Balneário Camboriú, also known as BC, Rio de Janeiro’s kid brother or the Dubai of Brazil, is one of the most important cities in the southern part of the country. The city has a population of about 145.000 inhabitants, yet during the summer months, this can easily exceed 1,000,000. Many Brazilians
Among numerous energy transition initiatives, the ones that stood out the most this week were enacted by governments which truly do have the power to bring about the long-overdue upgrade to our energy landscape.
Kooiman Marine crews have been busy lately working on the extension of the trailing suction hopper dredger Swalinge. According to Kooiman, the work on the Swalinge is in full swing at the company’s Hoebee Shipyard in Dordrecht. “This is how it will be extended. In the meantime, we’re a few weeks ahe
Annual maintenance dredging of the Port Solent Approaches will commence next week on March 1, 2022, according to the Premier Marinas Ltd. This routine dredging of the lock entrance and approach channel of Port Solent Marina will be conducted by ML (UK) Dredging Ltd. “External contractors, ML Dredgin
FSUE Hydrographic Company is looking into investing about RUB 20 billion ($264 million) in construction of its own dredging fleet. This information was revealed yesterday Aleksandr Bengert, General Director of Hydrographic Company, at the 5th International Congress “Hydraulic Engineering Structures
Despite a very tight schedule and the extremely remote location, a customised Damen cutter suction dredger 450 has been delivered to the Russian Arctic region on time. The contract for the CSD450, named Zephir, was signed in December 2020. According to Damen, the standard stock dredger had to be ada
Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD) Vox Amalia is currently busy working on northern Europe’s largest infrastructure project – the Fehmarnbelt tunnel. When completed, the project will remove a bottleneck, reduce travel time and strengthen links between Scandinavia and Central Europe.
Due to increasing demand, Van Ouwerkerk BV is expanding its fleet. The sand mining company based in Middelburg, the Netherlands, has awarded Holland Shipyards Group the contract to convert the newly acquired cargo vessel MS Bente into a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). The converted ship will
Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured new contracts from repeat customers with a total value estimated at about $186 million.
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has successfully designed, fabricated and shipped a cutter ladder for a large cutter suction dredger. The ladder has been custom designed inhouse by MOTAS engineers in the Netherlands and will be installed on the dredger, currently under construction. Fabrication and partial
OSD-IMT, a specialist consultancy in ship design for newbuild, refit and conversion projects, has just unveiled their new dredging support vessel design. “The experienced naval architects at OSD-IMT have a practical mindset. Their priorities are safety, crew comfort and delivering a custom designed
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, allow
The beneficial placement project to recharge areas of Mersea Harbour, using dredged materials from Harwich Haven Authority’s £120 million channel deepening initiative, has been completed successfully. The recharge work was carried out on behalf of Harwich Harbour Authority by a joint venture of Roya
Jan De Nul Group has placed an order for a hybrid unmanned surface vehicle (USV) from the Norwegian Maritime Robotics as the first step towards unmanned and autonomous offshore survey operations.
