Just in last decade, dredging works across the country have added an additional 2,300 kilometers of navigational waterways to Bangladesh’s river system. In 2012, following a renewed Bangladesh government dredging initiative, Ellicott began supplying dredges to the Bangladesh Inland Waterway Transpor
This spring, Jan De Nul’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Pedro Álvares Cabral, sailing on 100% second-generation biofuel, successfully restored the beach of Knokke. In order to protect the Belgian coast, JDN raised the beach by pumping ashore a large quantity of sand. In this way, the compan
Damen Shipyards Group has successfully delivered another state-of-the-art dredge package, this time to a client in Egypt. According to Bastin Kubbe, Damen’s Regional Service Manager for Asia-Pacific, this fully electric zero emission dredger (E-CSD650) is now on its way to the inland Egyptian Black
The Government of Ekiti State, through the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mrs. Iyabode Fakunle-Okieimen took delivery of two amphibious dredgers at the state capital, Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday. The two multi-purpose dredging machines are suitable for wetland, shallow water, and dee
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, announced today that the company will deliver two large, 120 ft. double telescopic service cranes and one 50 ft. telescopic stores crane for a self-propelled hopper dredge. Currently being built for Manson Construction Co., the Frederick Paup will be the largest ever sel
The Dutch-based manufacturer of dredgers and dredging equipment ECTMarine has successfully completed another challenging project, the development of customized Gold Dredge. For this project, ECTMarine and Oiltech Dredging Equipment Holland worked together to design and deliver all dredge components
Shandong Provincial Government recently purchased an amphibious multifunctional dredger from Relong Technology Co., Ltd. According to the Qingdao based marine company, this piece of equipment was used for dredging and excavating sediment from the Xiaoqing River estuary. In the Huanghe (Yellow) River
Steder Group, on behalf of Neptune Marine, has shipped a dipper pontoon from Rotterdam to the Caribbean. Besides the 350 MT pontoon, shipment included a complete CAT 390 excavator of 120 MT. “A flawless execution thanks to all parties involved, RHB as stevedores and SAL/Jumbo as carrier,” Steder sai
Remu, a Finnish manufacturer of Screening buckets, Combi screening plants and Big Float amphibious excavators, has just introduced the Big Float E35 – their largest amphibious excavator to date. Equipped with additional pontoons, anchoring legs, stern drive units, custom built counterweight with aux
The USACE’s Portland District released this amazing photo of the hopper dredger Yaquina last week. The vessel and crew were on their way from St. Helens, Oregon, to the Vancouver Bar when the photo was taken. The Yaquina will spend a little while dredging there before heading to the Oregon coast (on
A dredger overturned at the Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina in Mount Pleasant around 3:34 a.m. yesterday. Crews located the 120-foot dredger, the Captain Leo II, at the spot – owned by Marcol Dredging Co. The dredger was connected to two barges, said Jack Walker, Marcol Dredging spokesman. “The
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) held a ceremony yesterday to celebrate the arrival of the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Hussein Tantawy. The giant dredger came aboard the heavy load carrier Tai An Kou. The CSD, built by Royal IHC, is a 29,190kW heavy-duty rock dredger and will be used to maintain and
DEME has taken delivery of its giant new cutter suction dredger (CSD) Spartacus from Dutch shipyard Royal IHC. According to DEME, the Spartacus sets a new benchmark in the global dredging market – this is the world’s largest and most powerful self-propelled cutter suction dredger and the first able
Manson Construction and Keppel AmFELS held a keel laying ceremony for the hopper dredger Frederick Paup on August 2. The new dredger will be the largest self-propelled hopper dredger in the USA. The ceremony was attended by dignitaries from the shipyard and Manson, including the vessel’s namesake,
