Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (February 1-7, 2016). Sas van Vreeswijk Consortium Signs Beatrixsluis Contract The Sas van Vreeswijk consortium has won a contract for the construction of the 3rd chamber Beatrix lock and the widening of the Lekka
A European consortium launched on February 1st a new Horizon 2020 project: Blue Nodules. This project addresses the challenge of creating a viable and sustainable value chain to retrieve polymetallic nodules from the ocean floor. It will develop and test new highly-automated and sustainable technolo
Damen Shipyards Group has completed a key construction contract comprising two electric-powered cutter suction dredgers (CSD) for the Canadian oil sands industry. With both vessels built in Canada, the contract marks the close cooperation between Damen and Aecon, Canada’s largest publicly traded inf
Martens en Van Oord has won the contract for the construction of fifth lock chamber at Brunsbüttel, Germany, including the earthworks, dredging, coastal and bank protection works on the project. The customer, ARGE Neubau 5. Schleusenkammer Brunsbüttel, formed by three BAM operating companies, has fi
Royal IHC and German company DIHAG Holding GmbH have jointly acquired the Belgian steel and iron foundry, Allard-Europe NV. IHC and DIHAG each take an equity stake of 40% and 60% respectively. Through this acquisition, IHC is able to realize a reliable supply chain (competitive on price, quality and
With the order of the ‘Bonny River’ at Royal IHC, the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME is investing in a new generation of trailing suction hopper dredgers which will be trendsetting in coastal protection and dredging hard soils. With this dredger, DEME is responding
In order to better promote the dredging industry, DredgingToday.com – owned by the Dutch media company Navingo BV – is working on a new product named the Cutter Suction Dredger Vessel Directory. The CSD Vessel Directory is aimed to provide the industry with a compact useful overview of operating cut
The Sas van Vreeswijk consortium has won a contract for the construction of the 3rd chamber Beatrix lock and the widening of the Lekkanaal. The consortium includes BESIX, Heijmans, Jan De Nul and investors RebelValley and TDP, supported by Martens en Van Oord, specialized in earthmoving, and Agidens
Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard, part of United Shipbuilding Corporation, held today the launching ceremony for the 1000 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Sommers’. The dredger comes as the first in a series of three TSHD 1000 vessels that the shipyard is building for FSUE Rosmorport. The TSHD 1000 was
Dragflow has recently delivered a remote controlled dredge for the Marina Sveva harbor dredging project in Italy. Due to the sea currents caused by a dam, too much sedimentation occurred inside the harbor. Also, the seabed was frequently raised, causing navigational problems for the boaters accessin
Acta Marine has just announced the newest addition to their fleet – a 2611 multicat eurocarrier vessel, named Coastal Ace. The multicat vessel, enabling Acta to better assist their clients in the shallow water projects, has the length of 26,48 meters and is supported by two large cranes; a 1×100 T a
Royal IHC and Adani Group have signed a contract for two IHC Beagle® 8 trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs). These two 8,000m³ vessels belong to the standardized IHC Beagle® series, designed and built by IHC using over a century of dredging experience. The IHC Beagle® series achieves high levels
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (January 18-24). Maryport’s Harbor Dredging Project Starts Next Month Van Oord, a Dutch dredging company, has won the Maryport’s harbor dredging contract. Chinese Duo Wins Major Port Deal in Algeria Two Chinese
Van Oord has ordered a new cutter suction dredger from Royal IHC. The vessel, a modular IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP built at the yard in Sliedrecht, will be delivered on 1 April 2016. This cutter suction dredger will be named Biesbosch. After delivery, the vessel will be deployed at the ‘Zeetoegang IJmuiden
