Royal IHC’s Singapore branch delivered two Plumigator overflows to one of its customers recently. “Based on their positive experience with the Plumigator, they have decided to use our innovative anti-turbidity solution in stead of green valves,” Royal IHC said. “The fact that the Plumigator has no a
MOTAS Dredging Solutions designed and delivered the cutterheads for two custom designed cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) 750 recently. These heavy duty cutterheads are designed to operate at a cutter power range of 1000kW to 1500kW. According to MOTAS, both cutterheads are five bladed and equipped wit
The self-propelled hopper dredger Kronshlot, which was previously operated by the Astrakhan Branch of FSUE “Rosmorport”, has been transferred to the management of the Makhachkala Branch of the enterprise. The dredger Kronshlot became the third vessel in the dredging fleet of the Makhachkala Branch a
DEME, in partnership with Terélian, has won a contract to create a new 1,800-meter-long access channel – protected by a breakwater – linking Port 2000 in Le Havre directly to the Seine estuary. For this capital project, DEME will deploy several dredging vessels from its specialist fleet. The prepara
Royal IHC has launched the first of two fully electric, custom-built Cutter Suction Dredgers at the Yard in Kinderdijk, Netherlands. The new dredger, being built for Kenmare Resources in Africa, was launched without any public announcement on Saturday, January 25th. Together with its sistership, sch
For professionals involved in activities for water infrastructure development, IADC and CEDA will tomorrow hold a new edition of the Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure course. Taking place in Scandinavia, the course will be held from 28-30 January 2025 in Copenhagen (Denmark) with the support o
DEME Group has just released the latest update on the Scheldetunnel project, saying that the final section of the old dike on Antwerp’s Left Bank – which separates the river Scheldt from the Scheldetunnel – is being excavated. Once this section is removed, the first tunnel element will be fully unde
At the Damen Dredging Yard, two new generation cutter suction dredgers CSD450 and CSD600 are along the quay for outfitting and trials – almost ready for delivery. The fully dismountable CSD450 is equipped with a high efficiency dredge pump and heavy-duty side wire winches and has a dredging depth of
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) HAM 317 is currently very busy working at the Port of Huelva, Spain. The Port Authority of Huelva obtained the “Working with Nature” certification from the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) recently, for its dredging manageme
HydroSurv, in partnership with WASSP Multibeam from Furuno UK, has delivered a REAV-28 Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) equipped with a WASSP multibeam echosounder system to Foyle Marine & Dredging. According to the company, this system is suited for providing bathymetric survey for marine construction
Bell Dredging Equipment has delivered a complete dredge pump set for the Europa Terminal renewal in Antwerp. Bell said that Adex Groep will work for the next 8 years on the large-scale renewal of the Europa Terminal in the Port of Antwerp. For this project, the Bell 300 dredge pump – along with a po
Boskalis crews are making great progress on the dredging project in the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania. For this project, the company has deployed trailing suction hopper dredger Freeway and backhoe dredger Magnor – assisted by the pusher tugs Union Topaz and Union Onyx with Terraferre barges 501 and 5
Dredging is now underway on the River Parrett downstream of Burrowbridge, Somerset Rivers Authority said. Following a successful trial last year, a Water Injection Dredging (WID) vessel is being used in combination with an excavator mounted on a floating platform in the river. Under the cleanup prog
Neptune Marine has just completed dredging trials of the new Tier III stage V certified Gator 50 cutter suction dredger. With an innovative and premium design, the Gator 50 leads the new generation of dredgers that go further. Designed for high productivity, the dredger incorporates the best equipme
