Dutch shipbuilder DE Klop has announced the start of production of the Cygnus, a revolutionary fully electric cutter suction dredger. This innovative dredger, with a discharge diameter of 500 mm, marks another step towards sustainable and environmentally friendly dredging solutions. The Cygnus is be
The Mexican foreign trade authorities conducted a search on the Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Zheng He and seized it in November 2023. According to these authorities, the vessel must be classified as foreign ’merchandise‘ and following such classification, she should have been imported i
Royal IHC recently presented a compact modular dredger that is easy to maintain and deploy, utilising IHC’s submersible OTTer-Pump range. The OTTer is a range of compact dredgers as platform for deploying the OTTer-Pump. This provides customers with a modular, compact and cost-effective solution to
After more than two years of preparations, Boskalis Nederland has started the first works on the Oosterweelknoopunt project in Antwerp. The consortium Rinkoniên Oosterweelknoop, consisting of the companies Mobilis TBI, Artes Group, CIT Blaton, STADSBADER NV and Boskalis Nederland started the operati
Royal Van der Leun has entered in a collaboration agreement with Royal IHC to build a diesel-electric hopper dredger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Under the contract, Royal Van der Leun will deliver the machinery, nautical systems, switchboards, cabling and complete system integratio
MT Højgaard has reached an important milestone in the Port of Roenne expansion program. The sand filling and construction of bottom protection under the pavement for stage 3 is now complete, marking the end of a significant part of the works, the Port said in its latest project update. The last load
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ursa, built by the Finnish shipyard Tyovene Oy, was christened on Friday, August 9th. After successful sea-trails in Poland, the dredger was handed over to the Maritime Office in Gdynia. The TSHD’s primary task will be to service the new, over 20 km waterwa
Knights Brown has just released this very interesting video about the Mumbles Coastal Protection Scheme. This project involves coastal protection works along Mumbles Promenade, near Swansea, UK. The improvement works will provide enhanced flood and coastal erosion protection to businesses and reside
Rechvodput, Russia’s inland waterway transport authority, took delivery of a new non-self-propelled dredger Tobol recently. The dredger, built by local company Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation, is the fifth vessel under the Project 4395 series of dredgers that were designed by naval architec
The autonomous survey USV VO:X Barentsz (a ??? ????? 7m USV type) made its debut in the Port of Scheveningen this week. “Under the watchful eyes of our engineers, the port authority along with Van Oord Survey department staff, we observed its smooth sailing, stability and maneuverability on the wate
Wasa Dredging, on behalf of Kystverket, has commenced a dredging project in Florø, Norway. Two of the company’s combined dredging/drilling units “Hector” and “Boulder” as well as the EX1200 long-reach land machine are currently working on the project in Florø. The project consists of deepening and w
VOSTA LMG has delivered two side suction installations, including the complete dredge automation, monitoring and control system, for a new 5,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Galveston Island. The new dredger is being built by Conrad Shipyard for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GL
