Royal IHC has just released this amazing video of the CSD Mohab Mameesh undergoing her sea trials near the Dutch coast in the North Sea. During the sea trials, multiple installations have successfully been tested. “Now we are going into the final phase of the building process, finalizing the vessel
Royal IHC will update the original dredging control system (DCS) and dynamic positioning and dynamic tracking (DP/DT) system of the twin vessels Willem van Oranje and Gateway, owned by Boskalis. The present DCS and DP/DT concepts – dating from newbuilding in 2009/10 – have proven to be reliable syst
Last week, a working meeting was held in the seaport of Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Head of Rosmorrechflot Vladislav Stavitsky regarding the implementation of the project “Complex of coastal and marine infrastructure in the seaport of Gelendzhik”. The mee
Heijmans has won a five-year contract for the maintenance of waterways in the central-eastern part of the Netherlands (Oost-Nederland). The performance contract, awarded by the Dutch Ministry of Public Works and Waterways, covers the Boven-Rijn and Waal rivers and the Maas-Waal canal and represents
Van Oord has launched the Climate Risk Overview, a global online tool that combines multiple data layers and enables users to identify the world’s most-at-risk coastal areas. The tool is in the public domain and anyone can use it. Van Oord unveiled the new tool during the international Climate Adapt
Wild weather last week slowed down Southsea Coastal Scheme piling progress as high winds limited the pitching of steel sheet piles. According to the project update, the weather conditions kept the working platform maintenance gang busy, ensuring the dredged platform wasn’t washed out to sea. The pro
In 2020 Rohde Nielsen A/S completed three exciting maintenance dredging projects in the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark. First out of three was the Project Grådyb. There, Rohde Nielsen removed around 230.000 m3 of non-contaminated dredged sediment from the fairway channel entrance leading to Port of Esbjer
Royal IHC’s newly built cutter suction dredger MOHAB MAMEESH has successfully completed its basin trials, the shipbuilder reports. According to IHC, after the basin trials, the newbuild will go out to sea once again, this time for dredging trials. The MOHAB MAMEESH is one of two vessels currently un
FSUE “Rosmorport” Astrakhan branch recently added two more vessels to its dredging fleet, the North-West–503 dredger of the R-36 project and the ShS–74 self-propelled scow of the R-122 project. Due to the reception of these vessels, the dredging fleet of the Astrakhan branch increased up to 6 vessel
Despite witnessing a downfall in 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dredging market is gradually recovering, and is projected to exhibit steady growth over the coming years, reports the Fact.MR. For example, the United States passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
Two brand-new Jan De Nul vessels, the cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck and the trailing suction hopper dredger Galileo Galilei, are getting ready for their next challenges. The brand-new dredger Willem van Rubroeck docked in the Port of Ghent yesterday evening. This powerful cutter suction
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council recently kicked off a major clean-up campaign of the South Lake in Craigavon. This campaign, which will refresh the lake, started before Christmas to ensure that the waters will be restored, revived and ready to use when the new Watersports Centre
