Dredging International, part of the DEME Group, has secured the contract from Belgian transmission system operator Elia for the submarine power cable installation for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the North Sea. Elia’s Modular Offshore Grid, or so-called electricity plug, includes an Offshore S
The Barnstable County Dredge Program has launched a campaign giving the public the opportunity to pick the name of their newest dredge. The vessel is currently under construction in Baltimore, Maryland, with the delivery scheduled for the next month. The dredge naming campaign will occur in two phas
Dredging fleet of Rosmorport’s North-Western Basin Branch, numbering four vessels, is conducting maintenance dredging work in the Ust-Luga Port and Big Port St. Petersburg areas, said Rosmorport in its latest release. According to Rosmorport, TSHD Kronshlot is currently working at the Petrovsky fair
The sea trials of DEME’s 3.500m³ LNG-powered trailing suction dredger (TSHD) Minerva were successfully completed a few days ago, Royal IHC said in its latest announcement. The TSHD Minerva, launched on December 3, 2016 at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, is the first vessel of this kind in the wo
Weeks Marine has resumed Buxton Beach Nourishment operations after two days of being shut down due to weather, reports Dare County. According to the update, the contractor resumed pumping sand yesterday around 9:30. The current marine forecast looks favorable for pumping the next several days. “The
The Port of Rotterdam is making good progress with the construction of the new Offshore Center, said the port authority today. The Port Authority will be developing Rotterdam Offshore Center on a maximum of 70 ha of new land at Maasvlakte 2. The contract for the creation of new land has been awarded
Royal IHC has just released this beautiful photo of the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Robert M. White, taken during its first assignment. The CSD is currently working on a beach nourishment project on Cat Island, off the coast of Gulfport, Mississippi. Constructed at Halimar Shipyard LLC in Morgan Ci
Wasa Dredging reported today that construction of the new 1010m³ self-propelled barges “Boann” and “Sinann” is now fully complete. According to the company, the new Wasa SHB 1010 split-barges have been delivered and moved to Rauma where “Boann” has already started working on a project. The two barge
Mampaey Offshore Industries has developed and delivered the first iMSL Small Scale system for the world’s first LNG-powered trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD) Minerva and Scheldt River. The transfer of the liquefied natural gas from ships required a linked ESD system to ensure a controlled shut
Stokman-SCW announced recently that it will supply the conveyor belt rollers and pulleys for a custom built Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) ‘DC Orisant’. Royal IHC is building the 5,450m³ TSHD for a joint venture between Den Herder (Reimerswaal Dredging) and Group de Cloedt. The shipbuilder h
Bridlington Harbor has just released this very interesting video about their new grab dredger Gypsey Race. The 75ft dredger will be used to keep Bridlington Harbor dredged to maintain safe passage for all vessels in and out of the harbor and it is envisaged that the vessel will be chartered out to o
Van den Herik Sliedrecht, a Dutch company involved in hydraulic and marine engineering industry, last week christened its newbuild crane vessel ‘Prins 6’ during a ceremony in its own harbor in Sliedrecht. Hanneke Nobel, the wife of the president of the foundation that manages the Van den Herik share
A Damen trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) 650 has successfully completed sea trials in Shanghai and is now on its way to the new owner – Gippsland Ports in Australia. The TSHD, named Tommy Norton, is the first Damen dredger built for Australia. Having left Shanghai on 14th July, a Damen team is
The keel laying ceremony for new multi-purpose 5.450m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ‘DC Orisant’ took place yesterday, Reimerswaal Dredging said in its latest announcement. Launching of this TSHD is planned for the end of the year, according to the Dutch based dredging contractor. The new
