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Two DSC Shark Class dredges hit the water in Bangladesh
DSC Dredge LLC and Deep Diggers Ltd recently celebrated an impressive milestone, the successful launch of two 18” Shark Class dredges in Bangladesh. The two dredges, which were built by Deep Diggers at their facility in Chattogram, Bangladesh, are powered by a Caterpillar C32 diesel engine with a ra
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ZPMC ready to deliver another newbuild dredger (VIDEO)
Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) is wrapping up 2021 in style with delivery of a 3500m³ self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredger, the Hangjun 3011. Earlier this month, the Hangjun 3011 successfully completed four-day sea trial in the Yellow Sea and is now ready for delivery t
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TSHD Pinta at the Port at Galeota, Trinidad and Tobago (PHOTO)
National Energy Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (National Energy) has just released this beautiful photo of Jan De Nul’s hopper dredger “Pinta” getting ready for the Port at Galeota dredging scheme. According to the National Energy, the 90 metres long “Pinta” will be undertaking maintenan
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PHOTO: TSHD Vox Amalia working in Harwich
Earlier in December, trailing hopper suction dredger Vox Amalia arrived in Harwich to begin works on the €140 million Harwich Haven Channel Deepening Project. Since then, TSHD Vox Amalia has been busy dredging the deep water channel. She will stay in the area for a little while, working in various s
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Meeting the challenges of equipment engineering for cutter suction dredgers
The complexity of equipment engineering varies greatly across vessel classes, depending on their design and function. According to C-Job, the company that works on a wide range of vessel types, among the most complex and challenging vessels that their equipment engineering team have worked on recent
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Maximising the production of DEME’s hopper dredgers
DEME Group and Alewijnse have successfully completed their seventh project in just two years – supply and installation of AlViVi platform on board a trailing suction hopper dredger which is currently working in Abu Qir, Egypt. The Abu Qir scheme is one the largest dredging and land reclamation proje
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Jan De Nul’s largest CSD completes its first mission
Jan De Nul’s largest cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck has completed its first mission in Mauritania with success. In the port of the capital Nouakchott, the vessel was working for developer ARISE Mauritania, on the deepening of the access channel, the port basin and the new berth alongside
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Royal IHC delivers first Easydredge TSHD to Mexican Navy
Royal IHC today officially handed over the first Easydredge trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) to SEMAR (Secretaria de Marina) at the Port of Veracruz in Mexico. The BAHIA SAN CARLOS of Easydredge 2700 series was built from stock at the Krimpen aan de IJssel and Kinderdijk shipyards in the Nethe
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Major milestone for ‘Boskalis on Bio’ program
Boskalis has just announced a major milestone – delivery of the largest-ever consignment of drop-in biofuel which will be used to power two hopper dredgers on upcoming projects in northwestern Europe. According to the company, the use of bio-fuel will result in a CO2 reduction of approximately 90% f
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Alewijnse to deliver another high-quality TSHD project
System integrator Alewijnse recently won a contract for the complete electrical and automation installation on board the sister vessel of trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Anchorage, which was successfully launched last week at Barkmeijer Shipyards. This innovative hopper dredger (yard No. BN34
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Royal IHC latest dredger ready for delivery (VIDEO)
Royal IHC announced recently that trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) BAHIA SAN CARLOS has successfully completed its sea trials. After more than three weeks of extensive testing in the North Sea, the newbuild is ready for her owners, reported IHC. The BAHIA SAN CARLOS of Easydredge 2700 series w
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Innovative new dredger launched at Barkmeijer Shipyards
Earlier this week, Thecla Bodewes Shipyards held a launching ceremony for newbuild Dredger BN348, the sister vessel of trailing suction hopper dredger Anchorage. TSHD Anchorage was successfully delivered to her owners De Hoop Terneuzen in 2020 while the handover of the newbuild BN348 is scheduled fo
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Van Oord’s giant Vox Amalia arrives in Harwich
The €140 million Harwich Haven Channel Deepening Project is about to enter its next phase with the arrival of trailing hopper suction dredger Vox Amalia. According to the Harwich Haven Authority (HHA), the hopper dredger Vox Amalia will arrive in Harwich later today to commence capital dredging of t
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DEME’s TSHD Bonny River working in Terneuzen (PHOTO)
DEME Group recently shared a beautiful photo of their trailing suction hopper dredger Bonny River working on the New Lock Terneuzen project in the Netherlands. The Terneuzen project was the first for TSHD Bonny River. There the dredger worked to reclaim approximately 300.000m³ of sand which was need