At the moment, there is plenty of steelwork around at the Damen Dredging Equipment yard in Nijkerk, the Netherlands. “We are in the process of manufacturing 14 pieces of almost 12 meter long floats,” said the company. These floats will replace the floating pipeline of the cutter suction dredger (CSD
Van Oord’s new LNG trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Alexia hit the water last week in Singapore. The vessel is set to boost the mid-class section of Van Oord’s fleet of trailing suction hopper dredgers. “This state-of-the-art vessel is fitted with an LNG installation and is a fine example
Marine Specialists Ltd took delivery of a customised 28m x 12m pontoon barge and a 60t Hyundai excavator recently. “Responding to increasing demand, the acquisition of the barge and excavator significantly increases the company’s dredging and outfall installation capabilities and fits effectively wi
CAPE Environmental Management Inc., from Honolulu, Hawaii, has won a $18.6 million contract to implement supplemental dredging of soft sediment removal at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH), Hawaii. The work to be performed provides for dredging, enhanced natural recovery, monitored natural reco
Mike Hooks’ new 27-inch cutter suction dredger (CSD) Lorraine Hooks was launched at Southwest Shipyard in Galveston on March 31. Once outfitted and complete, the 300-ft. x 50-ft. Lorraine Hooks, with a dredging depth of 75 feet, will be deployed on both coastal restoration and navigation dredging pr
In light of the increasing costs arising from the continued attempts to refloat the 12,000 TEU Ever Forward, Evergreen declared General Average today. The vessel, owned by Evergreen Marine (Hong Kong) Ltd., a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine Corporation, ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay after leaving
Remu Oy’s Big Float E35 is currently busy working on a costal protection and restoration project in the southern portion of Lower New York Bay – Living Breakwaters. The program, conducted by Weeks Marine, is an innovative coastal green infrastructure project designed to reduce or reverse erosion and
C-Job Naval Architects today launched its new Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) series and headlining the series is an innovative new self-propelled CSD concept design to showcase its possibilities. The 34-inch self-propelled CSD features cutter power of 3500 HP and a total installed power of approx. 260
The year of 2021 proved to be a year of opposites for Van Oord. On the one hand, it was a difficult year in the light of COVID-19, market- and supply chain issues and operational challenges. On the other hand, Van Oord ended the year with an optimistic outlook – reflected in a record-high order [&he
Samudera Atlantis International (SAI), a dredging company with scope of activities across the entire Indonesian waters, has just released this amazing video about the PT Gresik Jasatama maintenance dredging program. The video shows the grab dredger Queen Elizabeth II, doing some deepening works in t
The dredging works to free Evergreen’s boxship the Ever Forward are in full swing now. According to the Maryland Port Administration Executive Director, William P. Doyle, the first refloat attempt will take place tomorrow, March 29, by using five tugs; two pushing on starboard side, two pulling from
A Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) dredger, which ran aground near Fort Kochi on Thursday evening, resumed service this morning. The dredger lost control around 5.30 p.m. on March 25, following an engine failure, according to the Dredging Corporation of India officials. The dredger drifted while
The construction of the Miss Katie, a new hopper dredger that will be used in the various channels and inlets throughout Dare County, is nearing completion. This shallow-draft hopper dredger recently received its final coat of exterior paint, marking a major milestone in the construction process tha
Eastern Shipbuilding Group is currently very busy with the construction of the new training suction hopper dredger (TSHD) R.B. Weeks. The 8,550 cubic yards (6,540m³) TSHD, currently under construction at the Eastern’s Allanton premises in Panama City, Florida, is expected to be delivered to Weeks Ma
