Ellicott Dredge Technologies (EDT) has announced the successful launch of a Mud Cat MFD at Griffin & Howe’s Echo Lake in the Catskills region of New York. John Wunderluch of Freshwater selected the Mud Cat MFD because of its ability to work as a hydraulic dredge with the MC-Cutter Pump and a mechani
The Negombo Lagoon cleanup project in Sri Lanka was recently completed by using a multipurpose Watermaster amphibious dredging machine. The Negombo Lagoon suffers from heavy siltation and the presence of urban debris, making big trouble for the fishing and sightseeing boats to enter the certain part
In their Summer 2017 Issue of the Company Magazine, Jay Cashman, Inc. said that the company’s hydraulic barge offloader Kraken has been refitted recently so it can now operate either as a barge offloader or as a booster barge. The American heavy-construction company based in Quincy, Massachusetts, s
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (August 21-27, 2017). Jan De Nul’s New Cutter Suction Dredger Launched Mrs. Julie De Nul has released the self-propelled cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck in the sea at the Uljanik Shipyard in Croatia.
Royal IHC and Dutch Dredging have joined forces to upgrade the pump room on the trailing suction hopper dredger Amazone. Both companies worked together in close cooperation to design a drive train capable of reducing its loading time by more than 30%. “IHC is the only service provider capable of sup
Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik has just announced that the launching ceremony of one of the world’s largest cutter suction dredgers, Jan De Nul’s ‘Willem van Rubroeck’, will take place tomorrow, August 26. The new CSD will be approximately 50% more powerful than the J.F.J. De Nul, currently the larges
DEME’s subsidiary MEDCO (Middle East Dredging Company) has been awarded a contract for the Old Doha Port Redevelopment project in Qatar. In Singapore, DIAP (Dredging International Asia Pacific Pte Ltd) also secured a contract for the Ayer Merbau Reclamation Phase 2 project, DEME said in its latest r
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just revealed the 7th nominee for its Safety Award 2017 – Jan De Nul Group’s Hatch Covers for Deck Hatches. When a low deck hatch is in the process of opening, it quickly becomes a dangerous situation. Falling down an unprotected and ope
IHC America – part of Royal IHC – has been awarded a contract for the design, construction and delivery of a spud system with Weeks Marine Inc. According to IHC, the innovative spud system will be installed on the J.S. CHATRY, a newly-built cutter suction dredger (CSD) that will be operating in coas
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, newest hydrographic survey vessel, SV Catlett, arrived in Baltimore July 2017 and is the most recent addition to the district’s fleet of working vessels. Named in honor of Harold Lloyd Catlett, Jr., the vessel will be christened in a ceremony on
The Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) recently commissioned DHI Australia to undertake a numerical modelling of the coastal processes at West Beach, aiming to gain greater insight into the nature of the erosion and the effectiveness of possible management options. West B
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just revealed the 6th nominee for its Safety Award 2017 – the Jan De Nul Group’s Controlled Connection of Floating Pipelines. The manual process of connecting floating pipelines has always been a risky task. Calm water conditions and com
Dredge projects are tendered around the globe on a daily basis. Consequently, dredging contractors have to make new calculations, involving various production parameters, when preparing their project quotations. Damen has introduced an online dredge job calculator to unburden contractors of this tim
Doedijns Group International (DGI), through its US subsidiary Logan Industries International Corporation (DGI Logan), has acquired Hadco Services Inc. (Hadco). Hadco is a specialized repair and service company based in Mobile, Alabama. DGI, headquartered in the Netherlands, is a supplier of hydrauli
