Damen submersible dredge pump DOP250 has once again proved itself as a reliable and flexible dredging tool, this time in the City of Warrenton, Oregon. The city is located on the North Pacific US-coast and has a marina on the Columbia River in Hammond, OR. The Hammond Marina is one of the most used
A supervisor and one other worker died last week after they entered a dredging vessel’s ballast tank and collapsed in the confined space, CNA reports. The incident took place in Singapore’s eastern waters last Wednesday and was reported in an alert by the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Council ye
Julong Environment Technology has successfully delivered a new Julong CSD550 cutter suction dredger to a Chinese Government owned company – to be used in a dredging project in Jiangsu Province. The 21 meter long dredger is equipped with a 1.700hp Weichai marine engine for driving the dredger pump an
The USACE’s Portland District has just released this amazing photo of the hopper dredge Yaquina, taken a couple of days ago. The Essayons’ elder sister is currently dredging Morro Bay, located on the central California coast. The crew will work the bay, which is located in Los Angeles District, U.S.
Dredging Today is bringing you the announcement of the public auction by Notary NautaDutilh (16th June 2021) of the seagoing vessel Caranx (also know as Joint Runner 1) – currently under construction. The public auction includes a geared multipurpose pipe supply vessel with one hold and full tween d
An explosion incident reported this morning at Gator Dredging in Clearwater, Florida, left one person injured. At approximately 6:45 a.m. today, Pinellas County Emergency services were requested at the scene of an explosion on 50th Way. According to reports, a 55-gallon drum exploded at Gator Dredgi
Along the North Pacific US-coast there are plenty of small harbours and marinas. The Port of Astoria, located on the Columbia River, is one of them. This marina not only receives large cruise vessels, but is also quite active in accommodating fishing boats, commercial and recreational vessels. The m
Kim McMahon, co-owner and daughter of founder, Mr. Mike Hooks, traveled to Southwest Shipyard in Galveston, Texas, recently to attend the Steel Cutting Ceremony for Hooks’ new dredger. McMahon, accompanied by various Hooks executives and managers, was invited to the ceremony by contractor SPI/Mobile
Work on the new Mega HID Dredger CSD 5522 is in full swing, HID Dredging Equipment Company, a Chinese manufacturer of dredgers and dredging equipment, informs. According to the company’s latest project update, the HID 5522 cutter suction dredger manufacturing is progressing steadily at their shipyar
Once again, the Damen DOP dredging pump has been put to the test, this time on the North Pacific coast in the town of Waldport. There, the contractor Bergerson Construction Inc. pumped out years of sedimentation at the Pacific Port of Alsea. The marina is mainly used by locals and tourists for leisu
Royal IHC has just released these amazing photos of the Suez Canal Authority’s new cutter suction dredger (CSD) Hussein Tantawy. “With the sea trials in sight, we are now in the final stage of commisioning the vessel,” said Royal IHC in their latest announcement. The CSD is one of two vessels that S
Van der Leun China has just reported the successful completion of tests and the commissioning of the 7000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Hai Gong 101. The vessel, owned by the Dachandao Group, is back from a successful sea trials and dredging test which started on April 8th and lasted until the A
A steel cutting ceremony for the largest U.S. flagged, self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Frederick Paup took place on April 23. The dredger will be owned and operated by Manson Construction Co. and built at the Keppel AmFELS Shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. While Project Manager,
Barkmeijer Shipyards, Dutch shipbuilder based in Stroobos, has just released the latest update on the construction of new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for De Hoop Terneuzen. According to the announcement, the wheelhouse was successfully placed on the TSHD BN348 yesterday. This dredger is t
