National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) announced today that their second custom-built trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ghasha has successfully completed sea trails. Following the completion of trials, the 8.000m³ Ghasha is now on her way to the first dredging project in Abu Dhabi, NMDC report
Royal IHC handed over the 3,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Mont Mandara to Cameroon’s Port Authority of Douala (PAD) last week. This successful delivery completes the PAD fleet, following its acquisition of an IHC Beaver 50® cutter suction dredger and a DMC work boat in 2019. The new T
Orion Group Holdings, Inc. (ORN) has provided an update on the explosion and fire in the Port of Corpus Christi involving its dredge Waymon Boyd. On Friday morning a fire occurred in the Port of Corpus Christi Ship Channel near one of the company’s dredges, the Waymon Boyd, and the vessel caught fir
Last week, Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. (ESG) hosted a steel cutting ceremony for R.B. WEEKS, ESG Hull 258, a new trailing suction hopper dredger for Weeks Marine, Inc. The new vessel will be constructed at Eastern’s Allanton Shipyard Panama City, Florida. This is the second TSHD project for Wee
The Coast Guard has suspended its search Saturday for two missing crew members from the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd. Two people are still missing and six have been hospitalized for injuries caused by a pipeline explosion after a dredging vessel hit a submerged gas pipeline in the Corpus Christi Sh
Following the biofuel pilot last year, Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger HAM 316 has again successfully executed two projects, while running on biofuel. This time the vessel was deployed in the United Kingdom. First on the Lincolnshire Beach Management works, which we executed for the Envir
Last month, Royal IHC crews successfully completed the installation of cutter ladder for Suez Canal Authority’s (SCA) cutter suction dredger MOHAB MAMEESH. With this, the project reached another milestone towards the completion and delivery of this mighty vessel to the client. The MOHAB MAMEESH is o
SPI Servicios Portuarios Integrados for Mar del Plata port in Argentina has acquired a DOP Dredger component package from Damen Shipyards Group. The Argentinian shipyard will build major components and assemble the dredger. According to Damen, this will be the first locally built dredger in Argentin
Last week, we reported a major milestone in the construction of the world’s first LNG-powered cutter suction dredger (CSD) Spartacus. DEME and Royal IHC teams are putting the finishing touches to this pioneering new vessel. As reported, both giant spuds for the new CSD are now in place, marking the
In their earlier blogs, Royal IHC shared the company’s vision towards the innovative and complex drive systems that are required for the maritime energy transition. Fuel cells are seen as the prime mover for the future, but what will happen with the internal combustion engines? In the latest blog, I
DSC Dredge has just announced the successful delivery of its Marlin Class dredge to a valued DSC client. Over the past 20+ months, DSC Dredge teams in Poplarville, MS and Reserve, LA have worked tirelessly to design, build and ship out two custom Marlin dredges. “A huge thank you to all of our DSC t
Bakker Sliedrecht has won a contract to supply its innovative condition monitoring system for measuring vibration of bearings in submersible motors to trailing suction hopper dredger Jun Yang 1, the largest trailing suction hopper dredger in China at the moment. Condition monitoring is a way to impr
For the last couple of months, the MV Yed Prior has been docked at the Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in Delfzijl for a conversion. The vessel is being converted from a container ship to a gravel dredger for the fa. Spaansen. According to the Niestern Sander, the Yed Prior conversion project is expe
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Dredge CURRITUCK is in Ocean City, Md., for a sand bypassing operation to Assateague Island National Seashore (ASIS). The dredge is scheduled to work in the area for about a month, and will be removing material from in and around the channel, with an emphasis on the
