The year of 2021 proved to be a year of opposites for Van Oord. On the one hand, it was a difficult year in the light of COVID-19, market- and supply chain issues and operational challenges. On the other hand, Van Oord ended the year with an optimistic outlook – reflected in a record-high order [&he
Samudera Atlantis International (SAI), a dredging company with scope of activities across the entire Indonesian waters, has just released this amazing video about the PT Gresik Jasatama maintenance dredging program. The video shows the grab dredger Queen Elizabeth II, doing some deepening works in t
As part of the developments regarding autonomous ships Royal IHC has recently joined the Nederlands Forum Smart Shipping as network partner. The Netherlands Forum for Smart Shipping (SMASH) brings the country’s maritime sector together to implement smart shipping and strengthen the Dutch internation
The construction of the Miss Katie, a new hopper dredger that will be used in the various channels and inlets throughout Dare County, is nearing completion. This shallow-draft hopper dredger recently received its final coat of exterior paint, marking a major milestone in the construction process tha
Eastern Shipbuilding Group is currently very busy with the construction of the new training suction hopper dredger (TSHD) R.B. Weeks. The 8,550 cubic yards (6,540m³) TSHD, currently under construction at the Eastern’s Allanton premises in Panama City, Florida, is expected to be delivered to Weeks Ma
Scheepswerf Bijlsma, a Wartena based company specialized in building multipurpose vessels, pulled out of its shipyard new water injection dredger (WID) Aquadelta last week. The new WID is about to hit the water in the following days, the company said. Scheepswerf Bijlsma is a family-owned shipbuildi
Damen Shipyards Group, a Dutch-owned shipbuilding company with operations in 120 countries and 175 vessels delivered annually, has adopted Matterport digital twins to facilitate remote collaboration for internal and external stakeholders. With access to Matterport’s rich, dimensionally accurate data
Dredging operations are underway to free the Evergreen Marine containership Ever Forward, stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for more than a week now. State and federal agencies have issued all permits for the work, said the Maryland Port Administration Executive Director, William P. Doyle. Donjon Marin
IMS Dredge has just released this amazing video named ‘Bay Island Drone Footage’. This birds eye view of Bay Island Drainage Districts IMS Model 5012 LP Versi-Dredge shows how the district uses spray dredging to quickly desilt their canal network and reducing discharge costs. The material is deposit
A water injection dredging project is currently underway in the east channel of the River Severn in Gloucester. According to Land & Water, the dredging vessel has moved up the river to dredge the upstream and downstream approaches on the river locks. Once completed, debris clearance will take place
Van Oord has placed a new order with Demcon unmanned systems – this time for a larger unmanned, autonomous offshore platform. The vessel is suitable for challenging offshore conditions and weeklong survey operations at sea. “The use of these electric unmanned vessels enables Van Oord to make their o
The USACE Savannah District recently completed maintenance dredging in the Savannah River and recovered additional cannon, bringing the total brought up to 19. Remote sensing technologies and diver identifications used during recent investigations were unable to identify an additional four cannon du
Geraf Pty Ltd, an engineering solutions provider for predominantly maritime applications within Australasia, has just introduced some very interesting details about the unique backhoe dredger GPK. The dredger, owned by a New Zealand company Heron Construction Ltd and named named after their late dir
Neptune Marine has won a contract for the delivery of a spreader pontoon for Femern Link Contractors (FLC). The vessel will be used for construction of the tunnel between Denmark and Germany, said Neptune. The main function will be back fulling of the tunnel elements with sand. Besides that, the ves
