With the condition monitoring system for slewing bearings, Liebherr has created a digital monitoring system which enables high-precision wear measurement from a distance. The integrated wear measurement system, bearing clearance monitoring (BCM), ensures optimum remote monitoring of the slewing bear
Alewijnse has successfully completed its comprehensive electrical installation works on two innovative MADs in the Marine Aggregate Dredger-class for Damen Shipyards Group. The two vessels, ordered by CEMEX UK and Hanson UK respectively, are now operating from the south coast of England, dredging sa
Keppel Offshore & Marine, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard, has been awarded new contracts worth around S$250 million. These include conversion of a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU), integration of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, and the
The Région Bretagne authorities recently released a video on the second dredging campaign in the Port of Brest. In the video, DEME Group’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Ganga carries out the works in front of the new quay area. The French port is expanding the infrastructure to support the growing of
Conoship International is introducing the hopper dredger Anchorage – the mutual project of Conoship and their decades-long partner Barkmeijer Shipyards. The dredger, designed for De Hoop Terneuzen, was built especially for extracting sand and gravel at sea, with a capacity of 3,000m³ per hour. “Dred
In case you missed it, Dredging Today would like to remind you that Jan De Nul Group’s new water injection dredger Pancho was launched last week at the Neptune Marine shipyard, near Dordrecht, the Netherlands. The godmother of the vessel, Mrs. Sabrina Fontana Unzueta, partner of Mr. Pieter Jan De Nu
Between the heavy storms, a newcomer arrived at Damen Dredging yard – a MultiCat1004 dredge helper. “This dedicated work boat is the ideal combination with a cutter suction dredger during dredging projects,” Damen said. The single propelled MultiCat1004 is designed to operate in restricted waters an
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
