FSUE Hydrographic Company, a company of Rosatom, has completed the dredging works of the federally owned facilities at Utrenny terminal for LNG and gas condensate under Arctic LNG 2 project. The operations under the contract between Hydrographic Company and MRTS signed in 2020 have now been complete
Land & Water Group has upgraded Berth 3 at Coldharbour Jetty, on the River Thames, to accommodate coaster vessels, used for short sea shipping, as part of a landmark development for the company. It is the first time in the Jetty’s history that this type of vessel has been berthed and loaded as part
Russia experienced a considerable increase in the costs of dredging works in 2022. The main reason for this is the withdrawal of top European dredging companies from the Russian market, said Andrey Boldorev, Head of the Department for Investments and Strategic Development, FSUE Rosmorport, at the 6t
The CSD650 “Felicitas” has left the ????? ???????? yard. The modular cutter suction dredger is now on its way to Antwerp – to be shipped to South America. According to Damen, the CSD will be transported by three inland waterway vessels, plus a number of containers, to its owner – Argentinian contrac
FSUE Rosmorport is set to start developing a technical design of a new 1,000cbm trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for the Caspian and Azov seas. This info was revealed earlier this week by Vasily Strugov, Deputy General Director of Rosmorport, at the 6th Hydraulic Engineering and Dredging Congr
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered a cutter suction dredger CSD500 to MAR Marine & Building Contractor L.L.C., a UAE-based contractor. The dredger has been shipped from Damen Dredging in the Netherlands to Dubai. For its first project, the dredger will be utilised at the Al Hamriyah Port Expansion
IHC Mining hosted Vale officials Álvaro Nacif de Carvalho and Nelson do Prado Junior earlier this week. Together with IHC’s Geraldo Azevedo, they came in Kinderdijk to inspect the new Beaver® 45 dredger and the DMC workboat. Also, the guests will be present for tests before the equipment travels to
With the arrival of the main pontoon at Damen dredging yard, the transformation of their CSD range is underway. “Equipped with an integrated spud carriage as standard, this innovative design features three pontoons instead of 6 – fast and practical assembly and still transportable by road,” said Dam
Royal IHC recently decided to use Bachmann hardware and software on its standardized Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers. The Easydredge is IHC’s range of smaller-sized TSHDs, with hopper capacities from 500 up to 4000 cubic metres. For larger hopper capacities, Royal IHC directs its clients to its Bea
A Damen ??? ??????????? dredge pump, type DOP200, has been used to empty a continuous carousel of barges. Contractor Michels Construction, Inc. successfully completed this very important job in Philadelphia recently. In total, some 26,000 cubic yards of dredge material have been removed. At the upla
Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Central America, Christine Pirenne, yesterday toured the dredging vessel Elbe, owned by Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging. Built by Royal IHC, the tralling suction hopper dredger (TSHD) is currently is dredging Caldera Harbor in Costa Rica. The to
Emergencies services and agencies in Norfolk have declared a major incident following the discovery of a suspected World War Two device in Great Yarmouth yeaterday. Norfolk Police said that the discovery in the River Yare was thought to be an ordnance device. It was found by a contractor working on
A successful keel laying ceremony for the second of two water injection dredgers (WIJs) for the Kooiman Marine Group – on behalf of Van Oord – took place last week at Vahali Zasavica. In July 2022, Van Oord ordered the construction of two additional state-of-the-art water injection vessels from Kooi
Jan De Nul’s giant trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Cristóbal Colón is almost ready to sail again. The vessel was docked out in January for maintenance works. The crew is currently completing repairs along the quay and preparing the vessel for departure later this month. The TSHD specification
