A new amphibious multipurpose Watermaster dredger has arrived in Misiones, Argentina. According to Watermaster, Yacyreta Argentina will use the versatile machine for coastal treatment, biomass removal, tree extraction, dredging of excessive mud, and clearing of invasive aquatic vegetation and debris
Last year, Royal IHC and Weeks Marine Inc. entered into a contract for the engineering and equipment delivery for the 6,540m³ TSHD R.B. Weeks, currently under construction at the Allanton premises of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Florida. This is an identical vessel to the Magdalen that w
Liebherr has just released this amazing video about their R 954 dredging excavator, working on a dredging project in the Black Sea. By the Black Sea, the engineering unit of Samsun, Turkish port town, uses the Liebherr pontoon excavator to dredge the seabed. Using a boat equipped with a hold that op
Bell Dredging Pumps BV, trough their French dealer PAJOT Solutions de battage, recently rented a BELL150 equipped with a cutterhead to customer in Brest. Easy to mount to almost all types of excavators, this multi-functional dredge pump can be equipped with various suction heads for dredging differe
The second of Damen’s new Shoalbuster 2711 class was handed over to its owner Ports of Jersey recently in a christening ceremony held at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld. First introduced in 2019, the compact, 27-metre Shoalbuster 2711 provides an extra two metres of beam compared to its predecessor, the
New Damen’s cutter suction dredger CSD350 is on its way to Brazil. This new cutter suction dredger is a sister vessel to the dredger Amsterdam that was delivered to the Brazilian company Construtora Vale Verde in 2019. The Holanda is a fully dismountable, stationary dredger fitted out for one-man op
Straatman BV completed engineering and production of three pinch ball joints earlier this week – all executed in their factory in Zwjjndrecht. These specific type of ball joints will be used on the cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) between floating pipeline and CSD. The great advantage of this ball joi
The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Endam is being fitted out with Damen dredging equipment. According to Damen, the gantries and winches are installed, and the Di 900 mm trailing suction pipe – designed to dredge at -30 m – is put into place. The multi-purpose vessel will primarily act as an
ROHR-IDRECO Dredge Systems (Netherlands/USA, Germany, France) has just announced two new cutter suction dredge (CSD) models, the Hawk and Falcon, to its product line-up. Group CEO, Fulco Vrooland Löb, said: “With our roots in the wet mining industry, we have been building electrical dredges for deca
In one of the sessions of this year’s Europort event, the Enschede-based Alia Instruments took the opportunity to present their one of a kind non-nuclear slurry density meter – the Alia Density Meter (ADM). The ADM offers accurate real-time data, allowing clients to truly optimize their production w
Bakker Sliedrecht has provided one of Europe’s largest floating sand plants of Dekker Group with a sustainable shore power connection. The system integrator has carried out the delivery and installation of the high-voltage facilities at the sand plant in cooperation with Dekker Grondstoffen and Verh
Brazilian company Constructora Vale Verde has placed a repeat order for a cutter suction dredger type CSD350 with Damen Shipyards. This dredger is a sister vessel to the dredger Amsterdam, delivered in 2019. The new CSD350 for Vale Verde will be named Holanda and is identical to the Amsterdam; a ful
The first locally made dredger in Argentina is shaping up nicely, Damen said. The SPI Servicios Portuarios yard in Mar del Plata is busy manufacturing all pontoons. The DOP Dredger component package has been delivered by Damen. The dredger, type DD250, is a standard dismountable dredger. This piece
Kees Derks, Area Sales Director at Royal IHC, has just released this amazing photo of the company’s new Easydredge 2700 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). According to Mr. Derks, the dredger’s trials will start next week, soon followed by the voyage to her Mexican owners. Royal IHC has already
