Bergmanns BV, the dredging spare parts specialists, in collaboration with Danfoss Power Solutions II BV recently completed another repair project for Suez Canal Authority. After years of operation, the hydraulic cylinder responsible for lifting the spud of bucket wheel dredger Barakat was failing as
Rohde Nielsen’s two trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) Modi R and Viking R are currently busy on a task in Western Australia. According to the Kastrup, Denmark, based dredging contractor, the TSHDs will first dredge shell sand in the offshore area Owen Anchorage and then navigate close to the
New split-hull dredging vessel Omvac Catorce was successfully launched last week. In March 2021, Nodosa – Spain’s most experienced shipbuilder of split-hull dredgers – closed the contract for the construction of the fourth dredger of this type in recent years. This is the third dredger of this type
The Damen CSD500 Yantra is currently at work on the Danube River, doing continuous maintenance dredging operations. The dredger is deepening the river to the locally required inland transport water depth of -3m. The vessel’s home port is Ruse, Bulgaria, where the CSD is part of the fleet of the Exec
Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Ariane has been spotted in the Dutch water. “Vox Ariane is our latest edition to the fleet. In this picture you can see her performing dredging trials at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam,” said Van Oord. Recently delivered by Keppel Offshore & Marine,
Damen is set to deliver a customised cutter suction dredger, type CSD500, next month. The dredger will be transported to the site, a mining plant in Eastern Africa, just weeks after receiving the order. “As Damen we have been present in this region for over three decades,” Mr Hugo Doorenbos, Area Sa
Van Oord has ordered the construction of two additional water injection dredgers (WIDs) from Kooiman Marine Group. This comes after the successful operation of sister vessels Maas and Mersey in 2021. The new WIDs will have the same specifications, supplemented by innovative optimisations. According
Conoship International B.V. has just released this amazing photo of the new water injection dredger Aquadelta. The photo was taken last week, during her trip from Scheepswerf Bijlsma to the owner Bagger- en Aannemingsmaatschappij Van der Kamp B.V. The vessel’s sea trials took place this week. The ne
Titan successfully delivered around 350 tonnes of LNG to the dredging vessel Vox Ariane at the Greenport Terminal in Eemshaven, Rotterdam, last week. The giant vessel is a 10,500 cubic metres trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), owned by Van Oord. “It is the first hopper in Van Oord’s fleet equip
JICORE Group Incorporated is building the first ever Water Injection Dredger (WID) in Malaysia with partnership to various global experts in dredging design and technology. For this project, MOTAS Dredging Solutions will design, build, supply and commission an equipment package for the 50m seabed le
Featuring well-established flowmeter technology with a high end non-nuclear density meter, KROHNE recently presented the next generation of instrumentation for dredging applications – the OPTIFLUX 4300 ERT. Following the specifically designed OPTIFLUX 4000 series, the latest OPTIFLUX 4300 ERT delive
The commissioning of the first of two Italdraghe 10” dredgers supplied to the Indian Government has just been completed. In the next few days, the assembly and commissioning of the remaining one will take place as well. Currently, Italdraghe technicians are on site, in order to instruct and collabor
Systems integrator Alewijnse recently completed the comprehensive electrical and automation installation on board the new build trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Krakesandt. The Krakesandt is the second advanced dredging project that Alewijnse has undertaken for Thecla Bodewes Shipyards for its
Rohde Nielsen has just released this amazing photo of the hopper dredger Idun R, during her recent night work in Argentina. The Idun R is a very efficient and versatile dredger that, considering the size, pushes all boundaries of performance. The vessel is capable of dredging at impressive depths, w
