Damen Shipyards Group is opening its latest service hub, in Hamburg, Germany. This takes the total number of hubs to fifteen, spread across Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, and Australia. The hubs ethos is to provide a local service, worldwide, and the Hamburg hub will act as the one-
Radio Holland and Neptune Marine have signed an agreement for an extensive navigation and communication package for hull number NP-554 – a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). According to their official statement, besides the equipment, Radio Holland will also take care of the installation and c
New Damen cutter suction dredger CSD500 was successfully launched this week near the capital of Paraguay, Asunción. The dredger was shipped fully disassembled. It sailed from Antwerp to Montevideo, Uruguay, before transferred to a river barge and transported up the Paraguay River. The modular dredge
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has engineered, produced and delivered a set of Fenders for DEME’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Spartacus. The Fenders are custom made for the CSD Spartacus and exist of several components that can be mounted on the vessel but can just as easily be dissembled. The Fenders sa
DSC Dredge, one of the world leaders in customized dredging solutions, recently announced that the company is putting finishing touches on their new Marlin Class Dredge. The new Marlin Class, coming with newly designed Tier 4 – 14″ (350 mm), features single engine Marlin Class underwater pump and a
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc (MTCC) is deploying the largest excavator in their fleet to the R. Rasmaadhoo harbour development project. The work includes: dredging and excavation operations of 8,100cbm; construction of a 377m breakwater; installation of 600sqm of paved area, naviga
Mobilis is currently building an underground parking lot for Amsterdam council, right under the Singelgracht canal in the center of Amsterdam: the Singelgracht garage-Marnix. This is an ambitious project for which Voorbij Funderingstechniek was commissioned to provide the foundations. Applying the
In one of the sessions of this year’s Europort event, the Enschede-based Alia Instruments took the opportunity to present their one of a kind non-nuclear slurry density meter – the Alia Density Meter (ADM). The ADM offers accurate real-time data, allowing clients to truly optimize their production w
Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers (COPRI) Institute Waterways Committee is gearing up for their webinar on Water Injection Dredging in US Ports that will take place Tuesday, Nov 16 from 12-1 EST. Water Injection Dredging (WID) is an innovative hydrodynamic dredging technique that is cost-effective,
An exceptional operation was carried out in the Aabenraa Inlet last week. In a planned operation, a large semi-submersible freighter slowly submerged to prepare for the float-off of “Magnor”, the world’s biggest backhoe dredger. The purpose-built freighter is constructed for this specific type of as
Bakker Sliedrecht has provided one of Europe’s largest floating sand plants of Dekker Group with a sustainable shore power connection. The system integrator has carried out the delivery and installation of the high-voltage facilities at the sand plant in cooperation with Dekker Grondstoffen and Verh
Brazilian company Constructora Vale Verde has placed a repeat order for a cutter suction dredger type CSD350 with Damen Shipyards. This dredger is a sister vessel to the dredger Amsterdam, delivered in 2019. The new CSD350 for Vale Verde will be named Holanda and is identical to the Amsterdam; a ful
The first locally made dredger in Argentina is shaping up nicely, Damen said. The SPI Servicios Portuarios yard in Mar del Plata is busy manufacturing all pontoons. The DOP Dredger component package has been delivered by Damen. The dredger, type DD250, is a standard dismountable dredger. This piece
Western Dredging Association (WEDA) recently published a new edition of its Journal of Dredging, the Volume 19, Issue 3. The Journal of Dredging provides the dissemination of technical and project information on dredging engineering topics. The peer-reviewed papers in this practice-oriented journal
