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  • Dredging Corporation of India, NMDC enter strategic alliance

    24 January 2022
    Operations & Maintenance

    Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) and National Maritime Dredging Company (NMDC) entered into a strategic alliance today. The alliance will focus on areas not limited to capital dredging works, project development on BOT basis, operate ports as managers, participate in the public, private partnership in dredging works in accordance to the Dredging Policy, Ministry of […]

  • Advancing investments in Port of Port Hedland development

    4 February 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    A revised Port of Port Hedland development plan – supporting a 41 pct increase in capacity – has been endorsed by the Western Australian Government. The comprehensive review, undertaken by Pilbara Ports Authority, is set to enable the growth of iron ore exports to 660 million tonnes per annum, allowing port proponents to invest in […]

  • Vuosaari fairway deepening wraps up

    8 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    The deepening of the Vuosaari fairway and harbour basin was completed ahead of schedule at the end of November, Port of Helsinki said. During the project, around 1.1 million cubic metres of soil was dredged and 800,000 cubic metres of rock was made available for use in area construction in Helsinki.  The project was completed […]

  • GLDD signs $92.5M Houston Project 11

    23 November 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has signed a $92.5 million dredging contract for the Houston Ship Channel Widening and Improvement Project 11. This is the first phase of the extensive, multi-phase Houston Ship Channel billion-dollar expansion and deepening program. According to GLDD, dredging work will start in the first quarter of 2022 with […]

  • Kooiman Marine Group to lengthen TSHD Swalinge

    13 January 2022
    Equipment

    Kooiman Marine Group has just announced that they are embarking on another exciting project, lengthening of the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Swalinge. The Swalinge was built as a coaster in 1977 and rebuilt into a hopper dredger after being purchased by Den Herder Seaworks in 1996. This single propeller dredger currently has a hopper […]

  • In focus: Working together towards a sustainable future

    31 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Research & Development, Transition, Vessels

    The energy transition process is moving ahead with each passing day as witnessed in a week behind us with a lot of announcements highlighting the net-zero future. A good example of the will to change comes from CNOOC Petroleum Europe and Flotation Energy, currently involved in a project which would see one of the UK’s […]

  • Jan De Nul’s largest CSD completes its first mission

    20 December 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Jan De Nul’s largest cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck has completed its first mission in Mauritania with success. In the port of the capital Nouakchott, the vessel was working for developer ARISE Mauritania, on the deepening of the access channel, the port basin and the new berth alongside the new ARISE port terminal. “Our […]

  • TSHD Bahia San Carlos ready for delivery

    11 November 2021
    Technology

    Royal IHC said that the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Bahia San Carlos has successfully completed its sea trials. After more than three weeks of extensive testing in the North Sea, the newbuild is now ready for delivery, reported IHC. According to schedule, the Bahia San Carlos, an Easydredge 2700, will begin her journey to […]

  • CSD Spartacus busy on Abu Qir project

    2 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    The world’s most powerful cutter suction dredger (CSD) Spartacus is currently working on the Abu Qir Port project in Egypt – the largest ever dredging and land reclamation contract in DEME’s history. According to the Belgian giant, this project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land. It also involves deepening of the port’s approach channel to 23m […]

  • Making of the world’s most powerful CSD SPARTACUS (VIDEO)

    1 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Royal IHC has released a timelapse video about the construction of the world’s most powerful cutter suction dredger ‘SPARTACUS’. The CSD SPARTACUS sets a new benchmark in the global dredging market. Its ground breaking, eco-friendly design and countless innovations on board make it the only one of its kind. The SPARTACUS is the world’s largest […]

  • Jan De Nul signs Rabnabad dredging deal

    14 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    The Payra Port Authority (PPA) and Jan De Nul signed a contract for capital and maintenance dredging of the Rabnabad channel yesterday. Under the agreement, Jan De Nul will dredge a 75km stretch of the channel, ensuring a draft of 10.5 metres. According to the Port, this will allow entry and anchoring of vessels with a […]

  • Piriou builds hydrogen fuel cell dredger for Occitanie

    11 June 2021
    Technology

    Piriou, involved in shipbuilding, repair, naval engineering and services since 1965, has just received an order from the South France Occitanie Region for a 70m dredging vessel. According to the shipbuilder, the dredger will maintain the harbours in the Gulf of Lion. Designed in collaboration with LMG Marin naval architecture agency, this 1500m3 dredger will be […]

  • Preparing Gothenburg for world’s largest ocean-going vessels

    3 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    The Skandia Gateway project is already underway and construction is scheduled to begin during the first quarter of next year, the Gothenburg Port Authority informs. The fairway needs to be deepened to 17.5 metres if the world’s largest ocean-going vessels are to be able to call at the Port of Gothenburg fully loaded. This will […]

  • Jan De Nul’s largest CSD on its first assignment

    2 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Largest cutter suction dredger (CSD) in Jan De Nul fleet – the Willem van Rubroeck – has started its very first assignment in Mauritania. In the port of the capital Nouakchott, the vessel is working for developer ARISE Mauritania, on the deepening of the access channel, the port basin and the new berth alongside the […]

  • Dredging begins on southern section of Suez Canal

    17 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has officially kicked off the dredging operations to extend a second lane that allows for two-way traffic in the southern section of the canal. The recent grounding of the 20,000TEU containership Ever Given in this part of the canal delayed the passage of hundreds of vessels through the waterway, disrupting global trade. The […]

  • How the Suez Canal was saved VIDEO

    14 May 2021
    Infrastructure

    TomoNews has released this amazing video named “How the Suez Canal was saved”. With a length of 400 meters and a width of nearly 60 meters, the 20,000TEU container vessel Ever Given had been wedged in this vital shipping route for six days this March, blocking all shipping traffic. For the refloating of the 224,000-ton container vessel, approximately 30,000 cubic meters of […]

  • Cochin Shipyard to build two TSHDs for DCI

    21 June 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Cochin Shipyard will build two large-capacity dredgers for Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) with an option for a third dredger. At the moment, they are discussing the vessel specifications – ahead of signing an agreement for building the dredging vessels, reports The Hindu Business Line. The two trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) will have hopper […]

  • Making Boston big ship ready

    14 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Three new low profile Neo-Panamax cranes have begun their journey to Boston on a ship from Shanghai, Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) said in their latest release. The cranes will arrive at Conley Terminal this summer and will be operational this fall. These cranes, along with a new berth and a deepened Boston Harbor, enable Boston […]

  • VIDEO: Wind, sand and biodiversity in Bloemendaal

    28 September 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Faculty of Geosciences Utrecht University has released this very interesting video named ‘Why do these Dutch dunes have gaps? The play between wind, sand and biodiversity in Bloemendaal’. Coastal geomorphologist Prof. Gerben Ruessink (Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University) studies the natural and human-impacted dynamics of sandy beaches and dunes in response to the interaction between waves, wind, sand […]

  • Dredging allows largest boxship to visit Charleston

    31 May 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Late last week, the massive CMA CGM MARCO POLO sailed into Charleston, setting the record as the largest ship to ever call the U.S. East Coast and the Port of Charleston. The docking of the 1,300 feet long vessel at Wando Welch Terminal comes after SC Ports has invested $2 billion in port infrastructure in […]

  • Getting Charleston ready for the world’s largest vessels

    16 July 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Charleston, South Carolina, will soon have the deepest port on the east coast – ready for some of the world’s largest vessels. When the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) initially started dredging Charleston Harbor in the mid-nineteenth century, principal entry channels were as shallow as 12 feet deep at low tide, forcing approaching […]

  • Dredging underway to free grounded Ever Forward

    22 March 2022
    Business Developments & Projects

    Dredging operations are underway to free the Evergreen Marine containership Ever Forward, stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for more than a week now. State and federal agencies have issued all permits for the work, said the Maryland Port Administration Executive Director, William P. Doyle. Donjon Marine and Cashman Dredging will lead the dredging operations. The […]

  • Advancing infrastructure projects at SC Ports

    1 November 2020
    Infrastructure

    South Carolina Ports Authority is continuing to advance infrastructure projects, securing its position as the preferred U.S. container port ahead of an incredibly significant year. SC Ports is investing more than $2 billion to build timely, world-class infrastructure, ensuring ample capacity and big-ship capabilities for decades to come. In 2021, SC Ports will open the […]

  • Herbosch-Kiere’s Atlantis busy at Courance Beach VIDEO

    13 April 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    Herbosch-Kiere’s multipurpose vessel Atlantis is currently dredging in shallow water close to Courance Beach in Saint-Nazaire (draft 2.3m) – part of the construction of France’s first offshore wind farm. Saint-Nazaire, also known as Parc du Banc de Guérande, will comprise 80 GE Haliade 150-6MW turbines located between 12 and 20 km off the coast of […]

  • Port of Ipswich reaches important milestone

    10 March 2021
    Business Developments & Projects

    The Port of Ipswich, owned by Associated British Ports (ABP), has reached a milestone of handling 2 million tonnes of cargo since the beginning of the first lockdown in 2020. Since 23 March, the port has remained open and busy, handling 2 million tonnes of exports and imports of various products including agribulks, construction materials […]