New hybrid, water-injection dredger Maas has launched a programme of work on the Thames with a visit to the Port of Tilbury (POTL) on 27 April. Built for Van Oord by Kooiman Marine Group, Maas uses an innovative hybrid energy management system to reduce harmful CO2 emissions, by capturing residual h
To realise the company’s vision of zero emissions and a more sustainable future, Royal IHC is actively cooperating with all stakeholders – including national governments, customers and suppliers. IHC is already an active member in joint industry projects such as ZERO JIP, Green Maritime Methanol, an
Boskalis’ hopper dredger Freeway is currently engaged in a very important work near the Dutch island of Texel. The project involves replenishing the foreshore near the northern and middle part of the island to dampen the waves as well as nourishing the beach on the southern part. The Freeway has bee
In this week’s edition of our In Focus article, we take a deep dive into the most relevant developments from the energy world targeting emission cuts. In the Fossil Fuels market, oil and gas company Lundin Energy sold what has been described as the world’s first-ever certified carbon neutrally produ
A steel cutting ceremony for the largest U.S. flagged, self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Frederick Paup took place on April 23. The dredger will be owned and operated by Manson Construction Co. and built at the Keppel AmFELS Shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. While Project Manager,
Barkmeijer Shipyards, Dutch shipbuilder based in Stroobos, has just released the latest update on the construction of new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for De Hoop Terneuzen. According to the announcement, the wheelhouse was successfully placed on the TSHD BN348 yesterday. This dredger is t
The new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Hegemann V will be equipped with SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers. “Due to its relatively short length of about 75.9 metres in combination with the SCHOTTEL RudderPropellers, the vessel will be optimally manoeuvrable even in narrow rivers,” said the Spay/Rhine
Transition to zero emission carbon-neutral vessels is a challenge for the maritime sector – this is especially the case for dredging vessels, which need to be capable of operating under heavy conditions and have projects around the world. For these vessels, autonomy and fuel logistics are particular
A launching ceremony of the Coastal Crown, the most sustainable workboat in the market, took place two days ago at the Bijlsma Wartena shipyard in the Netherlands. The 36-meter-long vessel, the newest addition to Acta Marine’s fleet, is an ultra-shallow draft Multicat-type, equipped with Tier III en
Offshore Energy continues with its new In focus weekly feature, spotlighting the latest energy transition developments, after our first edition went online on 16 April. Following last week’s news on the U.S. oil giant Chevron’s entrance into the offshore wind market and note that the company has not
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is making good progress with the construction of Weeks Marine’s trailing suction hopper dredge R.B. WEEKS. The new dredge is being built at Eastern’s Allanton Shipyard Panama City, Florida. Construction of the newbuild began with the steel cutting ceremony that was h
While dredging is often seen as a dirty and unattractive business, it plays a vital role in keeping ports and waterways around the world open for commerce, transport and recreation. Every year, billions of tonnes of sediment are carried down rivers and along coastlines where they settle onto sea and
The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the MDOT Maryland Port Administration have renewed and expanded a voluntary Memorandum of Understanding with the Maryland Department of the Environment and Maryland Energy Administration to strengthen environmental initiatives at the Helen Delich
Rohde Nielsen A/S is introducing new dredgers Ask R and Embla R into the dredging market. According to the Copenhagen based company, these are probably the most innovative and environmentally friendly split trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) ever built. The 2700 m3 hybrid dredgers are diesel e
