Van Oord’s hopper dredger Rotterdam arrived in Harwich Harbour this morning to carry out routine maintenance dredging under the £120m capital Channel Deepening project. With a carrying capacity of 38,000 DWT, TSHD Rotterdam is amongst the largest dredging vessels ever to visit the harbour. From appr
Oiltech Dredging Equipment from the Netherlands has successfully delivered another gold mining dredger with all the associated equipment, this time to a customer in Central Africa. According to Oiltech, this will soon be the fourth new machine purchased for gold mining in a short time. This dredger
As a service to the dredging community, IADC releases an updated version of the IADC Fleet List each year. Data regarding the plants of IADC members is gathered annually by the Registered Plant Committee and then formulated into a list. The IADC Fleet List is provided to Clarksons Research and the d
Femern A/S announced today that their contractors are making great progress on the construction of the Femern tunnel on the German side by Puttgarden. The tunnel portal, where the traffic will be driven in and out of the tunnel, is clearly seen in the water. Contrary to the Danish portal, the tunnel
Finnish shipbuilder Työvene and Maritime office of Gdynia recently signed a contract worth €20 million for the construction and delivery of a state-of-the-art Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger. According to shipbuilder, the order is a result of a tender where the design developed by Työvene and Dutch
Rohde Nielsen has just announced successful completion of a beach nourishment project at the east coast of Skagen, Denmark. The project which was undertaken for the Danish Coastal Authority (Kystdirektoratet) included dredging and pumping 130,000 m3 of sand on to the east coast beaches. According to
ST Maine Support and Damen Shipyards have signed a contract for the delivery of a new Damen Multi Cat 3313 SD workboat. Based on the proven Multi Cat 3013, the 3313 is a new addition to Damen’s Multi Cat range and, while it has been developed specifically to meet the needs of ST Marine Support, [&he
Kooiman Marine crews have been busy lately working on the extension of the trailing suction hopper dredger Swalinge. According to Kooiman, the work on the Swalinge is in full swing at the company’s Hoebee Shipyard in Dordrecht. “This is how it will be extended. In the meantime, we’re a few weeks ahe
Jenkins Marine grab dredger ‘C H Horn’ has taken a trip to Ipswich to complete maintenance dredging for MDL at the picturesque Woolverstone Marina. Woolverstone is a large marina with 235 pontoon berths and 45 swinging moorings situated near the sea on the River Orwell. According to Jenkins, there i
More interesting topics are being opened on the 5th International Congress “Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging” that launched yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation in Moscow. Following the announcement that Hydrographic Company is planning to invest o
Jan De Nul has started second round of dredging and beach replenishment works in Ostend, Belgium. Similar to last year, JDN’s trailing suction hopper dredger Alexander von Humboldt will deliver approximately 600,000 cubic metres of dredged sand to the Ostend beach, sailing on sustainable drop-in bio
Hegemann Dredging’s new trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Hegemann V’ is ready for the finishing touches, reports Kooiman Marine Group. As disclosed by Kooiman yesterday, the arrival of ‘Hegemann V’ at the shipbuilders yard in Zwijndrecht is planned for next week. Various parts are already ready and
The Queen’s Harbour Master Portsmouth announced today that Surveying Operations and Maintenance Dredging will begin next week in the maintained areas within Portsmouth Harbour and its approach channels. According to the Notice LNTM No 26/22, the contractor responsible for the project is Boskalis Wes
Rohde Nielsen has just announced the successful completion of the company’s first dredging project in Mexico. The dredging works for the refinery terminal in the port of Topolobampo were completed on time, for one of the Sempra Group subsidiaries, the company reported. One of the most versatile vess
