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
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
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
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
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
Boskalis released its half-year figures 2024 this morning, saying that they achieved a historically high result after busy and good first half year. Commenting the results, Peter Berdowski, CEO Boskalis, said: “Financially, the past six months have been the most successful we have achieved in Boskal
The Royal IHC Beaver 65 cutter suction dredger has been successfully delivered to a client in Indonesia and is now en route to its first project. The Beaver 65 CSD, featuring a robust 650 mm pipe diameter, is celebrated for its reliability, fuel efficiency, and low maintenance costs. It stands as th
For the first time, hopper dredgers Vox Apolonia and Vox Alexia are working together in the Amaliahaven Rotterdam located on Maasvlakte II. A consortium of Van Oord, HOCHTIEF and Ballast Nedam has constructed 2.4 kilometres of new quay wall. These new quays are now being dredged to a depth of more t
Two large side sections of the Boskalis’ new mega hopper dredger are currently under construction at the Royal IHC Krimpen. The two sections (seen in the photo) with also the bottom dump doors were spotted when they were transported by using the Lekstroom Transport coupled barges. The new vessel, on
Ten years after their last major dredging project in Poland, Boskalis is now kicking off another major dredging work in the country. Using the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Freeway, the Dutch giant is now dredging sand and silt to both deepen and expand the access channel to the new Swinouj
German LNG terminal operator DET has temporarily relocated the 174,000-cbm FSRU Energos Force from the AVG jetty in Stade due to a dredging project in this area. Starting this week, Niedersachsen Ports will carry out planned dredging operations at the jetty for liquefied gases (AVG) in the Port of S
