Get a glimpse on board one of the two Damen Shipyard’s Marine Aggregate Dredgers (MAD) 3500, where Alewijnse successfully delivered the complete electrical installation package for the new dredger. The Alewijnse scope of the project comprised the engineering, delivery and commissioning of the vessel
FueLNG Private Limited has just completed the bunkering of the Van Oord’s new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Ariane. This marks the first dredger bunkered by the FueLNG Bellina and extends their track record in providing safe and reliable ship-to-ship bunkering for a wide range of vessel
Royal IHC hosted a Central Dredging Association – CEDA /KNVTS meeting on the Suez Canal and the Ever Given last week. During the meeting, three lectures were given highlighting the importance of the canal including how to best maintain it, the size of the vessels that pass through it, and how contai
During the construction of the new quay walls in the Amaliahaven, Van Oord is paying special attention to reducing emissions. This is in line with the Rotterdam Port Authority’s ambitions. The use of equipment running on ???????????? ????????? ??? (???) and ???????? ???????????? ????????? greatly re
Flemish Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Lydia Peeters was recently in Kallo, in Port of Antwerp, to inspect works on a major component of the Nieuwpoort storm surge barrier currently under construction by the Agency for Maritime Services and Coast (MSC). 23.5 metre wide, 42.1 metre long and
An impressive 25 ton bow discharge assembly left Straatman BV factory in Zwijndrecht earlier this week and is now on the way to the United States. According to the company, the bow discharge installation has an inside diameter of ø762 mm and a maximum working pressure of 20 bar. The bow coupling ins
Last Friday, Kooiman-Hoebee Shipyard in Dordrecht shipyard successfully refloated trailing suction hopper dredger Swalinge. According to Kooiman, the work on TSHD Swalinge started in January 2022, and by now the ship has been extended by 37 meters with many other adjustments also completed. The Swal
Rosslare Europort management has announced plans to establish the port, its hinterland and the south-east region as Ireland’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, with the potential to create up to 2,000 jobs. After a history making 2021 which saw Rosslare Europort become Ireland’s number one port f
Land & Water CEO James Maclean held a presentation yesterday at the Working in the Wet conference for the Institution of Civil Engineers on the topic of marine innovation and sustainability. “We have an internal target of becoming carbon net zero by 2030, in line with the objectives of the Environme
Preparations for the Addu City capital land reclamation project will start immediately, Van Oord said today. Land will be reclaimed along the coasts of the islands Hithadhoo and Maradhoo/Maradhoo-Feydhoo. In addition, three new islands will be created in the city’s lagoon. The trailing suction hoppe
Jan De Nul Group is joining forces with Seiche Ltd to start trials for the development of an automated marine mammal detection system on board of its vessels. A collaboration agreement to start this innovative pilot project with Seiche’s new second-generation HD thermal cameras was signed in May 202
City Bank has arranged an ECA (Export Credit Agency) backed long term financing of EUR 28.63 million to facilitate Western Engineering Limited, a local leading dredging solution provider, importing 10 dredgers from Royal IHC, Netherlands. Under the arrangement, Dutch ECA Atradius Dutch State Busines
