Equipment
Army Corps Seeks Contractor for Yaquina Repair Work (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking eligible businesses to provide for the emergent support requirements and the yearly maintenance and overhaul/dry-docking of the USACE Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge YAQUINA with a dry-docking overhaul. YAQUINA has Overall Length of 200 ft, a Beam of 58 ft,
Damen: New Sediment Transport Test Circuit Commissioned (The Netherlands)
Damen Dredging Equipment has commissioned the brand new sediment transport test circuit in the presence of the members of the Dutch Civil Engineering Society on the 24th of November last. The slurry test circuit is a part of the DDE innovation program, taking the search for better dredging component
Deltares: Peat Stronger Than Expected (The Netherlands)
Field trials carried out by Deltares have shown that a peat substrate is stronger than was previously thought. The trials lasted a year and were performed during reinforcement work on the Markermeer dike between Hoorn and Amsterdam. The dike, built on peat soil, no longer complied to the latest safe
TrustLube Opens Branch in Singapore
TrustLube has taken an important step in its further expansion. The relatively young organisation has been experiencing rapid growth in recent years. It is less than a year ago since TrustLube moved from Willemstad to an ultramodern office in Oud Gastel, in order to house it doubling of staff. The b
Esri, QPS Strengthen Partnership (USA)
Quality Positioning Services (QPS) has signed an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with Esri, the world leader in GIS technology. The agreement enables QPS to bundle its QINSy and Fledermaus products with Esri software and provide a complete hydrographic survey, data management, and ch
Bangladesh: MPA Inaugurates Dredger “CD Imam Bokhari”
Mongla Port Authority has inaugurated its first & new built dredger “CD Imam Bokhari” along with a crane boat “CB Balian” in Mongla Port on 21 November 2012. The dredger will be used to dredge the channel of Mongla Port in River Pashur ensuring the access of the inbound & outbound ships. These ships
Italy: Work Well Underway on Marina Master 8000 Dredger
Work is well underway on the latest in the long line of cutter suction dredgers built in Italy by Italdraghe SpA , this time in collaboration with Goodchild Marine Services of the UK. This latest dredger to be named ‘Marina Master 8000’ is an innovative design developed from a successful dredger ope
UAE: HYPACK Presents HYPACK 2013 Software
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group Company, which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, announces today the launch of HYPACK 2013 software in the HYPACK Training Workshop 2012. The workshop is organized by Unique System FZE and will be held f
RESON Provides SeaBat 7125 to New Breakwater System (Denmark)
RESON has provided its advanced multibeam sonar system, the SeaBat 7125, to a new breakwater mapping system called GEOSUB 3DTM developed by the company MESURIS in France. The system is a high resolution 3D real time bathymetric and topographic system designed to provide marine engineering data both
Singapore: DEME Names CSD “Amazone”
Today, the new heavy-duty cutter suction dredger (CSD) ‘Amazone’, was named at Marina Bay Cruise Centre in Singapore by Mrs. Monique Marcourt, spouse of Mr. Jean-Claude Marcourt, Vice-president and Minister for Economy, SME’s, Foreign Trade and new Technologies of the Walloon Government. This new se
The Netherlands: Damen Builds Dredger for Verboon Maasland
Contractor Verboon Maasland has ordered at Damen Dredging Equipment the delivery of a new cutter suction dredger. This stationary dredger will be an exact copy of the “Susanna” – delivered in 1981. Excellent proof that satisfied customers always return. The “Susanna” was built in 1981 by De Groot Ni
China: Boluomiao Shipyard Completes Repair of “HANG DAO JUN 1”
Recently after the successful repair & conversion of a number of high tech multi-purpose vessels at the Boluomiao shipyard, one large dredger ship named “HANG DAO JUN 1“sailed out at 7:00 AM, Nov. 5th after finishing her survey. In face of the lack of man power and short time limit, daily meeting wa
Another DMC 1200 Workboat Delivered to Western Africa
IHC Beaver Dredgers has delivered another Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1200 workboat to Subsea 7. The workboat will be used in combination with a new IHC Beaver 1200 cutter dredger and set to work in Western Africa. It was supplied from stock to ensure a minimum lead time, and the workboat and dredger ha
CAT: New PL421 Supports Comprehensive Equipment Management (USA)
Caterpillar introduces the newest addition to the Cat® Product Link™ suite of hardware offerings. The new PL421 hardware provides customers a lower-cost track-and-trace option to support total fleet monitoring and management capabilities. The PL421 provides basic asset monitoring capability for 12-v