Adam Copus, CPRA Digital Content Manager, has taken drone pictures of the dredge Robert M. White working just off the I-10 near the Bonnet Carre Spillway. The 270-feet long dredge, capable of pumping 60,000 cubic-yards of fill material a day, is being used to rebuild the LaBranche Marsh. The LaBranc
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has awarded an $11.4 million contract to Alabama Shipyard LLC to drydock and repair the hopper dredge Wheeler. The Wheeler, operated by the New Orleans District, is the largest hopper dredge in the Corps fleet. Although the dredge is maintained
The Bristol Port will soon be home to a new state-of-the-art cutter suction dredger, which is currently close to completion at the Neptune yard in the Netherlands. Set for delivery by December 2024, this powerful vessel will significantly enhance Bristol Port’s dredging capabilities. The new dredger
Royal IHC last Friday celebrated an important milestone, the keel laying ceremony for Kenmare Resources’ electric mining dredger. The Director of IHC Mining, Hans Greve explained more on the two custom vessels, concurrently built at the company’s yard in Kinderdijk. “Boasting 6,800 kVA of total powe
Damen Dredging yard in the Netherlands is preparing the next shipment for delivery, a cutter suction dredger CSD500. The powerful CSD500 has been designed for dredging compacted soils. Its powerful cutter unit and dredge pump ensure a continuously high dredged mixture production. The robustly constr
APT Global Marine and Offshore has completed one of the company’s biggest projects for NMDC Dredging and Marine, the repowering and upgrading of cutter suction dredger Umm El Zemoul. The project involved extensive docking scope, including cutter ladder refurbishment, spud carriage refurbishment, spu
The £23 million dredger Emerald Duchess, a major investment by PD Ports into the economic and environmental sustainability of the river, made its way on to the Tees early this morning, fresh from successful sea trials in the Netherlands. At 71m long and with its standout green livery, the Emerald Du
China’s first dual-fuel powered trailing suction hopper dredger, the “XIN HAI XUN” has successfully completed its sea trial in July. With a liquefied natural gas (LNG) clean energy capacity of 15,000 cubic meters, the vessel boasts a total length of 155.7 meters, a breadth of 32m, a depth of 13.5m a
Dutch shipbuilder DE Klop has announced the start of production of the Cygnus, a revolutionary fully electric cutter suction dredger. This innovative dredger, with a discharge diameter of 500 mm, marks another step towards sustainable and environmentally friendly dredging solutions. The Cygnus is be
Royal IHC recently presented a compact modular dredger that is easy to maintain and deploy, utilising IHC’s submersible OTTer-Pump range. The OTTer is a range of compact dredgers as platform for deploying the OTTer-Pump. This provides customers with a modular, compact and cost-effective solution to
Hopper dredger Albatros will once again clear the channel of sediment, which builds up over time, so boats can continue to move through the Napier Port safely. The dredge ship threequarters of the length of a rugby field will be clearing shallow spots in the inner harbour channel over the next few w
On behalf of the Southern Ports, Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger ‘Modi R’ was once again contracted to conduct maintenance dredging of the Port of Bunbury, Western Australia. The dredging campaign, second in 2024, is scheduled to commence today, August 15, with an expected completion date before the
VOSTA LMG has delivered two side suction installations, including the complete dredge automation, monitoring and control system, for a new 5,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Galveston Island. The new dredger is being built by Conrad Shipyard for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GL
The Royal IHC Beaver 65 cutter suction dredger has been successfully delivered to a client in Indonesia and is now en route to its first project. The Beaver 65 CSD, featuring a robust 650 mm pipe diameter, is celebrated for its reliability, fuel efficiency, and low maintenance costs. It stands as th
