Oiltech Dredging Equipment, in collaboration with Impianti Draganti, has successfully delivered an overhauled IHC Cutter Suction Dredger (550) to a client in Africa. Together with Impianti Draganti, the company carried out a comprehensive overhauling of the dredger. The new Caterpillar 3512 engine w
A cutter suction dredging vessel (Damen CSD650) named Engineer Soltan Kazimov, commissioned by the Baku International Sea Trade Port, was successfully launched into the water via a floating dock at the Baku Shipyard today. The vessel’s design was developed by the experienced naval architects and eng
2024 was a busy year for Van Oord, with 229 projects completed in 39 countries, a solid operational performance and a high level of investment in sustainable vessels. According to the company, the investments included a dual fuel foundation and turbine installation vessel, a dual fuel cable-laying v
MOTAS has been awarded a contract to design and deliver dredge equipment and components, including a dredge automation package, for a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD). YÜTEK Makina Gemi İnşa Sanayi Ticaret Ltd. Şti will build the TSHD, which will be equipped with a dredge pump, bow coupling, g
A new Royal IHC course, designed for those who seek to expand expertise in the field of dredging, will take place from September 15-26, 2025. This two-week course – held at the IHC Training Institute in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands – will offer technical lectures, workshops and group discussions abou
A five-day dredging program is scheduled to take place in Douglas Outer Harbor from Friday, April 18, the Isle of Man Department of Infrastructure said. The work will be undertaken by specialist contractors Boskalis, who visited the Island for three days’ dredging last month following the completion
After spending the winter in the Netherlands, dredging several ports and fairways, the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Willem Sr has arrived in Fenit, Ireland. “On behalf of our client Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V. – Dutch Dredging, the TSHD Willem Sr – in cooperation with the Bed Leveler Rayado
Cohesive, part of Bentley Systems, Incorporated, has been appointed by DEME Group to support a key technology project designed to enhance management of its 100-strong fleet of specialist vessels. The team of enterprise asset management specialists at Cohesive will work with DEME to implement IBM Max
The Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, recently shared the latest photos of their harbor expansion project. As mentioned earlier, 570,000m2 of new harbor area is being built and dredging of the navigation channel is well underway and progressing according to schedule. The sand and clay from the deepening pro
IHC Mining in South Africa has been awarded a contract to build and supply an OTTer® 250 dredger to Guerrini Marine Construction for a crucial dredging project in Zeekoevlei, Cape Town. Zeekoevlei, a unique urban nature reserve, is set to undergo an extensive dredging operation to remove 364,000 m³
A dredging vessel working on the Rhine pulled up a large bomb dating back to World War II yesterday, prompting an immediate security response. The dredger Innovatie was working near the Pfaffendorf Bridge in Koblenz when the crew discovered a 500 kg WWII bomb, which had inadvertently been hauled abo
The Skandia Gateway fairway deepening project is marking one year since construction began at the Port of Gothenburg. While progress is continuing according to plan, efforts are also being made to meet the project’s climate ambitions, the Port said. Creativity The one of the largest infrastructure p
Boskalis Westminster crews have been deployed to the Port of Hull to dredge the Alexandra Dock. In a few years, the blades of exactly one hundred wind turbines in RWE’s 1.4 GW Sofia offshore wind farm in the North Sea will be rotating continuously. But in order to install the foundations, turbines a
This week marks a significant milestone in the recovery of the Walsall Canal, following a pollution incident in August 2024, when around 4,000 liters of contaminant, including highly toxic sodium cyanide and zinc cyanide, leaked into the canal. As a result, around one mile of the canal in the Pleck
