ERMA FIRST is bringing the world’s smallest and easiest to install ballast water treatment (BWT) system to the international market through its acquisition of US firm oneTANK LLC. oneTANK has developed a small scale innovative, low-cost, IMO Revised G8 Code and United States Coast Guard compliant sy
Damen’s Global Dredging Headquarters in Nijkerk hosted recently His Excellency Anne van Leeuwen, the new Dutch Ambassador to Bangladesh, who will be starting in his new post in Dhaka, Bangladesh, next month. The ambassador was there on a fact-finding mission to learn about dredging, including the la
To stay competitive and to continuously offer the best possible solutions to clients, DEME Group continually invests in new vessels and new technologies. In recent years, they have invested a lot in the digitalization of many processes, as well as in tools to improve collaboration between their empl
A major mechanical property of clay is the adhesion factor that reflects the ratio between its cohesive and adhesive strength under different water content. Clay is one of the three most commonly encountered soil types in riverbed and seabed, other than sand and silt. A major mechanical property of
IHB ShipDesign AD has just released this very interesting video about their latest project for developing ‘Concept and Basic design of a Modular Dredging Pontoon Platform’. Such type of platform has numerous advantages like easy transportation and can be used for performing multiple tasks. The plann
Sandy coastlines are wide spread across the globe. They evolve in time due to the supply and removal of sand, which makes them vulnerable to changes in their sand budget, said Deltares. The presence of a coastal inlet along a coast adds complexity to these budget changes by either supplying sand or
ROHR-IDRECO has received a new order for their fully electric-driven Submersible Pump Installation – GRAFA. “Our customer intends to use the system to pump tailings – an application for which the GRAFA is particularly well suited,” the dredge systems manufacturer said. The GRAFA is a fully electric-
Boskalis’ hopper dredger Freeway is currently engaged in a very important work near the Dutch island of Texel. The project involves replenishing the foreshore near the northern and middle part of the island to dampen the waves as well as nourishing the beach on the southern part. The Freeway has bee
Piriou, involved in shipbuilding, repair, naval engineering and services since 1965, has just received an order from the South France Occitanie Region for a 70m dredging vessel. According to the shipbuilder, the dredger will maintain the harbours in the Gulf of Lion. Designed in collaboration with L
Earlier this week, Rohr-Idreco presented the zero emission iBoat to their product line. “As with many dredgers in the Rohr-Idreco portfolio, the workboat is designed to be ‘containerized’, allowing it to be conveniently transported worldwide in 40-foot containers and reassembled quickly and easily o
Van Oord is a global leader in water injection dredging – a technique that removes sediment using natural processes, maintaining the depth of navigation channels, ports and rivers in an efficient and environmentally friendly way. With exceptional manoeuvrability, a water injection dredger can work i
Van der Leun North America has successfully integrated electrical installation and control system of the idler barge on the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Delaware. With a tablet, their customer now can control and monitor the idler barge remotely from the whole dredge. “In the realisation of your new
Julong Environment Technology has successfully delivery one set full electric 14/12” cutter suction dredger (CSD300E) to a contractor from the European Union. According to Julong, the CSD already started the sand mining operations. The dredger is fully controlled by Simens PLC control system. The dr
Damen has successfully delivered two electrically powered booster stations to the German dredging contractor Johann Bunte Bauunternehmung GmbH & Co. KG. The zero emission high efficiency drive of the boosters marks an important step in the energy transition, going from diesel to green power. Accordi
