A dredging campaign is set to take place at Buncrana Harbor from May 19 to June 9, 2025. The MV Otterbank will carry out plough dredging daily from 7am to 8pm. “Access to the pier and movements within the harbor will be restricted during these works. All other harbor users and boat operators are ask
Russian shipyard Stroyliderplus launched a new non-self-propelled cutter suction dredger (CSD) yesterday. The CSD Nikolay Grichanovsky, ordered by Russian state-owned marine services provider Rosmorport, is the second vessel to be built under the Project FPDG3 series of CSDs designed for use in port
Royal IHC has just opened their expanded office space – Floor 501 – in Navi Mumbai. “This marks an important step in growing our presence in India, which has been part of our story since delivering our first dredger here in 1926,” said Royal IHC. IHC India offices serve as a regional hub, production
DEME Group has just announced its Trading Update for Q1 2025, reporting a steady first quarter performance. Highlights first quarter 2025 Dredging & Infra reported revenue of 429 million euros compared to 467 million euros for the first quarter of 2024, with the year-on-year decrease reflecting both
DEME Group took part in the first stone laying ceremony yesterday for the dredging and coastal defense works that mark the start of the Piattaforma Europa project at the Port of Livorno. This ambitious upgrade is set to transform Livorno into an even more powerful logistics hub for Tuscany, with 3 k
Van Oord crews have returned to Lincolnshire for another round of beach replenishment works. Over the next 4 to 5 weeks, around 200,000 to 500,000 cubic meters of sand will be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point. This will reduce the risk of flooding for 20,000 homes and busin
A Watermaster Classic V eco-dredger is removing 270,000 m³ of silt from a 5 km stretch of the Bosut River in Vinkovci, Croatia, where deposits have built up in layers up to 2 meters thick. According to Watermaster/Aquamec Ltd., the work is set to improve flow, reduces flood risk, supports irrigation
Italdraghe has signed a contract for the supply of six SGT 450 (18”) cutter suction dredgers (CSD) for the Indian market – in collaboration with a prestigious Indian shipyard. According to the Italian company, this agreement marks a new milestone in the Indian market, where they have been present fo
After a week of pumping operations, the hopper dredger Strandway has successfully restored beach levels near the Hovertravel terminal in Portsmouth, England. According to the Southsea Coastal Scheme, the beach recharge between the new rock at the Naval War Memorial and the Hovertravel terminal has n
The Western Dredging Association (WEDA) has announced the “Texas A&M Opening Plenary – CEO Panel” will take place Tuesday, June 24, 2025 as part of the first-day of programming of the 24th World Dredging Congress & Exposition (WODCON XXIV). The panel will feature distinguished leaders from four of t
ASTICAN has completed another major project – the repair of the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) River Thames, together with the team of Dredging International NV. The vessel, designed and build by Royal IHC, is based on the 2,300m³ TSHD LESSE, delivered to Baggerbedrijf de Boer in 2019. Accor
Filia Dredging acquired the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Moustakbal recently. After a thorough refurbishment, the trailing suction hopper dredger will start working again as TSHD Biesbosch. “This name refers both to our own roots and to the roots of the Dutch dredging industry,” Filia said
