Last Friday, Kooiman-Hoebee Shipyard in Dordrecht shipyard successfully refloated trailing suction hopper dredger Swalinge. According to Kooiman, the work on TSHD Swalinge started in January 2022, and by now the ship has been extended by 37 meters with many other adjustments also completed. The Swal
Gippsland Ports recently provided a regular update on the planned and actual progress of the dredging activities at the Lakes Entrance, Victoria. Summarizing the 2021 season, Gippsland Ports said that 570 loads of dredged material have been placed in the Dredged Material Grounds. They also added tha
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has just announced the successful delivery of the first dual-fuel Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) to Van Oord. Named Vox Ariane, the high-specification dredger has a hopper capacity of 10,500 cubic meters and can run on LNG. It is the sixth dredger bu
Staff members of the Dutch Embassy in New Zealand recently took a tour of the hopper dredger Albatros to find out more about the vessel and its current dredging operations in the area. “We would like to extend a big thank you to Dutch Dredging, Ron and the crew for inviting us onto the Albatros [&he
Electrical systems integrator Alewijnse and 3D simulation specialist Tree C Technology have joined forces to develop innovative digital twins for the maritime manufacturing industry. Together, they now offer new 3D simulation applications for the future that simulate the operating environment of shi
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock newest trailing suction hopper dredge being built at Conrad Shipyards is progressing as planned with the vessel being on track for an on-time delivery on Q1 of 2023. This 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity hopper dredge will feature two 800mm suction pipes and will be able to dredge
North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation (NQBP) will soon embark on another maintenance dredging campaign at the Port of Weipa. NQBP CEO Nicolas Fertin said that the hopper dredger Brisbane is due to begin work from late April 2022. “Maintenance dredging works are an integral part of port operations,
Alewijnse recently signed a contract with Den Herder Seaworks to deliver the electrical refit of their trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Swalinge. As we reported earlier this year, the 82.2 metre hopper dredger is currently at Kooiman-Hoebee Shipyard in Dordrecht for an extension of 37 meters,
The Finnish subsidiary of Harju Elekter Group, Telesilta Oy is joining the list of companies that will take part in a major shipbuilding project – the construction of a new trailing suction hopper dredger for the Polish Maritime Office. According to Harju Elekter, Telesilta signed the contract on Ap
The Port of Townsville’s $232 million Channel Upgrade project has reached a significant milestone with the largest Australian owned backhoe dredge, Woomera, now dredging in Cleveland Bay. “If you’re on the bay, you’re sure to spot Woomera loading the material dredged from the channel on to support b
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ hopper dredge Essayons has completed sea trials that tested recently-completed modernization and maintenance work done at Pacific Shipyards International (PSI). According to the Corps, the Essayons, also known as “big sucky boat,” is finally back in Portland after s
This afternoon the new Water Injection Dredger ‘Aquadelta’ hit the water at Scheepswerf Bijlsma in Wartena, The Netherlands. The ‘Aquadelta’ is a diesel-electric twin propelled WID which was developed by Conoship International in close cooperation with Bagger- en Aannemingsmaatschappij Van der Kamp
In its fifth edition of FOCUS magazine, Jan De Nul Group has covered an interesting topic “Exploring new dredging limits with Willem van Rubroeck“. The story shows how Jan De Nul is once again pushing the limits by taking big steps forward in terms of size of scale, weather resistance and power. Unt
Rohde Nielsen’s fleet of hopper dredgers recently completed another coastal protection project, this time for the Dutch government agency Rijkswaterstaat. According to the dredging contractor, the project included foreshore nourishment in front of the island of Vlieland, where 1,840,000 m3 of sand w
