USACE Portland District has just released this amazing photo of their dredger Yaquina, taken during her recent work near Port of Kalama. The Yaquina is one of two Portland District’s hopper dredges. The hopper dredge is a specialized sea-going vessel, ready to dredge and transport material from ocea
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and Royal IHC successfully launched cutter suction dredger (CSD) HUSSEIN TANTAWY today. The launch took place at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen a/d IJssel, the Netherlands. The CSD is one of two vessels currently under construction at IHC for SCA. Also, her sister vessel, M
Mud Cat Dredges today announced that their brand new Mud Cat 115D was successfully commissioned in Western Australia at a wastewater treatment plant. “The dredge was provided from inventory by Apex Envirocare in Australia, Mud Cat’s authorized dealer,” the company said. The MC 115D was designed arou
Manson Construction has just released this amazing photo of their trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Glenn Edwards, going up on drydock at Bollinger shipyard in Port Fourchon, LA. Asst. SE Equipment Manager, Jon Tucker, and Port Engineer, Brook Cheramie, are overseeing the operation. The Glenn E
The Elbe River dredging program is in full swing now. DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Breughel’ is just one of the vessels in their fleet that could be spotted on the Elbe over the past few months. This beautiful picture shows TSHD Breughel, together with her colleague ‘Bonny River’ working
HID Dredging, a Qingzhou City based manufacturer of dredging equipment, has launched their new amphibious dredger – HID-CE-200. Named ”Clay Emperor”, this machine is able to work in various ponds, river channels, desilting operations, etc. The dredger is fully inspected in an HID testing pool, ensur
Foyle and Marine Dredging Ltd. recently took delivery of a new Long Reach Excavator – the Hitachi Zaxis 490-6 LCH. The large Zaxis-6 excavators offer the highest level of performance without compromising on the increasing demand for operational efficiency. Their power and performance makes them idea
Jan De Nul has just released this amazing photo of their trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Taccola, taken during her latest job in Cork, Ireland. Currently, the TSHD is carrying out prevision work in narrow berths and areas in Cork Harbor. Limited maneuvering space in order to keep the port at
Rj Link Int., a solution provider in the global power transmission market, recently came up with the solution for a flexible auxiliary gearbox drive for dredging application. According to the company, a customer came to Rj Link Int. needing a solution to an existing gearbox that was more flexible, c
The project to retrofit the Rohde-Nielsen’s dredger Grane R was successfully completed at the Remontowa shipyard last month. The Grane R is a powerful offshore grab dredger and stone placing vessel, capable of performing a variety of projects related to backfilling, boulder removal, rock installatio
Boskalis has today financed its mega cutter suction dredger (CSD) Krios through an innovative Export Credit Agency (ECA) covered loan. This marks the first ECA insured financing of its kind in the Netherlands. With this EUR 121 million facility, Boskalis has refinanced a substantial part of the cons
Royal IHC is putting the final touches on Arab Potash’ newly built CSD – the Alkaramah. This CSD is a customized mining cutter suction dredger and almost ready for shipment to their client in Jordan. After delivery, the CSD will start dredging works at the Dead Sea in Jordan – to be used for develop
Qingzhou Julong Environment Technology Co. launched their new amphibious multifunctional dredger in China recently. The dredger, named AMD260, will be used for a channel dredging works and the construction of a marina. The AMD260 is a mobile dredger, equipped with a deep water bucket, a hydraulic cu
Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Leonardo da Vinci is in full cutter mode in Mozambique. The company just released this beautiful photo of the CSD, assisted by their splithopper barge Marquis de Prié and trailing suction hopper dredger Filippo Brunelleschi. In fact, they are currently worki
