Van Oord’s backhoe dredger Goliath has arrived in Harwich to take its part in the Channel Deepening Project. According to the Harwich Haven Authority (HHA), the Goliath will over the next week or so dredge the main channel together with the self-powered split-hopper barges Pieter Caland and Cornelis
Construction of Mike Hooks’ state-of-the-art cutter suction dredge Lorraine Hooks is coming along nicely at Southwest Shipyard. The dredge was towed Southwest’s Brady Island facility in Houston earlier this year to receive a familiar “Mike Hooks Red” color scheme. With the paint job now complete, CS
Although marine aggregates are increasingly in demand given the scarcity of land-based resources, the marine aggregates dredging fleet worldwide is largely an aging one, with a significant portion of vessels over 30 years old. With its decades of experience building dredgers of all types, Damen deci
Royal IHC continues to develop local dredging capabilities in Vietnam by providing more and more state-of-the-art equipment for the country’s top players. Building on its partnership with DACINCO Investment Construction Company Limited in Vietnam, the company announced today that IHC will deliver an
Trailer Suction Hopper Dredge Brisbane will once again return to Port of Bundaberg for another dredging campaign. According to Gladstone Ports Corporation Ltd. (GPC), TSHD Brisbane will be dredging alongside the Bundaberg main wharf for approx. five days. The dredging, expected to begin next week, w
Two and a half months after its official launch, trailing suction hopper dredge R.B. Weeks sailed out of the Murray Bayou, Florida, to begin sea trials. According to the shipbuilder, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc, the 356-foot hopper dredge (ESG Hull 258) left their Allanton Shipyard last weekend
There is no such thing as one size fits all when it comes to designing a dredge. There are so many different types of dredges which are each optimized for different purposes. The efficiency, capabilities, and performance of a dredge determine its competitiveness. There are dredges optimized for use
Damen has announced successful delivery of a cutter suction dredger, type CSD650, to a customer in Kuwait. According to Damen, the stationary dredger (named GD4000) was mobilized from stock and outfitted, inspected and delivered from the yard to HAC Cranes, all in just 44 days from contract signatur
Dare County, in partnership with EJE Dredging Service, has announced that Miss Katie—the shallow-draft hopper dredge that has been under construction in Morgan City, Louisiana, since March 2021—has officially arrived on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Miss Katie departed from Conrad Shipyard in L
With vessels built to last a lifetime, when projects or fleet managers no longer have a use for a vessel, an equipment upgrade can be a perfect and sustainable solution for a vessel. That is just what Royal IHC did for their customer Rock & Reef Dredging Private Limited. With a 14m ladder extension,
Royal IHC has won another major deal in Bangladesh, this time from Karnafuly Ship Builders Ltd (KSBL) for the design, engineering and hardware of four cutter suction dredgers (CSDs). According to IHC, these four mono-pontoon custom-built CSDs (2x 700 mm and 2x 600 mm) will be built in Bangladesh by
The Port of Townsville work to welcome larger commercial, cruise and defence ships to the harbour is progressing well, with channel widening now in full swing. According to the latest update, the backhoe dredge Woomera has removed almost 700,000m3 to date. The dredging, which began in mid-March, is
The Dutch maritime design and engineering company, Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam B.V. is embarking on a new project to design a large Cutter Suction Dredge (CSD) for a client in the US. As reported, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has contracted Vuyk Engineering to design a large CSD for p
After successful dredge trials the EuroHopper 400 named Sandborn is now on her way to Denmark to the premises of Sibelco Group. Neptune has developed its own range of small to medium-sized Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHD), the EuroHopper range. Based on proven dredging technology and customiz
