The maintenance dredging operations in Chichester Harbor Approach Channel and nourishment of the Hayling Island are progressing nicely, according to the Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership – ESCP. After securing funding from the Environment Agency, Havant Borough Council started this week with the be
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 14 – 20, 2019). Jan De Nul Kicks Off Nouadhibou Dredging Project Jan De Nul Group has officially kicked off the deepening and widening operations in the inner port channel and turning basin of the large o
DEME Group’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Lange Wapper is currently busy working on the New Lock mega project in Terneuzen, the Netherlands. Under this project, sand is being dredged and discharged through a 1km pipeline in the reclamation area of the new lock complex. During the works, th
Ellicott Dredges, a Baltimore, MD, based manufacturer of cutter suction dredgers and dredge equipment, has successfully delivered a portable cutter suction dredger (CSD) to their customer in Malawi, southeastern Africa. In 2018, the Millennium Challenge Account of Malawi (MCA-M) awarded Ellicott Dre
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (September 30 – October 6, 2019). Another Ten IHC Beavers for Egyptian Ministry of Defense Royal IHC has secured a contract from the Egyptian Ministry of Defense’s Engineering Authority (MOD) for the construction
The world’s largest LNG bunker supply vessel (BSV) Kairos successfully conducted the first ship-to-ship bunkering operation in German waters today, when the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Scheldt River received the low emission fuel. The vessel, which was christened in Hamburg on February 20
A keel laying ceremony of a Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD) 3500 vessel, to be built for Hanson Aggregates Marine, took place today at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. The ceremony of this vessel, currently in progress at Damen Galati under YN 566352, was performed at Hull Division IA in the presen
Royal IHC has secured a contract from the Egyptian Ministry of Defense’s Engineering Authority (MOD) for the construction of ten IHC Beaver® 45 Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSDs) and two Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1450 work boats. Commenting the latest news, IHC’s Commercial Director, Rogier Kalis, said: “
Manson Construction Co. recently released the latest update on the Atchafalaya River 2019 Maintenance Dredging Project. This project involves river maintenance dredging utilizing the cutter suction dredge (CSD) ROBERT M WHITE (RM WHITE) along the southern reaches of the Atchafalaya River. According
The mining cutter suction dredger (CSD) Julia, which is part of Kenmare Resources’ Wet Concentrator Plant C development project, has arrived in Nacala, Mozambique. The dredger was shipped from the Netherlands and it will now be transported by road to the Moma Titanium Minerals Mine. Julia is the thi
Royal IHC has reached agreements with several key customers in Africa and Asia to supply IHC Beaver cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and an IHC Easydredge trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) with an approximate total value of €100 million. Both vessel types are products within IHC’s highly successf
Thousands of jobs are on the horizon for Cairns, with dredging on the city’s $127 million shipping development now complete. Member for Cairns Michael Healy visited the Cairns Port today to meet with locals who worked on the project and farewell the 111m-long dredging ship Balder R, which was tasked
Van Oord is deepening and widening the access channel and turning basin of a large ore export facility in Nouadhibou, Mauritania. Two trailing suction hopper dredgers, one of which is owned by Van Oord, will be deployed for the dredging work. According to the company, Von Oord’s flagship HAM 318 is
During the last month, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) reached a volume of more than 1 million m³ of dredged material removed from seven dredging sites – for the first time in six years of its existence. These dredge spots include the Mariupol, Berdyansk, Kherson and Mykolayiv Ports, as wel
