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Lotos Shipyard lays keel of two bucket-wheel dredgers
Lotos Shipyard (Southern Center of Shipbuilding and Ship Repair of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) recently held a keel-laying ceremony for two dredgers of Project 93.159. The vessels are part of the contract signed by Lotos Shipyard and State Transport Leasing Company for construction of four
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Alewijnse wins another contract with Thecla Bodewes Shipyards
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. The innovative vessel is currently under construction at Barkmeijer Shipyards, part of Thecla Bodewes Shipyards.
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DEME’s duo put to the test
DEME Group has just announced that their new twin split barges ‘Bengel’ and ‘Deugniet’ are undergoing final sea trials before entering the service. Earlier this year, the 3.500m³ twin sisters were successfully launched in Batam, Indonesia. According to DEME, these barges are much bigger than those i
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Hopper barge Morskaya handed over to Rosmorport
FSUE Rosmorport has taken delivery of the self-propelled hopper barge Morskaya, the Russian company reported yesterday. Built by Onezhsky Shipyard in Petrozavodsk, the new vessel will join Taman subdivision of Rosmorport’s Azov-Black Sea Basin branch. As reported, the 600 m3 hopper barge – with the
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CEMEX Go Innovation completes sea trials
Latest addition to CEMEX UK Marine fleet, the 103.5m long aggregate dredger ‘CEMEX Go Innovation’ has successfully completed sea trials in the Black Sea. Following the sea trials, this Damen type MAD3500 dredger will now head out for dredging and unloading trials in the UK waters. The first of Damen
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The planning of America’s largest self-propelled hopper dredge
The making of a dredge is no simple feat, and the planning and design of the largest self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge in the USA has certainly been no different. For more than a decade, the new vessel – which is set to be christened the FREDERICK PAUP – has been an inkling in the [&hell
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PHOTO: dredge Yaquina docked in Portland
The hopper dredge Yaquina has just finished up a busy dredging season and is now docked at Terminal 2, managed by the Port of Portland. According to the Army Corps’ Portland District, she and her younger sister, the Essayons, will spend the next week or two there prepping for several months in drydo
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Dredge Yard delivers one to Canada
Dredge Yard recently tested and delivered a customized electric cutter suction dredger ECO 200 for potassium chloride brine mining. According to the company, the delivery follows successful water testing at Dredge Yard facility in The Netherlands. As common in mining industry, the dredger is electri
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Argentinian dredger ready for final checks & testing
A DOP Dredger component package is ready for final checks & testing at the Damen Dredging Equipment yard, the company announced today. The DOP Dredger itself will be built at the SPI Servicios Portuarios yard in Mar del Plata, Argentina. The dredger will be used to dredge underneath a floating dock
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CSD HUSSEIN TANTAWY nearing completion
Following the recent launch of the cutter suction dredger (CSD) HUSSEIN TANTAWY, the exterior of the vessel is now nearing completion, according to Royal IHC latest update. Last week, the main equipment was installed onto the vessel, including the cutter ladder and the spud carrier, IHC announced. W
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Harwood Marine completes David Allan repairs
Harwood Marine – situated on the Clarence River in Northern New South Wales Australia – has completed regular maintenance of the hopper dredge David Allan. The dredger is one of the most familiar vessels in the Port of Newcastle (NSW). The vessel recently underwent its five yearly docking and major
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Port of Workington dredging kicks off
Another one of Anthony D Bates Partnership maintenance dredging projects gets underway, this time in the Port of Workington. According to the company, the 2020 maintenance dredging campaign is in full swing now. The Port of Workington is located at the mouth of the River Derwent on the North East co
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SMT to assist Callan Marine in North Breton Island Restoration project
Smith Marine Towing Corporation (SMT) announced today a contract award to assist Callan Marine and North America’s largest dredge the General MacArthur on the North Breton Island Restoration project. According to SMT, the Smith Privateer will tow the dredge to location and assist in the set up. The
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The 360° experience of vessel launch (VIDEO)
Just a couple weeks ago, Royal IHC successfully launched cutter suction dredger (CSD) HUSSEIN TANTAWY. The launch of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) newbuild took place at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen a/d IJssel, the Netherlands. The CSD HUSSEIN TANTAWY is one of two vessels currently under construction