The USACE Memphis District’s Plant Section team is currently on a $9.6 million, 18-month project to repair the Wilmington District’s Dredge Currituck. The crews are busy working on: replating the hull and repairing significant structural damage found when hull planting was removed; fabricating a new
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
A couple years ago, Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Co., LLC developed entirely in-house an innovative piece of equipment for capital improvements dredging projects that agitate and loosen glacial till, desiccated clay, weathered rock, and other stiff material for later removal by a clamshel
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
DSC Dredge has signed a contract with Muddy Water Dredging, LP for the construction of one of the largest 24” dredges in the United States. On Tuesday, 12th October, Michael Kerns, President and CEO of Muddy Water Dredging, LP and Bob Wetta, President and CEO of DSC Dredge LLC, launched a project to
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
MOTAS dredging solutions recently delivered custom made Fall Pipe System for Rohde Nielsen’s DP2 fall pipe rock installation vessel ‘Grane R’. The company has designed, built, engineered, and installed the system in close cooperation with Rohde Nielsen. It will be used to accurately lay foundations
ROHR-IDRECO has received order confirmation for two major projects from cement manufacturing – sand and gravel mining companies. Commenting the latest news, Fulco Vrooland Löb, Group CEO, said: “Our orderbook is filling up nicely, even into 2023. With these two new orders for leading sand and gravel
The Damen DOP250 dredging pump has successfully completed another interesting project – dredging of the Bandon Marina Entrance Channel in Bandon, Oregon. The 58 km (36 mile) long Coquille River flows into the North Pacific at the City of Brandon. The river forms a long and narrow bay, an estuary wit
Neptune Americas & Marine, a specialized provider of marine solutions, is launching its own portable cutter suction dredge (CSD) design line. This type of CSD will be available in standard or custom-built design and also with an option to be modified to the demands of a dredging project. “The easy-t
Alewijnse has developed a unique, future-proof digital platform that can replace most of the computer equipment on the bridge, thus saving space and money. The company introduced this unique platform initially for use on trailing suction hopper dredgers. However, the solution can also be implemented
Van Oord’s VO:X Snellius, their second unmanned survey vessel, was officially launched in September. “This vessel will help us work more efficiently and sustainably,” said Van Oord. “Previous learning experiences have allowed us to further improve the design of VO:X Snellius.” The vessel is slightly
Jan De Nul Group has moved its entire fleet of 82 vessels and jack-up barges to Castor Marine’s global VSAT and Iridium connectivity network on a long-term contract to guarantee solid vessel connectivity. Since all vessels are operational around the globe, Castor Marine was challenged to migrate ves
