IHC Merwede has announced that it has recently secured orders for advanced vessels and equipment in its core markets of dredging and offshore to the value of €200million. The latest agreements confirmed by IHC Merwede include: a new pipelaying vessel for Subsea 7; an engineering and components packa
IHC Merwede has been awarded a contract to deliver the environmentally friendly deep-water dredger, IHC Beaver® 4040, for Zhejiang Dredging (China). This innovative cutter suction dredger will be optimised to work on lake and reservoir dredging projects – and is unique in its class. Boundary breakin
Idreco has delivered its new ISD 350/30E dredger to Peene Kies. Peene Kies has already two ISD 350 dredgers from Idreco, with dredging depths till 20 meters. The new Type ISD 350/30E can dredge untill 32 meters deep and it is equipped with the newest IDRECO direct drive underwater engine with 450 kW
The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Maryland Chapter, the premier network for middle market deal makers, awarded the prestigious “Deal of the Year Award” to Ellicott Dredge Enterprises, LLC for its purchase of selected assets from Rohr Corporation. In March 2011 Ellicott Dredge Enterprises, L
The Mantiwoc, a ship carrying limestone, ran aground in Saint Joseph this week. Being unable to get into the harbor, the ship had no other choice but to go back 300 to 500 feet off from Dock 63. This happened at the same time as the State Senate was considering a resolution cosponsored by John [&hel
The 350-foot-long tourist landmark on Lake Kalamazoo, S.S. Keewatin steamship will be set free once 50,000 cubic yards of the muck and mud are removed this week. The Keewatin is surrounded by approximately 12 feet of silt and dredging the muck is the first step to getting the ship ready to cover a 6
In pursuing efforts to gain international expansion, IHC Merwede is looking forward to declaring the acquisition of several Asian shipyards in the upcoming quarter, Reuters reports. The global market leader for efficient dredging and mining vessels and equipment, IHC Merwede is well equipped for fut
MTU received an order for eight Series 4000 Ironmen gensets from the China-based Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC), a heavy-duty equipment manufacturer. The gensets will power two 99m multi-purpose vessels owned by the Dutch company Boskalis which owns one of the biggest and most mode
The naming and launch ceremony for the 13,000kW stationary cutter suction dredger, SHANTI SAGAR XVI, took place on 6 December 2011 at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Sliedrecht, The Netherlands. IHC Merwede is building the ship for Mundra Port Special Economic Zone Ltd., which is part of the Adani Group
On November 20, the trial of self-propelled suction dredger “Tongtu” with Asia’s largest capacity and dredging depth fabricated by CCCC Tianjin Dredging Co., Ltd. (TDC) succeeded. “Tongtu” is a super large self-propelled suction dredger independently designed, developed and fabricated by China. The
The Trailer Suction Hopper Dredge (TSHD) Brisbane will be arriving in Gladstone this week to carry out Gladstone ports Corporation annual maintenance dredging. Each year the THSD Brisbane travels along the Queensland Coast to each of the ports to maintain the depth of shipping channels and berths at
On 30 November 2011, Van Oord performed the naming ceremony for its new Damen Multi Cat 3213 ‘Oceanus’. The Oceanus is the biggest Multi Cat ever built by Damen Shipyards and the first of its type. A sister vessel ‘Cronus’ is to be delivered April 2012, one month before the contractual delivery date
After some successful trials cutter suction dredger Athena was handed over to Van Oord. On her way to Mombassa, Kenya she is operational in the port of Molhe de Sines, Portugal for a few weeks. The ship functions as desired. A second self-propelled cutter suction dredger named Artemis is under const
On November 10, 2011, DSC Dredge, LLC and Supreme Dredge & Processing, LLC together created a new company known as Supreme-DSC Dredge, LLC. The company was formed as a Louisiana-based corporation with major component manufacturing taking place at the Stoneboro, PA manufacturing facility, as well as
