UK Dredging (UKD), part of Associated British Ports (ABP), and Damen recently signed a contract for construction of a new state of the art Water Injection Dredger (WID). Last month, UKD officials visited Rotterdam for a tour of Damen’s shipyard, where their new Shoalbuster 2711 WID will be built. Da
Peel Ports Group has welcomed a new energy efficient LNG dredger for the first time as it continues to improve the sustainability of its dredging work. The UK’s second largest port operator used Dutch marine contractor Van Oord’s groundbreaking Vox Apolonia for maintenance dredging of the Port of Li
Royal IHC has just released a very interesting article named ‘Technology word of the month – Critical velocity’. A pipeline operators main concern is to prevent blockages. So how fast do we need to pump a slurry through a pipeline? At high velocities slurry particles are in motion, typically by slid
The Queen Pool Lake Dredge restoration project is complete, according to the Blenheim Palace. Land & Water has been working tirelessly around the clock collecting over 300,000 cubic metres of silt and restoring the Queen Pool back to its original depth. The project, which began in April 2022, includ
Surveys are being undertaken in Brighton Marina to ascertain the results and exact depth of the dredging operations in the channel and identify any areas which need revisiting. According to Premier Marinas, also awaiting survey is the area around the Visitors Bay on pontoon 10 – a useful waiting are
Non-self-propelled dredger, built by Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod based) Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation (SSK), is to be shipped to the Altay Territory in about 40 days. The key function is dredging aimed at extension of the navigation period, according to the Transport Ministry of the Altay T
Introducing alternative fuels into the dredging sector may seem difficult, but it is certainly possible. C-Job Naval Architects is tackling this challenge, the company has created multiple concept designs of dredgers which make use of methanol as a marine fuel. Methanol is an easy switch for vessels
The first of Damen new generation Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSD) has entered the final stages of assembly at Damen Dredging in Nijkerk, the Netherlands. The CSD600 is capable of dredging to depths of -18 metres with 250kW cutter power. “The dredger is more productive, more efficient, more sustainable
Knights Brown has been awarded the contract to build Cardiff’s new coastal flood defence system in south-east Cardiff. The scheme, on the Rover Way foreshore and the banks of the River Rhymney, has been designed to protect properties from the impact of extreme weather events, and from rising sea lev
Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG) has reached agreement with its shareholders DP World, CMACGM/Terminal Link, HMM and MOL and the Port of Rotterdam Authority about a phased expansion of the RWG terminal. In a first phase, an extra berth for the deep-sea activities will be realized and, in addition to fu
Just one month after the contract was signed, Damen has delivered a new Multi Cat 1908 SD (shallow draught) to the German energy infrastructure construction company Bohlen & Doyen Bau GmbH, a subsidiary of Friedrich Vorwerk. The vessel, named Scholle, is the first marine asset to be bought by the co
Dredge pumps are typically used for underwater excavation. They gather sediments in shallow areas. The description of the video said that the operator of this dredge pump tried to nudge the shark away, unaware of just how powerful these pumps actually are:
