The Hamburg Port Authority has released a video of the Alexander von Humboldt, a huge trailing suction hopper dredger owned by the Jan De Nul Group, in action at the port. “The daily work of the hopper dredgers is very important. Without them, the port of Hamburg would simply silt up,” the Authority
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) and IHC Holland BV have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the construction of cutter suction hopper dredgers (CSDs) and trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs). IHC, which has vast experience and proven capability to build world class dredging equ
Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) is building one of the largest oil refining plants in the world. The refinery will be constructed on land reclaimed by Van Oord in ‘sabkha area’, a salt plain near the coast some 30 kilometers north of the Saudi border. The project involves dredging and recla
Europe’s largest commercial marine and workboat exhibition, Seawork International, has announced that the Port of London Authority’s (PLA) new 36-meter mooring maintenance vessel, London Titan, built at a cost of £7 million, will be officially unveiled at the opening day of the event in June. Follow
Last Saturday, March 7th, Croatian shipbuilder “Uljanik” held launching ceremony for Jan De Nul Group’s new multipurpose vessel, the Isaac Newton. The state-of-the-art ship can be deployed on a variety of projects: installing subsea cables, trench dredging and subsea rock installation. In cable-inst
Order Placed for World’s Largest Cutter Suction Dredger Jan De Nul Group has placed an order for a large self-propelled cutter suction dredger JDN8069 with the Croatian shipyard Uljanik Brodogradiliste. Boskalis, Van Oord Sign Rio de Janeiro Dredging Contract Edinho Araujo, head of the Special Ports
The multipurpose vessel Isaac Newton was launched today at the Croatian shipyard Uljanik Brodogradiliste, Jan De Nul Group announced. The ship can be deployed on a variety of projects: installing subsea cables, trench dredging and subsea rock installation. The construction of multipurpose vessels al
Jan De Nul Group has placed an order for a large self-propelled cutter suction dredger JDN8069 with the Croatian shipyard Uljanik Brodogradiliste. The vessel was designed by Jan De Nul’s in-house design department. With seven large self-propelled cutter suction dredgers, Jan De Nul Group can boast m
Two Royal IHC Beaver® cutter suction dredgers have been deployed in Brazil to work on a large-scale hydroelectric dam construction project, which is due for completion in 2016 and will provide electricity to millions of people in the country. IHC Beaver Dredgers has built numerous cutter suction dre
London Titan – the Port of London Authority’s (PLA) new and unique multi-purpose mooring maintenance vessel – will help modernize how the authority works and provide a safe work platform for staff. Speaking just days after Titan was launched into crystal clear waters at Portland Harbor, Dorset, PLA
On the 8th June 2014 the Shoreway, a 98 metre 5000 tonne dredger, owned by Koninklijke Boskalis Westminster NV, collided with a Moody 31 sailing yacht Orca at the entrance to the River Orwell in Suffolk. At the helm of the Shoreway at the time was Mr Gerardus Chapel who was employed as Chief Mate. [
The Russian state-owned port services company, FSUE Rosmorport, will expand its dredging fleet with four new dredging vessels in the 2016-2017 period, according to Executive Director of Rosmorport Andrey Lavrischev. The CEO revealed this information today at the II International Forum of Dredging Co
The Moray Council and Macduff Shipyards Ltd. have entered into a £2.4 million contract for the construction of new dredger. The vessel will be a replacement for the Shearwater, which the council sold more than two years ago. The new vessel will be built at Macduff Shipyards’ fabrication facility at
Damen has begun work on the latest and one of the largest model yet in its popular, shallow draft Shoalbuster range. Ordered by Van Wijngaarden Marine Services, the Shoalbuster 3512 is 35 meters in length, has a draft of 2.9 meters and GRT of 498 tonnes. The completely new design brings a range of b
