UAE’s NMDC Energy has secured a $1.136 billion engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract with a Taiwanese company for the installation of subsea gas pipelines, among other things, for the renewal of a power plant in Taiwan. Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) has appointed NMDC Energy to
Damen Shipyards Group and Port Otago with partner Napier Port have signed a contract for the delivery of a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) 1000. At nearly 60 metres in length, this standard Damen design has a maximum hopper volume of 1000m3 with twin azimuth thrusters and bow thruster to ensu
Sea and retaining walls in the vicinity of Hataitai beach are being upgraded over the next eight months, starting to the south of the beach between the changing sheds and the boatsheds, said Wellington City Council. The existing walls are in poor condition and work to replace and improve them is req
The Northern Territory Government’s Mandorah Marine Facilities project has achieved a new milestone with dredging and construction of two breakwaters now complete. The new marine facilities are being delivered to improve and maintain public transport services for residents and visitors to Mandorah,
Jan De Nul has just released this amazing video named ‘Working principles of a Water Injection Dredger’. Water Injection Dredgers (WIDs) are smaller than traditional dredgers, which makes them very manoeuvrable. With their limited draught, they are ideal for executing maintenance dredging works in s
Jan De Nul has released a beautiful video named ‘Working principles of a Backhoe Dredger’. A backhoe dredger is a pontoon which is equipped with a hydraulic excavator that excavates the soil and discharges it into a split hopper barge. This crane pontoon is equipped with a hydraulic excavator. Three
The Maldives President, Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, said that additional dredgers will be utilized this year to speed up the progress of land reclamation under the visionary Ras Male’ project. The President made the remark yesterday, while addressing the residents of Gulhi, Kaafu Atoll, during his visit to
Compass Global Pvt Ltd is using a Watermaster in the Maldives for dredging, land reclamation, construction and erosion control. This work helps sustain islands, support local communities and develop tourism that drives the economy. “By using one of our multipurpose dredgers instead of several single
Jan De Nul has released a very interesting video named ‘Working principles of a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger’. A trailing suction hopper dredger dredges loose material and soft soils such as sand, gravel, sludge or clay. One or two suction pipes are lowered on the seabed and the drag head is trai
Cutter suction dredger J.F.J. De Nul recently departed the Pilbara region of Western Australia, after successful completion of dredging work in Port Hedland. Since the project began in September, Jan De Nul team has created a deeper access channel, dredged two berth pockets and deepened a swing basi
Jan De Nul has released a very interesting video named ‘Working principles of a Cutter Suction Dredger’. A cutter suction dredger cuts hard soil into fragments with a rotating cutter head. The material is sucked up by dredge pumps and discharged to a deposit area through pipelines across sea and lan
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