Damen Shipyards Group continues to extend its portfolio of electrically powered vessels. The latest addition to the line up is its first electric cutter suction dredge (ECSD) 650. With electric motors powering
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.,
On April 21, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District’s dredge Jadwin allided with the Highway 190 bridge pier in Baton Rouge, La. As a result of the allision, the
Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC, long a leader in dredge design and construction and other areas, is to be refinanced and come under new ownership. An outline agreement on the acquisition and refinancing
Cranford, N.J., headquartered Weeks Marine has signed a contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla., covering construction of a sister ship to Weeks Marine’s TSHD Magdalen, a twin screw trailing suction
Damen Marine Components (DMC) has won an order for three sets of steering and rudder systems for the three dual-fueled trailing suction hopper dredges (TSHDs) currently being built at Keppel Offshore &
U.K ship repairer SMS Southampton, part of the SMS Group, has completed a significant dredge refit for Tarmac Marine. The refit involved the 72 meter, 1997-built aggregate dredge City of Chichester and
Damen Shipyards has just shipped a fully customized Cutter Suction Dredge (CSD) 350 to Brazil. The standard dredge was adapted to meet Brazilian Naval requirements and received additional options requested by the
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion has completed the conversion of the 117 m dredge Samuel de Champlain to dual-fuel operation on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and marine gas oil (MGO). The first conversion
Damen Shipyards Group and Southampton, U.K., based Hanson Aggregates Marine have signed a contract for construction of a Marine Aggregate Dredge (MAD) 3500 vessel. The ship will be used to extract aggregates
