Phillips & Jordan, a woman-owned, heavy civil and infrastructure contractor established in 1952, recently launched a brand new Sharkuda dredger, built by DSC. “Christened after our Chairwoman, this swinging ladder dredger is the latest addition to our marine fleet as we expand our in-house dredging
The cutter suction dredger (CSD) MOHAB MAMEESH is on its way to Egypt. “We waved the vessel goodbye when it was loaded on a semi-submersible cargo vessel and after which it started it journey towards Egypt. The vessel is expected to arrive within the couple of days,” Royal IHC announced today. With
Rohde Nielsen A/S has just released this amazing photo of the hopper dredger Thor R, taken during their recently completed project in Germany. During October and November 2020, Rohde Nielsen A/S performed a maintenance dredging project in the 7-kilometre-long entrance channel to Ladebow. The works w
Deme Group has just released this beautiful photo of a stunning sunrise which could easily be an advertisement from the Trinidad and Tobago Tourist Board. “The crew of our TSHD Lange Wapper were treated to this glorious panoramic view when they were busy performing maintenance dredging works for our
Although mobility might not be the first quality that comes to mind when talking about a 300,000-pound machine, that’s what attracted Broussard Brothers Inc. to their new Sennebogen 875 R-HD material handler. “We originally saw the 875 at CONEXPO,” said Chip Broussard, a third-generation member and
Yesterday was an exciting day for Foyle and Marine Dredging as they took delivery of the Hitachi EX1200 Excavator. The ‘Grizzly 2.0’ is a monster of a machine with a 30-metre reach and a 20-metre dig depth with a 4m3 bucket capacity. The EX1200 is a unique excavator within the Hitachi range, adaptin
Williams Shipping is expanding their fleet with another multicat Eurocarrier 2209. Williams crew joined the vessel at Neptune Marine’s yard in Aalst, the Netherlands, and sailed to Southampton in February. The Willchallenge is the latest version of a Eurocarrier 2209, built by Neptune. Her specifica
Straatman BV – specialized in fabrication of hydraulic presses, heavy winches and custom build projects for dredging industry – has received another order from a returning customer. “The biggest compliment you can get is a returning customer. Last year we supplied two pinch ball joints to Weeks Mari
Jan De Nul Group has awarded Alewijnse a contract for the renewal of all dredging process automation systems on board four of JDN’s trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs). “The main reason for choosing Alewijnse was the confidence in its automation specialism and its 24/7 service support,” said Ja
Royal IHC and Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) will work together in order to provide a world class trailing suction hopper dredger to be locally built for Dredging Corporation of India (DCI), the Dutch shipbuilder confirmed today. The agreement aims at designing and building an advanced 8,000m3 and/or
Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has introduced their new Multiple Corers – able to overcome the traditional difficulties associated with benthic sampling. Traditional benthic samplers such as box corers must be deployed with sufficient momentum to ensure penetration of the seabed. This cre
The state-run Cochin Shipyard has announced a plan to build a high capacity dredger for Dredging Corporation of India (DCI), worth as much as ₹800 crore ($110 million), with technology and design support from Royal IHC. The new dredger will have a hopper capacity of 12,000 cubic meters. This TSHD is
Straatman, manufacturer and supplier of mooring, berthing and dredging equipment, is currently working on a bow discharge coupling, which will be installed on an oil recovery and dredging vessel. When not tending to emergencies it will work as a hopper dredger. “We execute both engineering and produ
Van der Leun America has successfully installed the electrical installation on the water injection dredger (WID) Osprey. The dredger, built by St. Johns Ship Building in Palatka, Florida, for IHC America, will be operating in Wilmington, North Carolina. Earlier this month, IHC America delivered and
