted to provide Planning and Scheduling support
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Rohde Nielsen continues work in the Ponta Da Madeira, Brazil
Over the last couple of years, Rohde Nielsen has been managing the maintenance dredging of the Terminal Ponta Da Madeira in Brazil. The terminal, owned by mining company Vale S.A., is one of the rare in the country that can handle ultra large Valemax ships. Because of the high sediment accumulation