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Damen delivers another dredger in record time
Damen has announced successful delivery of a cutter suction dredger, type CSD650, to a customer in Kuwait. According to Damen, the stationary dredger (named GD4000) was mobilized from stock and outfitted, inspected and delivered from the yard to HAC Cranes, all in just 44 days from contract signatur
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Hopper dredge Miss Katie arrives in Dare County
Dare County, in partnership with EJE Dredging Service, has announced that Miss Katie—the shallow-draft hopper dredge that has been under construction in Morgan City, Louisiana, since March 2021—has officially arrived on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Miss Katie departed from Conrad Shipyard in L
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Creating the future with sustainable and circular solutions
With vessels built to last a lifetime, when projects or fleet managers no longer have a use for a vessel, an equipment upgrade can be a perfect and sustainable solution for a vessel. That is just what Royal IHC did for their customer Rock & Reef Dredging Private Limited. With a 14m ladder extension,
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Royal IHC sign contracts for four CSDs
Royal IHC has won another major deal in Bangladesh, this time from Karnafuly Ship Builders Ltd (KSBL) for the design, engineering and hardware of four cutter suction dredgers (CSDs). According to IHC, these four mono-pontoon custom-built CSDs (2x 700 mm and 2x 600 mm) will be built in Bangladesh by
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PHOTO: Dredge Woomera busy in Townsville
The Port of Townsville work to welcome larger commercial, cruise and defence ships to the harbour is progressing well, with channel widening now in full swing. According to the latest update, the backhoe dredge Woomera has removed almost 700,000m3 to date. The dredging, which began in mid-March, is
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Vuyk Engineering to design a large cutter suction dredge for Great Lakes
The Dutch maritime design and engineering company, Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam B.V. is embarking on a new project to design a large Cutter Suction Dredge (CSD) for a client in the US. As reported, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has contracted Vuyk Engineering to design a large CSD for p
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Neptune delivers the EuroHopper 400 – Sandborn
After successful dredge trials the EuroHopper 400 named Sandborn is now on her way to Denmark to the premises of Sibelco Group. Neptune has developed its own range of small to medium-sized Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHD), the EuroHopper range. Based on proven dredging technology and customiz
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Another Ellicott dredge to work on the Magdalena River project
Another cutter suction dredge of the Ellicott Series 1270 was launched recently in the region of Mompox in Colombia as part of the Magdalena River project. This is the third Ellicott vessels that is now operating in Mompox. The three dredges are expected to remove a total of 1,700,000 cubic meters o
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Dredge Liberty Island wraps up Avon beachfill project
Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. has completed the 1 million cubic yard beach nourishment project in Avon, North Carolina. As reported, the last load of sand was delivered by the hopper dredge Liberty Island at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, between Yucca Street and Pampas Drive. The project incl
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Bergmanns completes another successful project for Suez Canal Authority
Bergmanns BV, the dredging spare parts specialists, in collaboration with Danfoss Power Solutions II BV recently completed another repair project for Suez Canal Authority. After years of operation, the hydraulic cylinder responsible for lifting the spud of bucket wheel dredger Barakat was failing as
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Jan De Nul dredging the Port of Bari
Jan De Nul’s largest and newest cutter suction dredger, the Willem van Rubroeck has been busy lately working on a dredging project in Bari, Italy. The Port of Bari is an important ferry line port, cruise boat terminal and cargo transport hub to South East Europe. In order to facilitate the growth of
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Dredge Liberty Island picks up Avon beach nourishment work
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. has announced that the hopper dredge Liberty Island arrived in Dare County on the morning of Friday, July 8, 2022. TSHD Liberty Island is picking up the Avon beach nourishment project while the Ellis Island continues working to perform beach nourishment in Buxton. Follo
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PHOTO: Curtin’s DB Ironbound dredging in Norfolk
Curtin Maritime has once again pushed the boundaries of performance with their latest dredging project on the East Coast. The company was recently contracted by the NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Branch to deepen the Pier 11 South basin using their workhorse clamshell dredge the DB Ironbound. In general, the p
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Modi R delivers first load of sand to Fremantle’s Port Beach
The Fremantle Port Beach Sand Nourishment project is finally underway with the hopper dredge Modi R ‘rainbowing’ onto the beach. After a huge amount of effort from a lot of people, today saw the first load of sand nourishment being delivered to the Port Beach, according to M P Rogers & Associates, o