The 2.500m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Andre L visited Damen’s repair yard in Brest recently. The dredger, owned by Dragages Transports & Travaux Maritimes (DTM), was there for scheduled maintenance. According to Damen, the replacement of the slide flange guiding rails was amongst the jo
The Damen Dredging service team was very busy recently, working on the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Marinus G. The TSHD is owned by Gebroeders Van der Lee. “My colleagues, Roland van de Weerdt and Matthew Van Heerden, replaced the dredge pumps seals during a general pump overhaul,” said Da
Another important piece of dredging equipment is leaving the Straatman BV factory. This female part of a pinch ball joint, engineered and manufactured at their own factory in Zwijndrecht, has an inner diameter of Ø1000 mm and a maximum working pressure of 28 bar. Pinch ball joints are used on cutter
DC Dredging B.V. has just released these beautiful photos of the trailing suction hopper dredgers Rio and DC Ostend working in the Port of Gdańsk. This dredging project is called ‘Improving access to the Port of Gdańsk – modernisation of fairway 2’. Within the framework of this undertaking, it is pl
Jan De Nul’s new water injection dredger (WID) Pancho is currently in Latin America, getting ready for its first dredging task. “Thanks to an excellent cooperation between Jan De Nul Group and Neptune Marine, the water injection dredger Pancho has arrived in Argentina almost one year after the contr
Van Oord unveiled the latest addition to its dredging fleet today. The Vox Ariane, Van Oord’s first trailing suction hopper dredger equipped with an LNG fuel system, was christened by its CFO and member of the Executive Committee Ms. Jolanda Poots-Bijl. The TSHD has a hopper capacity of approximatel
Systems integrator Alewijnse has successfully completed another upgrade project, this time on board the unique floating sand processing installation Kaliwaal 41. During the annual winter break, owner Van Nieuwpoort Groep installed new conveyor belts, electric motors and a submersible dredge pump to
Bakker Sliedrecht has upgraded Boskalis’ cutter suction dredger (CSD) Taurus II by increasing the vessel’s booster capacity. According to Bakker, by increasing capacity of the dredge pumps from 6000 to 7400 kilowatts, the Taurus II now can pump dredge material over greater distances from the station
Rosmorport’s Astrakhan branch fleet has now been expanded with the dredging vessel Kronshlot. According to the company, the dredger was earlier operated by Rosmorport’s North-West Basin Branch. The Kronshlot, built by Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (Nizhny Novgorod) in 2016, is the 10th ship of the branc
Italdraghe has just launched a new concept of Dredging Head: Italdraghe Rock Dredging Head. This new piece of dredging equipment will be sent to Vietnam this week. “Our customer from Vietnam was involved in a dredging work on a seabed with corals and rocks.Italdraghe team worked hard to meet their c
DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Nile River and cutter suction dredger D’artagnan are being serviced in GEMAK facilities in Tuzla, Turkey, at the same time. “We wish to improve our business partnership and see more DEME projects at GEMAK soon,” the Turkish shipyard said. GEMAK is one of
Damen has just introduced a brand-new vessel concept for inland and coastal operations: the Damen RIVERBUSTER 1909. According to Damen, this is a versatile, strong and future-proof pusher vessel, available in several configurations to accommodate a variety of jobs, from towing, pushing and marine co
Herbosch-Kiere has just announced the addition of two state-of-the-art excavators to their fleet. As disclosed, both of these impressive machines are suitable for use on land and on the water. The excavators are equipped to work with a variety of tools: buckets, dredge pumps, hammers and scissors, h
Rhosonics has just presented the newest pipe integration system for the Slurry Density Meter (SDM) – the Clamp-In. With this robust integration system, it is easy to remove the sensor without interrupting the process. The Clamp-In allows the installation of existing pipes in the process – these can
