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
Damen has just released a video about the first Damen Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 650 which is currently being built at Baku Shipyard, Azerbaijan. The design of the dredger and its materials package have been delivered by Damen Shipyards Group. The dredger, which will be ready later this year, will
After a postponement of the activities and a pause in the project, work on creating a deeper and better shipping channel at pier 36 in Kristiansand Harbor is now back in full swing. The work in Kristiansand was first started in 2022 in close collaboration with a Norwegian contractor, but was put on
ENKA İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. (ENKA) has completed its first towing operation in the new year – Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Vesalius, from Port Kuryk to Port Bautino. ENKA is a global engineering and construction firm headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. Also, the Turkish giant provides ful
Royal IHC has just announced the successful delivery of another Beaver 50 cutter suction dredger (CSD) to its African customer. According to the Dutch giant, the dredger is currently being commissioned. After commissioning, the Royal IHC crews will “enter the start up and guarantee phase where an IH
Last year, Jan De Nul Group finalized a new deep-water port in Nador, Morocco. Strategically located and equipped with modern infrastructure, the port is set to drive economic growth in the region. Located on the western side of the ‘Cap des Trois Fourches’ peninsula, near the Nador city, the new po
ML (UK) Dredging Ltd recently kicked off a dredging campaign in Newhaven Marina. The dredging, which commenced in late November, is being carried out by the backhoe dredger WITTON II. Self-propelled split hopper barge SPLIT THREE is transporting the spoil material from the Marina to the disposal gro
After successfully completing dredging works in Poole Harbor, Jenkins Marine’s dredger ‘C H Horn’ has arrived in Ipswich to start work on the Woolverstone Marina dredging project. C H Horn is an extremely efficient and manoeuvrable self contained dredger, able to load her 125m3 capacity hopper well
