Gloucester Dock’s biggest ever winter dredging is currently underway – with Bell Dredging Equipment. “Through our U.K. dealer Watson and Hillhouse, Bell supplied two sets of Bell 200 pumps complete with power packs and floating discharge lines,” the Dutch based manufacturer of dredging equipment sai
The Harwich Haven Channel Deepening Project, undertaken by Boskalis and Van Oord, is underway. Under the project, the trailing hopper suction dredger (TSHD) Rotterdam will be carrying out capital dredging in the Harbour. The TSHD will also dispose the dredge material at the Inner Gabbard East dispos
Immense steel rolling door, weighing nearly 1 million kg, was installed at a safety lock in the Afsluitdijk dam in the Netherlands today. According to Van Oord, the rolling door was chosen because of the width of the waterway and will be closed in case of very high water levels. To enable installati
DEME group’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Mellina looks like a newbuild after undergoing its special survey at the Shipyard Reimerswaal in the Netherlands. A joint DEME and shipyard team had to work to a very tight schedule during a complex survey, which had to integrate the Electrical & A
In New Zealand, a Damen DOP200 pump was used to empty a hopper dredger and replenish a local beach recently. The 850 m3 hopper dredger New Era dredged the sand locally. The sand cargo was brought near the Te Rauone beach. There, a DOP200 submersible dredge pump fitted out with a leveler head was use
The deficit of domestic technical fleet is among the key challenges for Russia’s infrastructure projects today, according to the Port News. The dredging fleet available in Russia today is an order of magnitude inferior to the fleet of specialized foreign companies that have left the Russian market.
Minister Charlie McConalogue officially named the new €10 million “Fishing Pier” at Howth Fishery Harbour Centre yesterday – one six State-owned Fishery Harbour Centre. This major redevelopment project was funded through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Fishery Harbour and Coasta
Russia’s port infrastructure will see a massive development in the coming years – there are infrastructure projects covering all waterways of the country. According to the Port News, in the North-West Region, Russia will build up the capacity of dry bulk terminals. In the Kaliningrad Region, the con
Bangladesh is going through its fifth decade. Every year on 16 December, Bangladesh celebrates its independence. The government invests a lot in the country’s growth in order to close the economic gap as quickly as possible. The building of sea harbours is a clear-cut choice. Next to the two existin
YILPORT Holding has taken over the operations at Port of Šibenik in Croatia in the first week of February. The company plans to turn the Port into a multi-purpose terminal, offering diversified services. In the first phase, YILPORT will rehabilitate the quality, productivity, and efficiency of exis
Guyana President Dr Irfaan Ali visited the construction site of Vreed-en-Hoop Shorebase Inc (VEHSI) yesterday – an artificial island located on the Demerara River. VEHSI is a joint venture between NRG Holdings Inc. – a 100 percent Guyanese-owned consortium that is the majority shareholder – and Jan
The Iran Marine Industrial Company is joining China in helping Russia to dredge the Volga-Caspian Seaway Canal, The Jamestown Foundation said. The dredging of the canal is set to allow Russian, Chinese, Iranian, Indian and other cargo ships to carry more heavy shipments to and from the Caspian to Eu
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Beaver® Dredgers, Royal IHC is taking a trip down memory lane. Check out the Maarten (currently named Cornelis B), a Beaver® King dredger from 1963 – one of the first built IHC Beavers® – compared to a modern Beaver® 40 dredger. What a difference six dec
The Netherlands-based tug & workboat company Herman Senior has acquired all shares of ST Marine Support, a provider of maritime and offshore services. The acquisition includes ST’s three existing vessels and their upcoming newbuild, a Damen Multi Cat 3313SD, which is expected to be delivered at the
