Matecs BV, a Roosendaal based developer and producer of metal industrial parts for heavy duty usage, is currently producing high pressure (up to 40 bars) dredge valves for DEME’s newbuilding trailing suction hopper dredger Bonny River. These valves have been equipped with wear-resistant liners and a
An international research project led by the University of Bath is investigating the impact of waves on coastlines using novel laser measurement devices. The equipment is similar to laser measurement devices used in construction, except it is able to measure 37,500 points a second. This capability m
The Marine Group has recently increased their marine service offering with the purchase of a Water Injection Dredger. New vessel is particularly versatile and is capable of dredging in areas out of reach for many larger dredgers. The purchase of the dredger is part of the company’s ongoing investmen
Data buoy manufacturers Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) have recently supplied 8 buoy platforms to Jan De Nul Group. The robust 1.2m buoys will be used on different dredging or renewables projects as platforms for environmental monitoring. Each buoy incorporates a variety of sensors from d
Keller, a German manufacturer of special gearboxes, recently delivered their gearing systems for 2 inboard pumps and an underwater pump to Tianjin Dredging Corporation (TDC). In addition to these gearing systems, the contract also involved a cutter-head gearbox with a nominal engine power of 5,000 k
After 18 months, the ¡VAMOS! Consortium has reached the ‘design freeze’ stage of the prototypes to be built. ¡VAMOS!, the Viable Alternative Mining Operating System, is a 42-month research and development project launched to enable the opening and rehabilitation of underexploited European mineral de
MacArtney’s German subsidiary, MBT GmbH, has manufactured a turbidity monitoring buoy, which is intended for deployment for accompanying environmental monitoring during dredging. Being deployed as a surface buoy, the compact sized, autonomous buoy system intended for determining turbidity in coastal
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (September 19-25, 2016). DEME’s Multi Purpose Vessel ‘Living Stone’ Hits the Water DEME Group has celebrated the launch of their new multi purpose vessel ‘Living Stone’, the most advanced vessel in its class. Bo
In 2005, the Adani Group (Adani) approached Royal IHC to establish its own dredging fleet. New to the industry, Adani was looking for a strong partner to supply reliable dredging equipment and offer support. To date, IHC has supplied ten IHC Beaver dredgers and a number of booster pumps. Two Beagle
DEME launched the world’s most advanced subsea cable installation and trenching vessel ‘Living Stone’ at the LaNaval shipyard close to Bilbao, Spain on September 18, 2016. The launching ceremony was initiated by Mrs. Sarah Tommelein, spouse of Mr. Bart Tommelein, Vice-Minister-President of the Gover
Foreshore Technology, a UK based designer and manufacturer of dredge monitoring systems and software, has released version 5 of their DredgeMaster product range. The new version contains a whole suite of new features to help improve productivity. “New calibration routines have been added to make it
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. announces that its Works Council has unanimously rendered a positive advice on the fleet rationalization plan announced early July. Part of the positive advice in an agreement to continue to crew two of the five Fairmount vessels for the time being with Dutch employee
DEME Group yesterday celebrated the launch of their new multi purpose vessel ‘Living Stone’, the most advanced vessel in its class. The vessel, being built by the Spanish shipyard LaNaval near Bilbao, has been designed as an environmentally friendly vessel with ‘dual fuel’ main engines with LNG bein
At GaLaBau Liebherr is presenting the new PR 716 crawler tractor, which was unveiled to the public for the first time at Bauma 2016. The successor model to the successful PR 714 has an operating weight between 13,200kg and 15,200kg and an engine power of 93kW / 126HP. The series of generation 6 craw
