Royal IHC has signed three contracts with the Jordan-based Arab Potash Company (APC) to deliver two cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and implement a new maintenance agreement. The first contract comprises the delivery of a custom-built CSD, the second is a three-year maintenance contract for the IHC d
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 2-8, 2020). Damen Completes TSHD Arco Dijk Maintenance Work The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Arco Dijk of Hanson Aggregate Marine has completed its maintenance stop-over at Damen Shiprepair Amster
The 8.000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ghasha, built for Abu Dhabi’s National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC), was successfully launched on February 19, 2020, at the headquarters of Royal IHC in Kinderdijk. The new TSHD has a number of innovations, including an enlarged hopper capacity an
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (February 17-23, 2020). PHOTO: DEME’s Breydel Busy in Italy DEME Group is currently carrying out several dredging projects in Southern European ports. Exceptional Year for GLDD Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporat
Abu Dhabi’s National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) has just released a beautiful video named ‘Ghasha Building Process’. The 8.000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ghasha was successfully launched earlier this week at the headquarters of Royal IHC in Kinderdijk. “Each milestone is marked by
The 8.000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ghasha, built for Abu Dhabi’s National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC), was successfully launched today at the headquarters of Royal IHC in Kinderdijk. ”A combination of higher maneuverability, power and new innovations makes Ghasha a new benchmark i
The inauguration ceremony of the 8000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ghasha, built for Abu Dhabi’s National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC), will take place at the headquarters of Royal IHC in Kinderdijk on February 19, 2020. “A combination of higher maneuverability, power and new innovatio
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 23 – 29, 2019). Titan LNG Delivers LNG to TSHD Scheldt River Via Trucks A joint effort between Port of Brest, CCIMBO, DEME and Titan LNG resulted in the successful truck-to-ship LNG bunkering of the Sche
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 16 – 22, 2018). Jan De Nul Completes Liepaja Port Dredging Jan De Nul Group has successfully completed the capital dredging works for the improvement of Liepaja Port in Latvia. Van Oord Wins Eforie Coa
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (November 11 – 17, 2019). Van Oord Kicks Off Port of Caldera Dredging In order to optimize commercial operations and reduce wait times for vessels arriving at the Port of Caldera, Sociedad Portuaria Caldera (SPC)
The National Marine Dredging Company has replaced the rubber cutter shaft bearings on the 89m dredger Al Khatem, marking a step closer to NMDC’s fleet-wide conversion to Thordon Bearings’ seawater lubricated Composite cutterhead bearings and cutterhead intermediate lineshaft bearings. The 1979-built
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 28 – November 3, 2019). Launching of TSHD Meuse River Set for November 16 A launching ceremony of the new 7.950m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Meuse River will take place on Saturday, November 1
Dredge Yard and its sole agent in Sri Lanka, Hoavel Holdings, have won an order for a standard Cutter Suction Dredger ECO 300. The new dredger will be used by Sri Lanka Land Development Corporation (SLLDC) for the cleanup of the Beira Lake in Colombo, Sri Lanka. According to the company, Hovael Hold
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 14 – 20, 2019). Jan De Nul Kicks Off Nouadhibou Dredging Project Jan De Nul Group has officially kicked off the deepening and widening operations in the inner port channel and turning basin of the large o
