In June 2022, Van Oord’s first LNG trailing suction hopper dredger, Vox Ariane, was ceremonially brought into service. She will be joined by her two sister ships, the Vox Apolonia and the Vox Alexia, in 2023. In November, the three vessels jointly received the 2022 Maritime KNVR Shipping Award, in r
HID Shipyard is putting the final touches on the newly built chain bucket dredger before delivery to its new owner. The dredger consists of a series of buckets that are attached to a continuous looped chain, which is driven by a motor. The buckets scoop up sediment and debris from the bottom of the
Dredging is in full swing near the Cape May ferry terminal at the southern end of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway project. The government Dredge Murden is working there this week while USACE’s contractor Barnegat Bay Dredging Company will continue to work in the area for about a month. One proj
Jan De Nul has just introduced the Vaquita 01 – one of their latest Unmanned Survey Vehicles and the little sister of the Beluga 01. With its 2 metres by 1, this vehicle is one of the smallest ones in JDN fleet. Therefore, it can be easily deployed to perform hydrographic measurements in calm inland
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
The Ilocos Norte Government has distributed fish aggregating devices called “payao” to about 300 fishers from the coastal villages of Metro Gabu in this city to help boost their livelihood. Composed of three fisherfolk associations, the beneficiaries are from Barangays 34-A (Gabu Norte West), 34-B (
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
Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Mark Bailey MP, visited the crew of the backhoe dredger Woomera yesterday. The Port of Townsville Limited and the Hall Contracting Pty Ltd dredger in North Queensland are widening the channel to the port so larger ships can dock directly into North Queensland.
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
