Akash Dredging & Marine services (p) ltd, Visakhapatnam (ADAMS) announces acquisition of a New Cutter Suction Dredger, from DAMEN Shipyards, the Netherlands. This dredger after its erection and trails by the OEM shall be inaugurated on 11th February 2012 at ABG Shipyard – Dahej, Gujarat. ADAMS is a professionally managed company headed by its MD [...]
The Belgian Company Jan De Null has chosen Ibercisa to supply deck machinery for the new dredger “Willen de Vlamingh” presently in Singapore having sailed from Korea. Machinery supplied includes a huge winch electronically driven by frequency converter and comprises a main engine of 110 Kw giving a direct pull of 33 tn., and a [...]
Tyne Gangway and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) have inked a gangway deal for the dredging vessel Chang Jiang Kou 01. This agreement was signed after the companies exhibiting at China’s largest maritime trade exhibition, Marintec. “We have made some fantastic contacts and have received some very promising sales leads. Marintec 2011 has been a [...]
Called to Morehead city to remove hazardous shoaling, a dredge owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wound up responding to an emergency of a different sort early on the morning of Martin Luther King Day. Crew members of the Dredge McFarland rescued a boater who had reportedly been floating in 48 degree water [...]
Tongheng, the 11000m3 trailing suction hopper dredger being constructed by CMHI, was successfully launched on December 26. Guests from CCCC, Tianjin Dredging Corporation, MARIC and CCS Shenzhen Branch presented at the ceremony. Emceed by Mr. Tu Fengqing, the Deputy Managing Director of CMHI, Mr. Zhu Guiming, the Managing Director of CMHI, and Mr. Gu Ming, [...]
Authorities have started the removal process of 70 tons of fuel oil and six tons of hydraulic oil from the sunken dredger in the Ngqura Harbour. “We anticipate that it will have a minimal impact. There are ships being unloaded and loaded and ships can come in and out of the port without any interference. [...]
The Dutra Group has announced that it has added a hopper dredge, the Stuyvesant, to its fleet of dredges, marking an historic day in the company’s history. At 372 feet in length and 72 feet wide, the Stuyvesant is the second largest hopper dredge in the United States. Bill Dutra, President and CEO of The [...]
JSC RCDB Stapel has developed and handed over to the customer the next project of a non-self propelled suction dredger of capacity of 4,000 cbm/h. The dredger is designed for dredging, land reclamation, mining and removal of sediments. The vessel is a dismountable structure consisting of fastened together six pontoons. “Thanks to the vessel design, [...]
The dredger “E.W. Ellefsen” has arrived and is currently in Corson’s Inlet, where it will pump approximately one million cubic yards of sand over the next two months onto Ludlam Island. Beach-fill in the north end of Sea Isle City at 1st Street is expected to begin in the first half of January, 2012. After [...]
Negros Occidental Gov. Alfredo Mara–on Jr. asked every Negrense to pray for peace and to thank the Lord for sparing the province from calamities. He said that the PDMP has even forecasted and reported typhoon ‘Sendong’ ahead and it also come out with an early warning for Negrenses. The provincial government has acquired a brand-new [...]
