Rohde Nielsen has successfully completed another major dredging project, this time for the client SETH in Cabinda, Angola. With its constrained connections to other cities, Cabinda has limited economic development. Rohde Nielsen was awarded a contract that included capital dredging of the port and a
Glosten, a full-service naval architecture and marine engineering consultancy firm, recently presented a new cutter suction dredge design with the ability to operate at shallow drafts. This medium-sized dredge is part of a new generation of inland and coastal work vessels capable of running on alter
The Memphis District’s Dredge Hurley returned to its home port, Ensley Engineer Yard, in Memphis Harbor, on Jan. 13, 2023, after finishing a record-breaking 273-day season, which began Apr. 26, 2022. In eight and a half months, the 36-person crew dredged 14.5 million cubic yards of sediment, which i
As a provider of customized metal fabricating, Bassett Mechanical was recently contracted by Ellicott Dredges to fabricate a 90,000-pound mining dredge. According to the company, Ellicott approached Bassett and was looking for a metal fabrication contractor that could build a large stainless steel m
Over the past few months, excellent progress has been made on the overhaul of the hopper dredge CURRITUCK, which is currently getting a $9.6 million makeover at Memphis District’s Ensley Engineer Yard. Earlier this week, the Ensley crew moved the CURRITUCK off the drydock so they could move on to th
Royal IHC recently decided to use Bachmann hardware and software on its standardized Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers. The Easydredge is IHC’s range of smaller-sized TSHDs, with hopper capacities from 500 up to 4000 cubic metres. For larger hopper capacities, Royal IHC directs its clients to its Bea
The 156-foot-long shallow-draft hopper dredge ‘Miss Katie’ completed a 10-day dredging project in Hatteras Inlet on Sunday, February 5, 2023. Miss Katie began dredging Hatteras Inlet on Friday, January 27, 2023, and, upon completion of the project on Sunday, February 5, 2023, she had successfully dr
Following successful sea trials in mid-January, Royal IHC delivered the new trailing suction hopper dredger TEUNIS HUIBERTUS to contractor Gebr. van der Lee on 1 February 2023. The newbuild, a Beagle® 4 hopper dredger, belongs to the series of standard medium-sized TSHDs from IHC which are equipped
Following successful sea trials in late December/early January, Kooiman Marine Group is now almost ready to deliver state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Hegemann V. According to the shipbuilder, the new TSHD which has been designed and made on specific criteria of Hegemann was tho
PD Ports Teesport has announced that starting at the end of January capital dredging works will be carried out in three different areas within the port limits. The works are part of the wider South Bank Project, which will see the creation of a new £107 million heavy-lift quay. According to the PD T
Dutch Dredging – a medium size dredging company, based in Sliedrecht in the Netherlands – is currently performing dredging operations in Puerto Caldera. In order to make the harbor more accessible, hopper dredge ELBE of Baggerbedrijf De Boer BV (Dutch Dredging) recently kicked off dredging works at
Classification society Bureau Veritas has successfully reviewed a 3D design of a 2500m³ hopper dredger from Damen Shipyards, being a step to granting it approval in principle. The pilot project for 3D model-based class approval is meant to pave the way towards using three dimensional computer design
Boskalis’ hopper dredger Causeway has begun dredging operations to deepen the new main quay and approaches in Stornoway, UK. The Stornoway new deep water harbour project includes construction of a new quay, berthing dolphin and foundation works for a new linkspan as well as the removal of two shipwr
Jan De Nul Group and Royal IHC have signed a contract for the upgrade of cutter suction dredger (CSD) J.F.J. De Nul. Built in 2013 by Royal IHC and with a total power of 27,240 kW installed, this CSD belongs to the top-end in the world cutter dredging fleet. The J.F.J. De Nul is the […]
