New hybrid, water-injection dredger Maas has launched a programme of work on the Thames with a visit to the Port of Tilbury (POTL) on 27 April. Built for Van Oord by Kooiman Marine Group, Maas uses an innovative hybrid energy management system to reduce harmful CO2 emissions, by capturing residual h
Rohde Nielsen A/S has just posted a beautiful photo of the hopper dredger ‘Viking R’ working in the Republic of Guyana. From 2011 to 2020 Rohde Nielsen A/S performed continuous maintenance dredging on the Berbice River, Republic of Guyana. The works were part of a long-term charter contract for cont
FSUE “Rosmorport” Azov Basin Branch recently celebrated 60th anniversary since the flag was raised on the ‘Kuban-2’ multi-bucket dredger. The dredger was built in 1961 in Rosslau, Germany. Initially, the dredger was called ‘Kuban-1’, but later it was renamed into ‘Kuban-2’. Over the years, the dredg
Following the basic design contract in December 2020, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. LLC (GLDD) has now contracted Ulstein to continue the project with the integration engineering for their new dynamically positioned rock installation vessel. This contract is the next step in realising the first Jone
After only a couple of days at sea, one of the most powerful dredgers in the world – the 29,190kW CSD MOHAB MAMEESH has arrived in Egypt. According to Suez Canal Authority Chief Admiral Osama Rabie, the MOHAB MAMEESH was successfully floated in the Suez Canal on Sunday, following the separation from
Classification society Bureau Veritas has issued an ‘approval in principle’ (AiP) for Royal IHC’s hydrogen-fuelled trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). In an innovation partnership with the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat, Royal IHC is exploring a new type of vessel referred to as the ‘LEAF’ (low energy ad
Acta Marine has just announced that in the summer of 2021, the company will take delivery of the most sustainable workboat in the market, the “Coastal Crown”. The 36-meter-long vessel will be an ultra-shallow draft Multicat-type, equipped with Tier III engines to lower NOx emissions with 73%. She wi
After the successful placement of spud towers on board the Suez Canal Authority’s new cutter suction dredger Hussein Tantawy, Royal IHC has completed another construction milestone with the installation of both spuds. “The sun was shining down on our team when they installed the deep-blue spuds on t
After successful completion of the commissioning tests on the Dutch coastline and Haringvliet, Royal IHC officially handed over the cutter suction dredger (CSD) MOHAB MAMEESH to the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) on Thursday 18 March. With the delivery of the 29,190kW heavy-duty rock CSD, SCA now owns o
Last Wednesday, Danish backhoe dredger Margrethe Fighter capsized in the Port of Trelleborg (Sweden) while she was working on a berth construction project, informs the Maritime Denmark. Two out of three crew members have been rescued while one is still missing. According to the media reports, divers
TV Dredging, part of the Holland Shipyards Group, recently completed full-scale trials for the new deep suction dredger ‘Geertje’. According to the company, the newbuild is ready for delivery to her new owners Hoftijzer Verhuur- en Aannemingsbedrijf B.V. This in-house engineered vessel – type TVD DS
Royal IHC and Arab Potash Company recently celebrated another groundbreaking moment – launching of the customized mining cutter suction dredger Alkaramah. Following successful delivery to her owners in Jordan, the new dredger was launched into the Dead Sea last week. Now, the two companies will perf
DEME Group’s 13,700 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ recently underwent a drydocking in Setubal, Portugal. According to DEME, the dredger is back in peak condition. Right after dry-docking, she immediately headed off to the River Elbe to perform maintenance dredging along the fairwa
This morning Royal IHC launched the IHC Beaver® 65DDSP, called OREOLUWA, for the Nigerian customer Oretol Nigeria Ltd. The vessel, which will be delivered in combination with a booster station and discharge pipelines, will now be further outfitted at the quayside of IHC yard in Kinderdijk and it wil
