By David Pitt, Naval Architect at Offshore Ship Designers In the wake of the well-documented downturn in the oil and gas markets in recent years, an increasing number of platform supply vessels (PSVs) are currently under-utilized or languishing in lay-up, most notably in the US Gulf Coast region. Va
Sea Machines Robotics has announced a collaboration with TUCO Marine of Denmark to offer remote and autonomous control products as factory options in their line of ProZero workboats. The TUCO Marine Group manufactures a range of modern efficient workboats at its Faaborg, Denmark, location and is spe
The technology group Wartsila has supplied the full propulsion package for the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Arzana. The vessel is owned by National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC) from Abu Dhabi and has been specially designed to operate in high ambient temperatures. The 6.000m³ capacit
Marin Teknikk AS, a Norway based company involved in engineering services for shipyards and ship owners, has entered into an agreement with Debmarine Namibia for design and engineering of a new MT6027 Seabed Mining vessel. The new vessel will be the largest ship ever designed by Marin Teknikk. With
Royal IHC has just released a photo from the keel laying ceremony of the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) D11 21 De Julio. The 4.200m³ TSHD – ordered by the Administration Nacional de Puertos (ANP) – is being built in Uruguay and the Netherlands. The October 25th ceremony took place simult
The President of the Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, inaugurated the land reclamation for the Kulhudhuffushi Airport development and the newbuild dredger Mahaa Jarraafu yesterday, during his visit to the island. This trailing suction hopper dredger, belonging to the Maldives Transport and Con
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (November 6-12, 2017). Rosmorport Gets OK for Vostochny and Nakhodka Dredging Plans Federal State Unitary Enterprise (FSUE) Rosmorport has received positive findings from the State Ecology Expert Panel on design d
Royal IHC has just announced that the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Shanti Sagar 17 successfully completed sea trials. The new TSHD – built for Adani Group- was lunched at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, on 31 March 2017. This is the first of two Beagle 8 TSHD
The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) said in their latest release that the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Breughel arrived in Yuzhny yesterday, getting ready to remove 411,238 cubic meters of material from the city port areas. Earlier this year, USPA signed a contract with Novadeal LTD,
eL-Tec Elektrotechnologie recently secured a contract for the outfitting of two trailing suction hopper dredgers that are currently under construction at Royal IHC. The company will be responsible for the supply and integration of all main electrical installations, including the design, fabrication,
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 23-29, 2017). Steel Cutting Ceremony of TSHD LESSE Royal IHC has held a steel cutting ceremony for the 2,300m³ Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger LESSE. Uig Harbor Scheme Includes Land Reclamation Followin
Royal IHC has held a steel cutting ceremony for the 2,300m³ Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger LESSE. The event took place at IHC’s partner yard, the MTG Dolphin Shipyard in Varna (Bulgaria) earlier this week. The newbuild was ordered by Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging last May. The vessel is th
The high-capacity self-propelled СДС-15 dredger ‘Mykolaivets’ has successfully completed sea trials on the Southern Buh River, Nibulon said in its latest release. In particular, the specialists tested the propulsion units of the starboard side and port side in all modes. In addition, there were test
DEME Group said in its latest post that their dual fuel (diesel and LNG) trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Minerva’ is conducting sand renourishing works at the Belgian coast in Nieuwpoort. These shoreline reinforcement works are combined with maintenance dredging works in the access channel to the P
