Italian dredge builder Metalmeccanica Strobietto has installed a Metso Thomas TU46WD underwater dredge pump on the aggregate dredger Nessie. The pump dimensions are 22 inches by 20 inches by 46 inches (suction/discharge/impeller diameter.) Albert “Bubba” Savage, Metso dredge pump product manager, st
The Sonic 2024 is the world’s first proven wideband high resolution shallow water multi beam echo sounder. With proven results and unmatched performance, the Sonic 2024 produces reliable and remarkably clean data with maximum user flexibility through all range settings to 500m. The Sonic 2024 is now
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, has announced tender for the Dunmore East dredging project. The services of a suitably qualified and experienced consultancy firm with expertise in civil and marine engineering is required for the proposed maintenance dredging at the Dunmore East Fishe
Kherson dredgers factory “VVV Spetstekhnika” signed another contract for the production of equipment for the company from Nigeria. This year is the fourth major order from the African continent. For Chibert Nigeria LTD will be made dredge NSS 2000/63-F-K. Depth of the development of this modificatio
Seatronics will host BlueView U, a comprehensive 3 day hands-on training course from Teledyne BlueView. The course to be held in the National Hyperbaric Centre, Aberdeen, from 18–20th September will provide attendees with: – Practical how-to application info, – BlueView operational details, – Basic
On August 27-31, 2012 Commercial Sea Ports Association’s Board of Directors meeting took place in Nakhodka (Primorye Territory). The FSUE “Rosmorport” General Director Andrei Lavrishchev participated the meeting, as a member of the Board of Directors, along with Mintrans of Russia, Rosmorrechflot, P
The Hydrographic Society UK has announced that it will host the next Marine Measurement Forum event in Southampton on Wednesday 5th December 2012. The Marine Measurement Forum (MMF) is a series of one-day, non-profit making events that provides opportunities for the informal exchange of ideas, knowl
As Russia continues its infrastructure expansion, it requires more sand and gravel to support roads, bridges and other construction projects. Rohr Dredge has announced the start-up of its second new dredge, a Clamshell Luffing Jib dredge, in Siberia, Russia which is being used to support Russia’s co
“Maritime industry has great potential for development of infrastructure, competitiveness, creation of workplaces. Government policy in respect of ports should be very clear: the state should provide all necessary conditions for the development projects,” stated the deputy Natalya Korolevskaya durin
The Port’s dredger “Kari Hege” operates in the Wells Harbour from Monday to Friday. Its normal area of work is in the main channel between buoy number 6 and buoy number 2. It works during the low water period, starting three hours after high water until three hours prior to the next high water. All
From 4 to 7 September Europe’s most important maritime trade fair will take place. The 25th Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine technology fair in Hamburg, in short: SMM, is the ultimate meeting place for the international shipbuilding industry. With over 2000 exhibitors from 60 countries, 50.000 parti
On August, 24 2012 an interdepartmental meeting was held in the FSUE “Rosmorport” Sochi Branch to discuss execution of the Russian legislation in the field of transportation security during the construction of the sea transport facilities in Sochi included into the Federal Program of Preparation for
The Mützelfeldtwerft Nord GmbH, Cuxhaven, and the Kundt ServiceGmbH, Dormagen, will start working together in Cuxhaven under the joint brand name “MKS dredging” manufacturing and assembling excavator pontoons (“Backhoe Dredger”). “MKS dredging” benefits from the geographical advantages in Cuxhaven T
DHI is currently working on an exciting new project – taking measurements of the marine environment and conducting laboratory experiments to measure the optical effects of the dredging work. Through this project, DHI should improve the ability of ot the computer models to predict possible effects of
