DEME Group has just announced that its well-known cutter suction dredger (CSD) Amazone is ready for its next challenge. After the 10-year special survey and some essential repairs, including a period in dry dock in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, the Amazone is back in top form. “As the Amazone sets sa
Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced the successful renewal of a lease agreement with Breedon Group PLC, the vertically integrated construction materials group in Great Britain and Ireland, at the Port of Newport. This significant milestone marks their commitment to providing essential produ
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has delivered the complete component package for the 800 mm pipe diameter sand backfill installation for these works by the Femern Link Contractors joint venture (FLC). The order was awarded by Dutch shipyard Group Neptune Marine – the builders of the large spreader pontoon
Titan has successfully performed the first two Ship-to-Ship LNG bunker operations in Hamburg. On the 14th of August, the company facilitated a second LNG bunkering to the Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Ariane. Titan’s ship Optimus executed bunkering of a total of 808 cbm of LN
Boskalis has acquired two contracts for the transportation and installation of the export and array cables for the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm off the coast of Poland. The two contracts were awarded by a joint venture between PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna and Ørsted, which are developing the
At 271.5 meters, Georgia’s Enguri Hydropower Dam is the second highest in the world, holding a staggering 1,100,000,000m3 water and 20 turbines producing a total capacity of 1,300MW electricity. According to Damen, this is no ordinary dam, and keeping it free from sediment requires no ordinary dredg
As part of the joint venture Dutch Dredging Simulators, Controllab has developed a cutter suction dredger simulator. The first training simulator has been tailored and delivered to the customer Adani. The simulator is transportable but still simulates all relevant aspects in detail. From start-up, t
Earlier this year, Brance Diversified, Inc. (BDI) utilized the Liebherr HS 8100.1 duty cycle crawler crane for dredging work off the coast of Florida. The company spent approximately two months dredging 50,000 cubic yards in Jacksonville, FL. BDI chose to use their Liebherr HS 8100.1 crane to comple
Although 2023 has been a year of incredible achievements for IHC Mining, the company yesterday shared another major milestone – commissioning of the new dredge in Brazil. IHC Mining kicked off the year by securing a groundbreaking sale of a state-of-the-art dredger for one of the valued clients in B
Non-self-propelled dredger, built by Gorodets (Nizhny Novgorod based) Ship Repair and Shipbuilding Corporation (SSK), is to be shipped to the Altay Territory in about 40 days. The key function is dredging aimed at extension of the navigation period, according to the Transport Ministry of the Altay T
The first of Damen new generation Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSD) has entered the final stages of assembly at Damen Dredging in Nijkerk, the Netherlands. The CSD600 is capable of dredging to depths of -18 metres with 250kW cutter power. “The dredger is more productive, more efficient, more sustainable
Just one month after the contract was signed, Damen has delivered a new Multi Cat 1908 SD (shallow draught) to the German energy infrastructure construction company Bohlen & Doyen Bau GmbH, a subsidiary of Friedrich Vorwerk. The vessel, named Scholle, is the first marine asset to be bought by the co
Dredge pumps are typically used for underwater excavation. They gather sediments in shallow areas. The description of the video said that the operator of this dredge pump tried to nudge the shark away, unaware of just how powerful these pumps actually are:
As the first point of contact with the soil a drag head is of vital importance to the entire dredging process. Although clay is one of the most difficult soils to dredge with a trailing suction hopper dredger, there is a solution – the Royal IHC Mighty Dragon drag head. Dredging soils such as clay [
