Every year, the KNVTS (Royal Dutch Association of Maritime Technicians) organises the Ship of the Year competition. A prestigious prize awarded to an innovative ship designed and built in the Netherlands. The jury of this award has announced that the SPARTACUS, world’s most powerful cutter suction d
The United Arab Emirates-based shipyard Albwardy Damen has held a keel-laying ceremony for two CSD500 cutter suction dredgers. The ceremony which was organised on November 1, included an offer of a coconut while burning incense – a tradition for every vessel built at Albwardy Damen. As Damen Dredgin
The Barnstable County dredge Sand Shifter has been successfully launched after a large-scale shiprepair project. Over the last two months, the dredge was out of the water at the Fairhaven Shipyard, receiving extensive renovations and refurbishments. Following the October launch, she stayed in Fairha
Family owned and operated, Mike Hooks, LLC has just released the latest photo of the 300-ft cutter suction dredge Lorraine Hooks, currently being built at Southwest Shipyard. The state-of-the-art CSD is looking great with the pilot house, upper crane, and anchor booms all recently installed at the s
Baggerbedrijf De Boer BV – Dutch Dredging recently revealed a photo of the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Mahury operating in the Wadden Sea. The Mahury is performing maintenance dredging of the Wadden Sea channels and ports under the Rijkswaterstaat Projects and Maintenance Program (PPO). T
Jan De Nul Group has successfully finished work on the Matinhos beach renourishment project in Brazil. According to Dieter Dupuis, Project Manager at Jan De Nul, last week – in the presence of the state government of Paraná – Jan De Nul Group concluded the beach enlargement in Matinhos. A stretch of
Beach nourishment work continues along the Southern Shores coastline as part of a multi-million dollar project to rebuild Dare County’s beaches. Last week, the contractor Weeks Marine successfully finished the first segment of the project – nourishment from 60 Ocean Blvd to the southern town line. A
Royal IHC recently delivered one of its Beaver cutter suction dredgers to a client in Africa. As reported, a multi-specialist construction group, Denys inquired into the possibility of purchasing a Beaver dredger at short notice and IHC didn’t hesitate to make it happen. The Beaver 30 was a perfect
Earlier this month, Mike Hooks LLC began maintenance dredging operations at Perdido Pass Channel in Alabama. Over the last two weeks or so, the company’s cutter suction dredge E Stroud has been busy working in the Perdido Pass for the Army Corps’ Mobile District. Similar to previous campaigns, dredg
After five years in service, DEME Group’s hopper dredger Minerva has successfully completed her regular drydocking and inspection campaign. When entering service in 2017, the vessel made waves in the dredging industry as the first dual fuel trailing suction hopper. This October, TSHD Minerva’s five-
For many decades Boskalis has been successfully carrying out beach and foreshore replenishment work to strengthen coastlines throughout Europe. The company is currently working on the Wadden Island of Texel and near Noordwijk in the Netherlands, and in the spring of 2023 on the beach of the Wadden I
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District in concert with the Philadelphia District and the Marine Design Center recently awarded a $11.4 million contract to Southwest Shipyard LP of Houston, Texas, for a new crane barge on the St. Marys River. “The new crane barge will perform critical loc
Jan De Nul Group and Neptune Marine today held a launching ceremony for the new water injection dredger Cosette near Dordrecht in the Netherlands. This newbuild is a sister vessel to the Pancho, delivered earlier this year. The design of both vessels is based on an existing vessel design from the Ne
Rohde Nielsen has made good progress dredging the Fremantle Ports Deep Water Channel, placing the beach-quality sand onto the Port Beach. According to the City of Fremantle, between July and October 2022, 78,000m³ of sand has been placed onto the Port Beach which is slightly over 50% of the target.
