The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, has completed maintenance dredging of the Channel Islands Harbor, California. Work on the $9.45 million contract, awarded to Seattle-based Manson Construction, started back in December 2016. During the works, Manson’s hydraulic cutter-head suct
UK-based wave energy developer Wave-tricity is looking to procure two boats for transfer of personnel, tools and equipment in the Milford Haven Waterways.
An European engineering company, Bakker Sliedrecht, has completed the electrical restoration of trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Terranova. The dredger Volvox Terranova was heavily damaged by an old sea mine while working on a project in Indonesia. Bakker Sliedrecht reported that during the re
LNG carrier La Mancha Knutsen came under pirate attack in the Gulf of Guinea, off Nigeria’s Port Harcourt.
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) granted approval in principle for the Seatransporter-DF, a dual-fuel design concept developed by Algoship Designers of Bahamas.
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 6-12, 2017). Neptune Builds Van Oord’s First LNG-Powered Vessel Van Oord, a Rotterdam based company specializing in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has ordered the construction of a new
Caledonian Maritime Assets (CMAL) said the construction of the two LNG-powered ferries at the Glasgow-based shipbuilder, Ferguson Marine Engineering (FMEL) is moving ahead.
REN-operated Sines LNG import terminal in Portugal is to receive a new cargo of the chilled fuel, shipping data by the Port of Sines shows.
The Dutch family-owned tug and workboat company, Herman Senior BV, has ordered its 12th Damen vessel – Multi Cat 2712. Given the very short delivery time, the new vessel will already be officially launched and christened ‘Panda’ on March 23, Damen said in its release. Jack van Dodewaard, Herman Seni
The dredging operations at the Port of Kaliningrad, conducted by the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Kronshlot, started in early March, FSUE Rosmorport said in its latest announcement. During this maintenance dredging scheme, performed along the entire seaway canal of Kaliningrad – from point
Van Oord, a Rotterdam based company specializing in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has ordered the construction of a new crane vessel. This vessel, which will be named Werkendam, will be Van Oord’s first LNG-powered vessel. It will generally be deployed to Netherlands-based proj
Rotterdam-based dredging specialist, Van Oord ordered an LNG-powered crane vessel at Neptune in Hardinxveld-Giessendam.
A periodic nourishment and repair of the dune and berm system in Avalon and Stone Harbor (NJ) is in full swing now, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District. The cutterhead dredge Texas, owned and operated by Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, is pumping sand to the south
Our new Dredging Vessel Directory (DVD), featuring more cutter suction dredgers (CSD) than the last year’s edition, is now finished and available online! Being introduced for the first time today at the IRO-CEDA meeting in Voorschoten, the new directory, which will provide the dredging industry with
