The Port of Coos Bay, Oregon’s largest deep-draft coastal harbor, acts as the steward and operator of the State owned dredger “The Laura”. Over the last five years, dredging projects have been completed at the Charleston Marina complex totaling nearly $440,000. In addition, the crews have conducted
Crew members of the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Yuri Maslyukov rescued a man in distress off the Baltiysk Port last week. The dredger completed the rescue mission with the assistance of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) Kaliningrad, said FSUE Rosmorport. “On December 22, 2021, at about 21:0
Damen Shipyards has delivered a new Shoalbuster 3518 SD to Caspian Offshore Construction LLP (COC). The Shoalbuster 3518 SD is a highly versatile workboat capable of taking on a wide variety of assignments. Handling anchors, buoys and hoses, as well as towing and other general support tasks for the
Rostov Oblast based Tsimlyansky Marine Engineering Plant (Tsimlyansk Shipyard, CSMZ) is set to build three non-self-propelled cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) for State Transport Leasing Company (STLC), PortNews said. Capacity of the dredgers will be around 500 cbm/h. Rosmorrechflot plans to gradually
DEME Group and Alewijnse have successfully completed their seventh project in just two years – supply and installation of AlViVi platform on board a trailing suction hopper dredger which is currently working in Abu Qir, Egypt. The Abu Qir scheme is one the largest dredging and land reclamation proje
System integrator Alewijnse recently won a contract for the complete electrical and automation installation on board the sister vessel of trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Anchorage, which was successfully launched last week at Barkmeijer Shipyards. This innovative hopper dredger (yard No. BN34
Conceived and designed by Dragflow – a manufacturer of dredging and submersible pumps with great technological innovation – the DRH85 rope dredger represents a novelty for its application in the cleaning of reservoirs of hydroelectric plants and other projects that require operations in artificial l
Straatman – manufacturer and supplier of mooring, berthing and dredge equipment, recently delivered one of its bow discharge coupling units to Damen Dredging Equipment. According to the company, Straatman completed the engineering and production of this impressive 50 ton assembly at their factory in
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued 10 safety recommendations Tuesday during a public board meeting held to determine the probable cause of the fatal Aug. 21, 2020, hazardous liquid pipeline strike and subsequent explosion and fire aboard the dredging vessel Waymon Boyd. The Waymo
A maritime consortium in which Boskalis is participant has been awarded a EUR 24 million grant to conduct research into accelerating the use of methanol as a low-carbon fuel within the shipping industry. Methanol can enable significant reductions in CO2 emissions compared to traditional fuels and is
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
The Government of Bangladesh has already bought 38 dredgers and now they are starting a process to buy more than 42, United News of Bangladesh reports. This action is being conducted under the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority’s (BIWTA) plan to save the rivers by reducing and protecting th
