Damen Shipyards Group has concluded a license agreement with US-based Conrad Industries under which the Conrad Shipyard LLC will construct two Damen Multi Cats 3013 for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation. The two vessels covered by this agreement will be the first Damen Multi Cats to be built in
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District’s Dredge Goetz crew recently kicked off the 2021 dredging season to help ensure the Mississippi River navigation channel remains open for safe, reliable commerce. The channel provides a safe, reliable, cost-effective and environmentally sustainable
Okskaya Shipyard (Navashino, Nizhny Novgorod Region) yesterday held a ceremonial keel-laying of a large hydrographic ship of Project 19920 for the Hydrographic Service of RF Navy. Large hydrographic ships of Project 19920 are multifunctional in their class and have a wide range of capabilities for h
The combination of Bergmanns BV, ECTMarine BV & Bosch Rexroth BV have provided a custom made Hydraulic motor part solution for bucket wheel dredger Barakat (BWD 650) of the Suez Canal Authority. The two HYDREX hydraulic motors driving the dredging wheel needed replacement after many years of service
Nizhny Novgorod Region based Shipbuilding, Ship Repair Corporation has delivered a non-self-propelled cutter suction dredger of Project 4395 built for Rechvodput. The ship built in the framework of “Service Fleet Modernization” is intended for the Kama Basin Administration of Inland Water Ways, anno
After months of hard work, Royal IHC has now officially handed over cutter suction dredger (CSD) HUSSEIN TANTAWY to the client Suez Canal Authority (SCA). The hand-over marks an important day in the cooperation between IHC and SCA rounding the build of two CSD vessels to specific design needs. With
In accordance with the order of FSUE “Rosmorport”, the dredger Dniester and the dredging barges Deltovaya 10 and Deltovaya 11 – previously operated by the Makhachkala Branch – were transferred to the company’s Azov Basin Branch. Taking into account the arrival of three vessels, the dredging fleet of
DSC Dredge of Reserve (LA) has just announced the availability of a brand new 10-inch Wolverine Class Dredge. The Wolverine is a compact cutter suction dredge, ideal for aggregate producers and construction contractors. It is easily transportable by a single truckload, and is fully functional with j
Largest cutter suction dredger in Jan De Nul fleet, the Willem van Rubroeck started its very first assignment in Mauritania recently. In the port of the capital Nouakchott, the vessel is working for developer ARISE Mauritania, on the deepening of the access channel, the port basin and the new berth
DSC Dredge of Reserve (LA) recently introduced its newly improved Marlin Class Dredge – the most requested dredge in 2020. Coming available this summer, DSC’s newly designed Tier 4 – 14″ (350 mm) features single engine Marlin Class underwater pump and a 1,125 HP (839 kW) diesel engine. The newly des
Last Thursday the official naming ceremony of the Damen cutter suction dredger (CSD500) Yantra took place in Ruse, Bulgaria. The CSD is part of an important modernisation programme of the Danube dredging fleet, and will have the prominent task of keeping the Danube at the required depth. The naming
The US Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District has just released a beautiful photo of the hopper dredge Essayons working in the Humboldt Bay, California. This Northern California bay is the largest protected body of water on the West Coast between San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound and the second
Damen Shipyards Group has expanded its Hopper Dredger portfolio – the full range now covering hopper volumes from 650m3 to 5,000m3. The company is known in the dredging market for its array of vessels for different dredging projects. These vessels include a range of cutter suction dredgers, workboat
Conrad Shipyard recently hosted a steel cutting ceremony for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock’s three 7,100 cubic yard dump scow barges at its shipyard in Morgan City, Louisiana. Dump scows are barges which have hopper type cargo carrying compartment and a split hull design to facilitate bottom dumps to di
