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Dredger Maas makes debut in Tilbury
New hybrid, water-injection dredger Maas has launched a programme of work on the Thames with a visit to the Port of Tilbury (POTL) on 27 April. Built for Van Oord by Kooiman Marine Group, Maas uses an innovative hybrid energy management system to reduce harmful CO2 emissions, by capturing residual h
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PHOTO: Viking R working in the Republic of Guyana
Rohde Nielsen A/S has just posted a beautiful photo of the hopper dredger ‘Viking R’ working in the Republic of Guyana. From 2011 to 2020 Rohde Nielsen A/S performed continuous maintenance dredging on the Berbice River, Republic of Guyana. The works were part of a long-term charter contract for cont
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Hai Gong 101 completes sea trials
Van der Leun China has just reported the successful completion of tests and the commissioning of the 7000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Hai Gong 101. The vessel, owned by the Dachandao Group, is back from a successful sea trials and dredging test which started on April 8th and lasted until the A
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Keel laid for GLDD’s new hopper dredge
Conrad Shipyard recently hosted a keel laying ceremony for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD) new 6,500 cubic yard trailing suction hopper dredge at its Deepwater shipyard in Amelia, Louisiana. Addressing an audience of Conrad and GLDD executives, Louisiana’s Lt. Governor, USCG personnel, ship
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VOSTA equipment for GLDD’s new hopper dredge
Conrad Shipyard LLC has awarded VOSTA LMG orders for a Dredge Control and Monitoring system (DCMS) and Side Suction Pipe System (SSPS) Gantry System. These systems will be implemented in the new 6.500 yrd3 (5.000 m3) hopper dredge (TSHD) that Conrad Shipyard is currently building for Great Lakes Dre
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DSC unveils the newly improved Moray Class Dredge
For over twenty years, DSC Dredge’s Moray Class dredge design has remained the same with only minor enhancements made within the last decade. Uniquely offering a swinging ladder configuration along with an efficient submerged dredge pump, the Moray was designed by DSC engineers to be both highly pro
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Construction of TSHD R.B. WEEKS in full swing
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is making good progress with the construction of Weeks Marine’s trailing suction hopper dredge R.B. WEEKS. The new dredge is being built at Eastern’s Allanton Shipyard Panama City, Florida. Construction of the newbuild began with the steel cutting ceremony that was h
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Dredger Kuban-2 celebrates its 60th year
FSUE “Rosmorport” Azov Basin Branch recently celebrated 60th anniversary since the flag was raised on the ‘Kuban-2’ multi-bucket dredger. The dredger was built in 1961 in Rosslau, Germany. Initially, the dredger was called ‘Kuban-1’, but later it was renamed into ‘Kuban-2’. Over the years, the dredg
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Ulstein continues work on GLDD’s new rock installation vessel
Following the basic design contract in December 2020, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC (GLDD) has now contracted Ulstein to continue the project with the integration engineering for their new dynamically positioned rock installation vessel. This contract is the next step in realising the first Jone
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Wabtec marine engines for largest U.S. hopper dredger
Wabtec Corporation and U.S. Channel Partner, Cummins Sales & Service, recently signed a contract to supply the main power for the largest U.S. flagged, self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge, Frederick Paup. Wabtec will deliver five V250MDC marine diesel engines (three 16V250MDC units and two
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CSD MOHAB MAMEESH arrives in Egypt
After only a couple of days at sea, one of the most powerful dredgers in the world – the 29,190kW CSD MOHAB MAMEESH has arrived in Egypt. According to Suez Canal Authority Chief Admiral Osama Rabie, the MOHAB MAMEESH was successfully floated in the Suez Canal on Sunday, following the separation from
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DSC Shark Class – The right choice for OHM
Earlier this week, DSC Dredge presented a story on the Outermost Harbor Marine (OHM) dredging project. The OHM, a privately owned marina by Harrison Kahn and his brother Devin Kahn, is located in Outermost Harbor on the ocean side of Chatham, or what is commonly referred to as the “elbow” of Cape Co
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Royal IHC on the path towards zero-emission TSHDs
Classification society Bureau Veritas has issued an ‘approval in principle’ (AiP) for Royal IHC’s hydrogen-fuelled trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). In an innovation partnership with the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat, Royal IHC is exploring a new type of vessel referred to as the ‘LEAF’ (low energy ad
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Acta Marine to get most sustainable workboat in the market
Acta Marine has just announced that in the summer of 2021, the company will take delivery of the most sustainable workboat in the market, the “Coastal Crown”. The 36-meter-long vessel will be an ultra-shallow draft Multicat-type, equipped with Tier III engines to lower NOx emissions with 73%. She wi