The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) has unveiled plans to expand and strengthen its fleet of dredgers to meet the future demands of ports in India, The Hindu reports. At present, DCI owns 10 dredgers of different sizes and capacities. It is equipped to handle 60 million cubic metres of sand per
Just a couple of days ago, the gigantic cutter suction dredger Spartacus was passing through Rotterdam on its way to Maasvlakte 2, where the commissioning of the vessel will continue. Royal IHC has just released this amazing video, taken during this journey through Rotterdam. With a total installed
After being washed ashore by one of the biggest typhoons in Indian history, Royal IHC has successfully recommissioned the cutter suction dredger Shanti Sagar X of Adani Group. Adani Group is a diversified organization in India with combined revenue of $15 Bn and market cap of $40 billion (as on 28th
DEME Group has just released this amazing photo of their new cutter suction dredger Spartacus, making her grand entrance and turning the Rotterdam skyline ‘DEME green’. The most powerful cutter suction dredger in the world, the Spartacus has been built by Royal IHC, and is pictured right in the hear
Southampton Marine Services (SMS) Group, a UK based marine engineering services provider, has started 2021 with a D Class refit on behalf of Hanson Aggregate Marine in Bristol, UK. The refit of the hopper dredger Arco Dart was completed in a Covid-secure environment inside the footprint of The Brist
Damen Trading has recently sold a stock Damen Stan Pontoon (SPo) 6316 to its client GPS Marine Holding BV in Hulst, the Netherlands. The customer was looking for delivery of a flat-top barge in quick time in order to participate in a project taking place in the IJselmeer lake in the north of the Net
The Chinese Embassy in Manila today announced that the dredger MV Zhonhai 68, recently seized for illegal presence in Philippine waters, is neither a Chinese vessel nor registered in China. “Initial investigation on the identity of MV Zhonhai 68 by relevant Chinese authorities has shown that the shi
Hansel Marine, a Chinese company involved in the production of dredgers and dredging equipment, successfully delivered a new set of Hansel HS-55 type of cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) at the King Mariout Lake dredging site in Alexandria last month. At the moment, four more sets of HS-55 are getting
Damen Shipyards Group and the Ports of Jersey have signed a contract for a Shoalbuster 2711 – the second vessel of its kind ever to be built. The new vessel will be the second Damen vessel to be operated by the Ports of Jersey, which has operated a Damen Shoalbuster 2709, named Duke of Normandy, [&h
The trailing suction hopper dredger “Daniel Laval” arrived last week at Damen’s Brest drydock No2 for urgent repairs on her bow thruster. The dredger, owned by GIE Dragages Ports, is fitted with a suction pipe on the starboard side with its dredge pump driven by one of the two Wartsila 9L26A main pr
Royal IHC will update the original dredging control system (DCS) and dynamic positioning and dynamic tracking (DP/DT) system of the twin vessels Willem van Oranje and Gateway, owned by Boskalis. The present DCS and DP/DT concepts – dating from newbuilding in 2009/10 – have proven to be reliable syst
American Underwater Services, a Fort Worth based commercial diving and dredging company, has just released this very interesting video named “How Do I Know If My Pond Needs Dredging?”. “If you’re a homeowner, golf course, or HOA manager, you might have heard that your pond will eventually need to be
Cashman Dredging and Marine Contracting Company yesterday announced the execution of a design contract with IHC America Inc. for a new 6,500 cubic yard trailing suction hopper dredger. The new vessel will complement Cashman Dredging’s current fleet of specialized dredging equipment and will primaril
Two brand-new Jan De Nul vessels, the cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck and the trailing suction hopper dredger Galileo Galilei, are getting ready for their next challenges. The brand-new dredger Willem van Rubroeck docked in the Port of Ghent yesterday evening. This powerful cutter suction
