Damen wins CSD order from Paraguay
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract to supply Paraguay’s Ingeniería de Topografía y Caminos S.A. (T&C) with a customized CSD 500 cutter suction dredge. T&C will use the dredge to transform
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CEO Spotlight: Callan Marine’s Maxie McGuire
Without dredging, many rivers, harbors, and ports would be impassable to towboats, cargo ships and passenger vessels. Periodic maintenance dredging and channel deepening projects are essential to accommodate these commercial vessels. And
New Callan Marine dredge enters service
Callan Marine’s new cutter suction dredge General MacArthur has now received its U.S. Coast Guard certificate of inspection (COI) and ABS classification. The dredge pushed off the dock in Belle Chasse, La.,
First Jones Act wind turbine installation vessel in the works
JUNE 29, 2017—Plans for the construction of the first Jones Act-compliant offshore wind turbine installation vessel were unveiled recently by marine engineering firm Zentech Inc. and energy development project specialist Renewables Resources
NTSB reports on NYC area tugboat sinking in which three died
MAY 24, 2017 — The National Transportation Board has issued its report on the March 12, 2016 incident in which the uninspected towing vessel Specialist struck a construction barge that was spudded
Safety alert stresses importance of air draft
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorate has issued a Marine Safety Alert (09-14) entitled “Air Draft is Critical.” Following is the text: Air draft is a
CIMC Raffles delivers jack-up to Coastal Contracts
AUGUST 15 ,2014 — China’s CIMC Raffles has delivered the ninth jack-up to be built at its Yantai shipyard to Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts Bhd. The rig, Coastal Driller 4001, is built to
Despite sluggish economy, LISNAVE repairs more ships in 2013
MARCH 11, 2014—In an extremely competitive ship repair market, Portugal shipyard LISNAVE Estaleiros Navais, S.A., Setubal, held its own in 2013, repairing a total of 107 vessels, including 103 dry dockings and
Royal Boskalis orders mega dredge
NOVEMBER 27, 2013 — Netherlands based dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has ordered a new self-propelled megacutter from shipbuilder IHC Merwede. This self-propelled cutter suction dredge, with a total installed
Uljanik Shipyard delivers dredge to Jan De Nul
Croatia’s Uljanik Shipyard has delivered a fourth self-propelled cutter suction dredge, the Niccolò Machiavelli, to Jan De Nul S.A. G. D. Luxembourg, a member of the Jan De Nul Group. Niccolò Machiavelli