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Dredge hits pipeline in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel
The Coast Guard has suspended its search Saturday for two missing crew members from the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd. Two people are still missing and six have been hospitalized for injuries caused by a pipeline explosion after a dredging vessel hit a submerged gas pipeline in the Corpus Christi Sh
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Van Oord testing the use of biofuel
Following the biofuel pilot last year, Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger HAM 316 has again successfully executed two projects, while running on biofuel. This time the vessel was deployed in the United Kingdom. First on the Lincolnshire Beach Management works, which we executed for the Envir
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CSD MOHAB MAMEESH cutter ladder installation VIDEO
Last month, Royal IHC crews successfully completed the installation of cutter ladder for Suez Canal Authority’s (SCA) cutter suction dredger MOHAB MAMEESH. With this, the project reached another milestone towards the completion and delivery of this mighty vessel to the client. The MOHAB MAMEESH is o
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Argentinian shipyard to build DOP Dredger 250
SPI Servicios Portuarios Integrados for Mar del Plata port in Argentina has acquired a DOP Dredger component package from Damen Shipyards Group. The Argentinian shipyard will build major components and assemble the dredger. According to Damen, this will be the first locally built dredger in Argentin
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CSD Spartacus spuds installation VIDEO
Last week, we reported a major milestone in the construction of the world’s first LNG-powered cutter suction dredger (CSD) Spartacus. DEME and Royal IHC teams are putting the finishing touches to this pioneering new vessel. As reported, both giant spuds for the new CSD are now in place, marking the
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The future of internal combustion engines
In their earlier blogs, Royal IHC shared the company’s vision towards the innovative and complex drive systems that are required for the maritime energy transition. Fuel cells are seen as the prime mover for the future, but what will happen with the internal combustion engines? In the latest blog, I
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Successful delivery of Marlin Class dredge
DSC Dredge has just announced the successful delivery of its Marlin Class dredge to a valued DSC client. Over the past 20+ months, DSC Dredge teams in Poplarville, MS and Reserve, LA have worked tirelessly to design, build and ship out two custom Marlin dredges. “A huge thank you to all of our DSC t
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CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Company opts for Bakker
Bakker Sliedrecht has won a contract to supply its innovative condition monitoring system for measuring vibration of bearings in submersible motors to trailing suction hopper dredger Jun Yang 1, the largest trailing suction hopper dredger in China at the moment. Condition monitoring is a way to impr
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Yed Prior conversion almost done
For the last couple of months, the MV Yed Prior has been docked at the Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in Delfzijl for a conversion. The vessel is being converted from a container ship to a gravel dredger for the fa. Spaansen. According to the Niestern Sander, the Yed Prior conversion project is expe
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USACE dredging in Ocean City
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Dredge CURRITUCK is in Ocean City, Md., for a sand bypassing operation to Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS). The dredge is scheduled to work in the area for about a month, and will be removing material from in and around the channel, with an emphasis on the
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TSHD Ecodelta at Niestern Sander yard
The LNG trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ecodelta, owned by Bagger- en Aannemingsmaatschappij Van der Kamp B.V. from Zwolle, visited the Niestern Sander yard last week. According to the Niestern’s latest announcement, this is not the first time for the dredger to visit the shipyard. She was bu
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TSHD River Thames busy in Africa
DEME’s latest addition to the dredging fleet is already at work on the African continent. The 2,500m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ‘River Thames’ has been mobilised in Cotonou, Benin, where she carried out some dredging trials before heading to Gabon, informs the company. DEME also added t
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Construction on track for Hanson new dredger
Damen’s Galati yard in Romania is making nice progress in the construction of a new dredger type MAD3500, which is being built for Hanson Aggregates Marine. Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD) 3500 is the latest vessel in Damen’s series of newly designed and recently launched specific marine aggregate dr
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Dual-fuel water injection dredger L’Ostrea conducting sea trials
First dual-fuel (marine diesel oil/liquefied natural gas) vessel built in a French shipyard, the water injection dredger L’Ostrea is currently conducting sea trials. According to the shipbuilder, in a few days, L’Ostrea will transit towards Bordeaux where the last dredging tests will be performed in