Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 11-17, 2016). PHOTO: Naming of Van Oord’s New Dredger BIESBOSCH Royal IHC has just released a photo from the naming ceremony of the cutter suction dredger (CSD) BIESBOSCH. Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger
General Dynamics NASSCO on Wednesday sent the first ship in a series of ECO-class tankers for the SEA-Vista fleet for sea trials and testing along the San Diego coastline.
Peru’s only liquefaction and export facility at Pampa Melchorita has recently dispatched a cargo of liquefied natural gas to Spain.
The Great Lakes Council has hired Neumann Contractors to undertake the much needed dredging works in the Corrie Channel. The Corrie Channel is situated at the confluence between the Lower Myall River and Port Stephens Estuary on the north-western side of Corrie Island. The required dredge site itsel
Aberdeen Harbor Board’s annual maintenance dredging campaign started this week. This year’s campaign is being carried out by the Boskalis Westminter vessels ‘Shoalway’ and ‘F48’, with assistance from the harbor’s own ‘Sea Herald’ work boat. Dredging operations are being undertaken to ensure that wat
FSUE Rosmorport’s new trailing suction hopper dredger Severnaya Dvina has left the Song Thu Corporation shipyard (part of Damen Shipyards Group) in Da Nang, Vietnam, and is now on her way to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Upon arrival, TSHD Severnaya Dvina will undergo final testing and adjustments pri
Saudi Border Guard has acquired two Damen cutter suction dredgers (CSD 450) for harbor maintenance duties. Two CSDs 450, with a maximum dredging depth of -12 m and a mixture production of 3,000 m³/h, were to be fitted out with an extensive list of options, including an accommodation unit and positio
Enel Trade an Italian gas and power utility has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Iranian Gas Export Company to buy liquefied natural gas.
Shell’s giant Prelude FLNG facility will likely start producing chilled gas offshore Western Australia next year, according to the Northern Territory deputy Chief Minister Peter Styles.
Fluxys-operated Zeebrugge LNG terminal is set to re-export a cargo of the chilled gas aboard the 160,000 cbm Golar Crystal LNG carrier.
India’s gas utility GAIL reportedly received two bids for its tender for hiring nine LNG carrier newbuilds to transport liquefied natural gas from the United States, starting in 2017.
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation recently granted a loan to Rosewood Shipping, a Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) unit based in Singapore, to finance its LNG shipping business.
To support its ongoing dredging activities, Van Oord has started an 18-month charter agreement with Damen Marine Services for a Modular Multi Cat (MMuC) 2210. Damen completed construction under a short timescale, delivering the vessel just four months after contract signing. The newly built vessel i
In the presence of guests and employees, Ms Lydia van de Kerk, the wife of CFO Arjan van de Kerk, named Van Oord’s latest cutter suction dredger Biesbosch on 7 April 2016. The ceremony was held on the jetty at Van Oord’s Rotterdam office. The cutter suction dredger Biesbosch was built by Royal IHC a
