Despite a very tight schedule and the extremely remote location, a customised Damen cutter suction dredger 450 has been delivered to the Russian Arctic region on time. The contract for the CSD450, named Zephir, was signed in December 2020. According to Damen, the standard stock dredger had to be ada
Due to increasing demand, Van Ouwerkerk BV is expanding its fleet. The sand mining company based in Middelburg, the Netherlands, has awarded Holland Shipyards Group a contract to convert the newly acquired cargo vessel MS Bente into a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). The converted ship will b
After completing delivery of a 50 ton bow discharge coupling unit to Damen Dredging Equipment late last year, Straatman BV is putting finishing touches to another bow discharge project. One of the projects that the company is working on at present is a 25 ton bow discharge unit for a well known Amer
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has successfully designed, fabricated and shipped a cutter ladder for a large cutter suction dredger. The ladder has been custom designed inhouse by MOTAS engineers in the Netherlands and will be installed on the dredger, currently under construction. Fabrication and partial
The Susanna II, a cutter suction dredger CSD250 of Verboon Maasland is currently at work maintaining a small river called Linie of Passageule, near Oostburg, the south west of the Netherlands. The dredger was built by Damen in 2012, as a sister vessel of the “Susanna I” – now stored on shore. The sw
Royal IHC teams at Kinderdijk shipyard are as busy as a beaver with…well the build and commissioning of a number of their standard modular vessels – IHC Beaver cutter suction dredgers. “These robust vessels can be bought from stock, with standard options, are known for their reliability and excellen
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Scald is currently busy on a dredging project in Nieuwpoort, Belgium, on behalf of Jan De Nul. After the dredging works in Harwich, UK, and some weeks of maintenance dredging in combination with sand deliveries in the Port of Stellendam, the Netherlands, th
DEME Group’s green duo was spotted earlier this week handing over their duties on the River Elbe fairway in Germany. One of their newest hoppers, the 8,300 m³ ‘Meuse River’, took over the maintenance campaign after a successful intervention by the renowned trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Scheldt Ri
Port of London Authority (PLA) has just released these beautiful photos of the new dredger Hanson Thames alongside the Dagenham terminal. The marine aggregate dredger, built at Damen Shipyards in Romania, arrived safely in the UK last month and already entered in active service. The dredger complete
Bunnal Tech has just released this unbelievable video showing a man constructing a dredge pipeline with his bare hands. Hydraulic dredgers work by sucking a mixture of dredged material and water from the channel bottom. The amount of water sucked up with the material is controlled to make the best m
Timmerman Industrial Repairs BV performed the technical installation of a Heila crane on board the 106m trailing hopper suction dredger (TSHD) Anchorage recently. This job included the modification of the already existing pedestal to fit the base of the crane. According to Timmerman, “in addition we
Wärtsilä Marine recently released a case study about how they have helped Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC deliver sister ship for world-class UAE-based dredger. In dredging operations, the ability to accurately maintain course and speed is essential. That’s why National Marine Dredging Company specified
Chevron Marine Lubricant’s low sulphated ash trunk piston engine oil Chevron HDAX 9700 has achieved an important recognition, by becoming the first lubricant to gain time-unrestricted approval for use with MAN Energy Solutions’ four-stroke engines running on either LNG or distillate fuels (with a su
Foyle Marine Dredging has just reported a busy start to 2022 – the company is active on three sites in the UK and Ireland. “Today was a good day as we take delivery of a new Hitachi EX1200-7 from Belgium,” the company said. “This EX1200 has a 30metre outreach and an impressive load curve and [&helli
