Dragflow – global manufacturer of high quality dredges and dredging pumps – recently presented a new video about the company’s powerful Amphibious Dredge. This massive machine is capable of dredging in water and move on land, making it a versatile and efficient solution for a variety of projects. Fr
Royal IHC has successfully delivered two innovative and all new submersible pump units for Debmarine Namibia, to fit in their marine diamond crawler. The pump units consist of an IHC QuaZar pump with Curve® technology. These pumps are fitted with the latest technology and have 50% more power and opt
Damen has just released a photo of a Damen Multi Cat (MuC) 1205 and a Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 500 setting out on the first leg of their journey to the new owner G E M H Y SERVICES based in Dubai. The company is acquiring the above mentioned Damen equipment for their project in […]
Hitachi Product Manager, Akarsh Shetty recently shared some of the highlights on the company’s Zaxis-7 SLF excavator. Hitachi offers a wide selection of super long front (SLF) excavators, which vary from 9 to 49 tonnes and range from 10.5 to 22 meters. Designed using more than 20 years of engineerin
Positek – specialized in high performance sensors for dredging and subsea applications – has published a blog post on the optimization of position control in shallow water dredging operations. In marine and freshwater environments, shallow water dredging is a process used to remove sediment, debris,
Jan De Nul Group is using the Volvo JEC230 Electric excavator at its soil and sediment valorisation center in Hulsdonk (Belgium). It is the first time that an all-electric vehicle of this type is used on Belgian construction sites. This marks another step in the electrification of the company’s acti
During the IADC Annual General Meeting in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, IADC President Frank Verhoeven revealed the winners of the Safety Award 2024. This year, IADC granted the Safety Award for dredging contractors to Jan De Nul for its innovative Cutter Head Staircase. Jan De Nul’s new Cutter Head St
Royal IHC recently presented a paper explaining advantages of integrated slurrification equipment compared to traditional methods for tailings transport. Tailings deposits present challenges and opportunities that require the owners to excavate and transport the tailings contained in TSFs to another
In June this year, Damen Shipyards signed a contract with the German dredging contractor Hegemann for an innovative booster station. The booster, a standard BS 500, will be fitted out with Damen’s in-house developed Marine NOX Emission Reduction System. This officially EU Stage V certified system wi
Royal IHC recently presented a compact modular dredger that is easy to maintain and deploy, utilising IHC’s submersible OTTer-Pump range. The OTTer is a range of compact dredgers as platform for deploying the OTTer-Pump. This provides customers with a modular, compact and cost-effective solution to
VOSTA LMG has delivered two side suction installations, including the complete dredge automation, monitoring and control system, for a new 5,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Galveston Island. The new dredger is being built by Conrad Shipyard for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GL
Earlier this year, Rohde Nielsen partnered with SEAM for the hybridization of two dredging vessels. These projects, which represent a new segment for SEAM, aim to reduce emissions and increase efficiency in Rohde-Nielsen’s dredging operations. Rohde-Nielsen has a long history of implementing measure
Damen Shipyards Group has introduced a new engine combined with a Damen marine emission reduction system. The Damen D16 has recently been awarded EU stage V certification. The Damen D16 is a marine engine and aftertreatment system designed and developed inhouse by Damen Sustainable Solutions. It aim
Ocean Scientific International Limited (OSIL) has delivered a network of 1.2m data buoys to Van Oord to monitor turbidity and dissolved oxygen levels in the location of dredging operations. A total of 9 data acquisition systems have been produced for Van Oord, and the fully integrated multi-discipli
