The Dublin Port Company (DPC) is about to begin the 2017 Maintenance Dredging of the port’s navigation channel and berthing pockets. According to the port, the dredging is expected to begin tomorrow, 14th September 2017, in order to re-establish the ruling depth of -7.8m Chart Datum. “The maintenanc
European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has produced hydrogen gas using electricity generated from tidal energy, demonstrating the sector’s potential to contribute to clean replacement for polluting fuels.
Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger HAM 316 has been busy over the last couple of days with the Harwich Haven maintenance dredging project. According to the HHA latest notice to mariners, the dredger HAM 316 started maintenance dredging of the berths and approaches around 8th September 2017.
Sabella has replaced the offshore dry-mate connector of the export cable in the Fromveur Passage, off France, for its D10 tidal energy project.
Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge LNG terminal in Belgium is set to receive a fresh cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar. The Al Oraiq LNG tanker, with a capacity of 210,100-cbm, is set to arrive at Zeebrugge on September 21, its AIS data shows. The vessel left Qatar’s LNG export complex in Ras L
Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC on Wednesday held a steel cutting ceremony for Belgian DEME’s new vessel, claimed to be the world’s largest and the first LNG-powered cutter suction dredger. The dredger, named Spartacus, will be 164 meters long and have a total installed power of 44,180 kilowatts. The fo
The steel cutting ceremony for the new 44,180kW self-propelled cutter suction dredger (CSD) SPARTACUS took place today, DEME Group said in its latest announcement. CSD SPARTACUS, which will be built by Royal IHC, will be the world’s first LNG-powered cutter suction dredger and follows the order of t
Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest leisure travel company, held on Wednesday a virtual keel laying ceremony during an event in Hamburg for the first of a total of seven cruise ships that will be fully powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The seven new ships for four Carnival Corporation’s
The launching ceremony of new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Arzana, built by Royal IHC for the Abu Dhabi based marine contractor National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC), is set to take place later this month. The vessel, scheduled to be delivered in the first half of 2018, will have a capac
ISA Towage B.V. has taken delivery of a Shoalbuster 3209 from Damen Shipyard Hardinxveld (DSHa). The vessel was already in stock at the yard and was handed over to the client within four weeks of the order being agreed. The purchase of the 3209 by ISA Towage B.V. marks the return of the Dutch towage
Wave Hub has completed the inspection of its subsea cable system installed as part of its wave energy test site infrastructure located off Cornwall in the UK.
Poland’s state-owned gas company PGNiG has bought a cargo of spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Norway’s Statoil. Delivery from Norway will be the second spot supply from this country that will land at Poland’s Lech Kaczyński LNG terminal in Świnoujście. Poland also received two spot deliveries f
Finnish shipowner ESL Shipping said that Viikki, claimed to be the first LNG-powered handysize bulk carrier in the world, was launched on August 31 at the Jinling shipyard in Nanjing, China. The 160-meter LNG-powered vessel of 26,000 dwt produces more than 50 percent lower carbon dioxide emissions t
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (August 28 – September 3, 2017). TSHD Arzana Launching Ceremony Takes Place This Month Royal IHC is putting final touches on the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Arzana at their shipyard in Kinderdijk, t
