Last Tuesday a Central Dredging Association – CEDA meeting was held at Damen Shipyards in The Netherlands. The fully-booked member network event included a yard tour and a series of presentations, including a short history on dredge builders by Joke Korteweg. Moreover Pieter Verbiest spoke on work b
The development of the Amaliahaven on Maasvlakte II is in full swing. Together with consortium partners HOCHTIEF Nederland and Ballast Nedam, Van Oord is constructing 2.5 kilometres of new deep-sea and inland shipping quays in the Princess Amaliahaven. The development will potentially increase annua
Van Oord has won a contract from FSRU Wilhelmshaven to construct a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) jetty at Wilhelmshaven in Germany. To expedite the project, monopiles are used as the foundation for the jetty, said Van Oord. According to their official announcement, the Dutch giant
ROHR-IDRECO Dredge Systems has successfully completed Factory Acceptance Test for the zero-emission large Cutter Suction Dredge type “Falcon”. After this the dredge will be disassembled in an eight-day process and shipped to the overseas mining site in modular blocks and containers, for quick local
Late last year, BLRT Repair Yards welcomed Van Oord’s magnificent trailing suction hopper dredger, Vox Amalia, to its facilities in Klaipeda. The company has been busy renewing the overflow hydraulic cylinders. This included the re-installation of the main sea inlet liner and an upgrade of the sea i
The water injection dredging works have concluded in Maryport Harbour and Marina, Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) said. “The plant was provided by Van Oord and undertaken on a charter contract, supervised onsite by ADBP consultant John Gunn,” said the company. All works were completed on time and
Despite the sub-zero winter temperatures, the Yacht Club Podersdorf in Austria has begun its suction dredging operations with the Watermaster eco-dredger. “Regardless of difficult conditions and sub-zero temperatures, the dredging work in the club is progressing well,” the yacht club announced last
Construction on the Boskalis’ new Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger has begun at Royal IHC Krimpen aan den IJssel yard in the Netherlands, with first steel cut on 9 January. Boskalis Executive Board member Theo Baartmans officially cut the first steel plate of their new 31,000m3 TSHD designed by Royal
Jan De Nul Group has been busy lately dredging at the Port of Rostock, Germany. Awarded by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV), the project includes deepening of the approach channel (Seekanal) and the Rostock Port area. Currently, the fleet of 10 vessels is engaged in this dredg
DEME Group’s cutter suction dredger ‘Amazone’ and hopper dredgers ‘Artevelde’, ‘Marieke’, and ‘Pallieter’ are moving ahead with the enormous task of removing the remaining peninsula at the New Lock Terneuzen project. Also, DEME’s backhoe dredger ‘Peter the Great’ recently joined the fleet of four dr
The performance of any dredger is highly dependent on the efficiency of the slurry pump. That’s why for decades Royal IHC has been researching how these can work more efficiently. The latest findings have led to the development of a new generation of dredge pumps with three major improvements: Cutte
MAN Energy Solutions will supply 3 × MAN 49/60 engines for new Boskalis’ 31,000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). According to MAN, each engine will come accompanied by an exhaust-gas after-treatment system, namely an MAN Low-Pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction (LP-SCR) system, that ensu
The Maldives is facing serious capacity challenges. The capital city of Malé is overcrowded, both in terms of population and port infrastructure. According to Boskalis, creating new land near Malé will enable the international commercial port currently located on Malé to be relocated and will enable
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Deo Gloria is currently very busy working at the entrance of the Manchester Ship Canal on the River Mersey. The dredger was built in 1978 and has a gross tonnage of 1512, with a deadweight of 2100 tons. She measures 70.36 metres long with a beam of 14.33 me
