The first Damen Cutter Suction Dredger CSD600 departed the company’s dredging yard in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, and is now being shipped to her new owner, PT. Dua Samudera Perkasa. The new dredger was towed to the Port of Rotterdam, where it was loaded aboard a heavy lift vessel that set sail for In
Boskalis’ backhoe dredger Magnor has successfully wrapped up a major navigation channel widening project in Port of Southampton. Dredging of the Western Docks will enable the largest container vessels to pass the biggest cruise ships berthed in the Port. The first significant channel-widening projec
A maintenance dredging project in Liverpool Marina has commenced to return sediment that enters through the lock and impounding pumps back to the River Mersey. For this project, Humber Work Boats Limited brought in their 12″ cutter suction dredger, the John M. In order to maintain the desired water
Rotterdam-based vessel design company, Vuyk Engineering recently decided to adopt SSI’s ShipConstructor software across its operations. According to the company, Vuyk will enhance its design and operational processes through the implementation of ShipConstructor. The transition from its previous des
The trailing suction hopper dredger Sospan Dau has kicked off its next campaign, maintenance dredging of Sovereign Harbour in Eastbourne, UK. According to Premier Marinas, maintenance dredging operations in the outer harbour commenced earlier this week. “To facilitate safe and efficient navigation o
Neptune Marine continues to make great progress on the construction of PD Ports’ new hopper dredger, the Emerald Duchess. The 71m long dredger will soon be launched (Q2) and put through the paces in the Netherlands. The 2.000m3 TSHD has been designed and built to an exacting specification to ensure
UK Dredging have been hired to conduct maintenance dredging of the ESSO Fawley and BP Hamble facilities in Southampton. The trailing suction hopper dredger UKD BLUEFIN will be engaged in dredging operations in the vicinity of Esso Fawley and BP Hamble for a period of approximately 10 days, the Port
C-Job Naval Architects recently presented a dredge design which could be built on stock, with the ability to be tailored to the customer’s needs during the building process. The standardized design, a 3000 cubic meter TSHD, has customizable aspects which customers are free to change in line with the
Port Hedland maintenance dredging campaign 2024 is well underway with trailing suction hopper dredger Juan Sebastián de Elcano removing silt and other materials to maintain the navigability of the port. The annual Port Hedland dredging works commenced in early February and are expected to be ongoing
Port of London Authority (PLA) has just announced that on or around the 25th February 2024 the vessel MEUSE RIVER will commence trailer suction dredging at London Gateway Port Berth 4, Sea Reach. According to PLA, the vessel will discharge using a floating pipeline to the east of Berth No 4. Dredgin
After almost a year of work, Boskalis has successfully completed the coastal protection project in Togo and Benin. During this coastal defence scheme, trailing suction hopper dredger Willem van Oranje made almost 800 trips between the offshore sand borrow area and the shore to successfully construct
Working for the Harwich Haven Authority, Boskalis trailing suction hopper dredger Medway recently completed the first maintenance dredging campaign of this calendar year. Together with the plug tug Teddy, TSHD Medway worked around the Port of Felixstowe, River Stour, Mistley and the Harwich Deep Wat
On behalf of Investe Piauí, Brazilian partner of Dutch Dredging BV, DTA Engenharia was awarded two contracts after a public tender procedure: 1 for the design and construction of a new quay for the local fishing industry in Luís Correia and second to deepen the access channel to this new quay. Dutch
Semi-submersible vessel Seaway Albatross is on its journey to Bulgaria to deliver two Van Oord split hopper barges, the Pieter Caland and the Cornelis Lely, and backhoe dredger Simson. The vessels are being transported to Burgas where they will be working for the Burgas Capital Dredging project. Acc
