Two days after signing the contract for a new hopper dredger, Manson Construction managers visited the Keppel AmFELS, Inc. team at their shipyard facility in Brownsville, TX. The visit officially kicked off the start of fabrication of the new 15,000 cubic yard hopper dredge, FREDERICK PAUP. During t
Russia’s Onezhsky Shipyard (Petrozavodsk, the Republic of Karelia) has successfully launched the Smelaya, a self-propelled hopper barge of Project NV-600. The vessel is the second addition to the FSUE Rosmorport’s Makhachkala Branch. Onezhsky Shipyard launched the first hopper barge of Project NV-60
Associated British Ports (ABP) recently began their annual maintenance dredging programme at the Port of Lowestoft, England. The first on the site was 1968 built grab dredger UKD Cherry Sand. The vessel started dredging operations on September 8th and will stay in Lowestoft until September 20. In ea
One of the most familiar vessels in the Port of Newcastle (NSW) is the dredging vessel David Allan. Its job is to maintain the depth of the channel by removing sand, silt, and mud via a trailing suction arm into the hopper of the dredge. This work is essential to the safe and seamless passage [&hell
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has laid keel for the new trailing suction hopper dredge, the R.B. Weeks. The ceremony took place last week at the Eastern Florida facility. The 6,540m³ R.B. Weeks is named after the co-founder of the company and the husband of Magdalen Weeks. This is an identical vessel t
Heron Construction’s backhoe dredger Kimahia and workboat DMK have been up on the slipway at Heron Ship Repair Ltd in Whangarei for the past 3 weeks. With the slipway gate removed, they are now ready to go back into the water, Heron Construction Company said in their latest update. The next destinat
Dublin Port Company (DPC) has started the next round of maintenance dredging works in the port’s navigation channel, basins and berthing pockets. The last maintenance dredging campaign took place in 2018. Since then sediment has built up over time causing a reduction in the water depths. According t
DEME Group has just released this beautiful and unique bird’s eye view of their green vessels Bonny River and D’Artagnan, heading for their next project. The Bonny River represents DEME’s new generation of trailing suction hopper dredgers. She can dredge in very hard soils and also work in deep wate
Cutter suction dredger LUCIO of the Damen CSD500 series is about to begin its journey to Argentina. Built for the Argentinian dredging contractor SERVIMAGNUS, the newbuild is now disassembled and ready for transport. Painted with the customers company colors, the vessel has a modular design to ensur
One of the latest additions to NMDC’s (National Marine Dredging Company) fleet of vessels, the backhoe dredger SARB has safely arrived in Abu Dhabi, UAE. After a voyage from Rotterdam, MV Rolldock Sky floated off the SARB in the Port of Mina Zayed. The great co-operation between all parties resulted
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District Public Affairs staff recently visited the Dredge Merritt while it was conducting operations on the Oregon Inlet. Dredging in this area has many benefits for Dare County fishermen, both economic and recreational. The significance of the Oregon Inl
Trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Albatros arrived at Napier Port, New Zealand, today to remove around 30,000m3 of sediment from the shipping channel as the port builds 6 Wharf. Some of this 30,000m3 of material is suitable for renourishing the Westshore Beach. According to the port, the Albatr
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District just shared this beautiful photo of the deep draft hopper dredge Essayons working at the mouth of the Columbia River. According to the Corps, over the next several weeks the Essayons will dredge sand from the Columbia River bar, the world’s most da
A Model 5012 HP Versi-Dredge owned by the Town of Cobourg, Canada, is fulfilling another maintenance dredging contract for Wellington Harbour. According to Adam Goheen, Prince Edward County’s director of operations, over the next couple of weeks the dredger will clear built-up sand from the harbour
