Van Oord was contracted by Administratia Bazinala de Apa Dobrogea-Litoral (ABA-DL) in 2019 to design and build new groynes and beaches to protect the popular seaside resort of Eforie on the Black Sea from erosion. Part of the project is the construction of three hectares of sea grass. Van Oord is cu
Damen’s modular cutter suction dredger CSD500 has arrived safely in Paraguay. T&C, a civil contractor in Paraguay, will use the dredger to transform the southern river bank of the capital Asunción, in the Costanera Sur project. According to Damen, the modular dredger will increase sand production, r
Alewijnse has developed a unique, future-proof digital platform that can replace most of the computer equipment on the bridge, thus saving space and money. The company introduced this unique platform initially for use on trailing suction hopper dredgers. However, the solution can also be implemented
Van Oord’s VO:X Snellius, their second unmanned survey vessel, was officially launched in September. “This vessel will help us work more efficiently and sustainably,” said Van Oord. “Previous learning experiences have allowed us to further improve the design of VO:X Snellius.” The vessel is slightly
Since the release of the patented overflow innovation, the Plumigator, Royal IHC hasn’t stopped developing the solution. This innovative product successfully limits air release and turbidity during dredging, offering environmental as well as economic benefits. While successful in limiting air releas
Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux’ water injection dredger (WID) L’Ostrea was baptized in a naming ceremony last week. MOTAS Dredging Solutions was responsible for the engineering and delivery of the complete dredging installation including the dredging control and monitoring system. For this project,
WaterProof Marine Consultancy & Services B.V. has used Nortek’s Signature VM system to measure sedimentation levels in order to assess the possible impact of dredging a short-cut in the navigation channel between Holwerd and the island of Ameland in the Netherlands. Due to the constant erosion and s
Baars Sliedrecht today released this very interesting video about two new 450m3 split hopper barges – B405 and B406. A split hopper barge is a vessel used for installing soil, sand or stones (dredge material) – usually operating in conjunction with backhoe dredgers. Powered by two hydraulic cylinder
For the first time in Germany, Jan De Nul Group is using solely second-generation biofuel for maintenance dredging works in the Port of Hamburg. This fuel contains no petroleum, but processed vegetable waste oil as a raw material, entirely in line with the principles of a sustainable circular econom
Damen has just released these amazing photos from the sea trials of one of their latest Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD). Focusing on safety and comfort, this new dredger will be working for UK-based Hanson, said Damen. The company will use the vessel to conduct offshore aggregate extraction in water
Alia Instruments, a producer of process control equipment for various markets, continues to build big non-nuclear density meters for dredging application. The company recently completed production of three Alia Density Meters, the biggest so far, with capacities to match 650 to 750 mm diameter slurr
NORBIT – a global provider of tailored technology to carefully selected niches – recently introduced the NORdredge system. The NORdredge is NORBIT’s dredge monitoring solution that utilizes NORBIT STX 4D Multibeam Echo Sounder (iSTX360). The system is a web-oriented utility which directly interfaces
Less manual handling means more workplace safety for a vessel’s crew, and on Van Oord’s dredger Vox Amalia this is being provided by the debris removal platform. The automated debris removal platform now safely removes debris that will fall onto the deck after recovering the draghead of a trailing s
The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) held a ceremony yesterday to celebrate the arrival of the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Hussein Tantawy. The giant dredger came aboard the heavy load carrier Tai An Kou. The CSD, built by Royal IHC, is a 29,190kW heavy-duty rock dredger and will be used to maintain and
