Jan De Nul Group has just announced that their cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck has reached a historic peak – dredging to a record depth of 41.94 meters for Eoliennes en Mer Iles d’Yeu et de Noirmoutier wind farm. Built in 2020, the cutter dredger Willem van Rubroeck is the largest in Jan
North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) has just announced the successful completion of another maintenance dredging season at the Port of Weipa. According to NQBP, dredge vessel TSHD Brisbane and its supporting vessels have left the Port of Weipa after completing a 45 day program. During the
Vox Apolonia is the sister vessel of the LNG-powered trailing suction hopper dredgers Vox Ariane and Vox Alexia. Vox Ariane was christened in June 2022 and has already been successfully deployed on several projects. Triplet sister vessel Vox Alexia is in the final stages of construction in Singapore
Philippine dredging company QR5 and Royal IHC have signed a contract for the supply/delivery of a cutter suction dredger Beaver 45. After a thorough evaluation of potential suppliers of CSDs, the Beaver 45 from IHC Dredging proved to be the most suitable for its first project: the improvement of the
In recent years, bigger and bigger vessels have been navigating through the seas and oceans. But the bigger the vessels, the fewer can moor at a quay. That is why in 2021, the government of Uruguay, together with Katoen Natie, decided to further expand the container terminal Cuenca del Plata. To acc
Split hopper barges MAGELLANO 1800, VERRAZZANO 1800, BOUSSOLE and L’AIGLE are currently undergoing service by the BLRT REPAIR YARDS in Klaipėda, Lithuania. The four barges, owned by Jan De Nul Group, a family-owned company specializing in the construction and maintenance of marine infrastructure, ar
Portos RS has commenced urgent dredging to recover the most critical stretch of the access channel to the Port of Rio Grande, in an area outside the Barra Breakwaters. According to the Port Authority, the work is being carried out by Jan de Nul’s hopper dredger Galileo Galilei. “R$ 21.5 million will
Damen has presented a video about the hopper dredger Barito Equator working in the Java Sea, Indonesia. For ten years, this trailing suction hopper dredger has been making her rounds day and night to keep this busy waterway accessible. The vessel — ordered by the Indonesian dredging company Pelayara
Recently, the Dredge Goetz was in the Rock Island District performing dredging operations in Pool 16 of the Mississippi River near Buffalo, Iowa. The Goetz is a hydraulic dredge based out of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District that helps maintain the 9-foot navigation channel on the U
Kenmare Resources Plc has revealed the names of two new dredgers which are being built at Royal IHC’s yard in Kinderdijk (Netherlands). The company will name the newbuilds after female members of the management team. The first of the new dredges will be named Calen, after the eldest daughter of Higi
Another Royal IHC has Beaver 65 cutter suction dredger has been successfully lifted onto a transport vessel and is now ready to set sail for Indonesia. The Beaver 65 CSD, with its impressive 650 mm pipe diameter, is renowned for its reliability, fuel efficiency, and low maintenance costs. It’s the l
The Dredge Potter, built in 1932, left the St. Louis service base dock last week headed to Grafton, Illinois to begin its dredging season. A crew of 53 highly-skilled employees from USACE St. Louis District staff the dustpan dredge that is capable of filling an Olympic sized swimming pool every hour
Jan De Nul Group and Goa Shipyard Limited have signed a contract for the construction of a next generation trailing suction hopper dredger. The new dredger is a plug-in hybrid specifically designed to operate in small harbors. With its 79 meters hull length and a hopper capacity of 2000 cubic meter,
Damen Shipyards recently presented the first type of the next generation of Cutter Suction Dredgers – the CSD600. The new series builds on the success of the old, with significant lessons learned, and faces the future with improved safety, sustainability and efficiency. The CSD600 is capable of dred
