Nautilus Minerals Inc. has announced that the commissioning and Factory Acceptance Testing of its third and final Seafloor Production Tool, the Auxiliary Cutter, has started at Soil Machine Dynamics’ facility at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Nautilus’ CEO, Mike Johnston said: “We are very excited that th
Damen Dredging Equipment (DDE), the specialist in highly efficient dredging tools within the Damen Shipyards Group, has delivered and installed a new main engine for the stationary dredger “Rezoug Youcef”. The cutter suction dredger, built by De Groot Nijkerk in 1988, has worked in an Algerian reser
Dragflow, a world player in solid pumping solutions with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment, is continuing the development of new products addressing the changing needs of dredging industry. Just a few days ago, we interviewed one of the com
The Russian state-owned port services company, FSUE Rosmorport, will expand its dredging fleet with four new dredging vessels in the 2016-2017 period, according to Executive Director of Rosmorport Andrey Lavrischev. The CEO revealed this information today at the II International Forum of Dredging Co
Van Oord, one of the world’s leading contractors for dredging, marine engineering and offshore energy sectors, is considering the possibility of dredging the Russian rivers. The company’s branch manager for Russia, Anko Bos said today at the II International Forum of Dredging Companies that Van Oord
The City Council and the Port Authority of Trondheim in Norway have awarded its port basin rehabilitation project to Envisan, the environmental subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group. With this contract Trondheim wants to restore the port basin to its desired depth and aims at stopping the further spread of
DEME, the Belgian dredging, hydraulic engineering and environmental solutions group, has secured a number of new contracts worldwide. The total value of these orders is approximately 1.6 billion EUR. Foremost important is a Letter of Award received in Singapore. The Maritime and Port Authority of Si
It is too easy to conclude that the closure of the Haringvliet inlet is the only factor explaining the erosion pits in the Old Meuse and Dordtse Kil rivers, said Kees Sloff, a river morphologist with Deltares, at the ‘Deltawater now and later’ conference. “It would have happened anyway, albeit sligh
Komatsu Europe International N.V. has introduced the PC490/LC-11 hydraulic excavator to the European market. With an environmentally friendly EU Stage IV Komatsu engine, up to 11% improved fuel efficiency, an upgraded cab design and enhanced safety and serviceability, this new excavator further leve
DRAGFLOW team is at work for a cutting edge project: design a new and reliable system to detect seals’ damages in submersible pumps. The goal is to reduce maintenance costs and water contamination’s risks. This project is funded by FESR, Regional Development European Fund and is fulfill in collabora
Today we are bringing you this beautiful photo of Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger J.F.J. De Nul, built by IHC Holland’s Kinderdijk yard. This dredger is the most powerful vessel of its type in the world. The cutter suction dredgers (CSD) are equipped with a rotating cutter head cutting hard soil
Subsea Tooling Services (STS) recently completed final tests of their new Predator Subsea Dredger at its open-water site in Fort William. Their main objective was to prove that the Predator Subsea Dredger was as efficient as other dredgers that are currently on the market. As this dredging system is
In 2014, Merford supplied a cabin to Boskalis for its Manu Pekka dredger. In 2015, a new backhoe dredger will be installed on the ship and Merford was asked to develop an operator cabin for this crane. This type of crane is normally used in the mining sector. Therefore, a standard cabin was not an [
PD Ports is streamlining the way it shares hydrographic data by using GIS software from Cadcorp, a British software development company focused on geographic information system (GIS) and web mapping software. “Teesport is a major deep-water complex and one of the largest container ports in the North
