Energy efficient dredge features Danfoss drive solution

Built at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherlands, for Belgium’s DEME Group, the 7,950-cubic-meter dual-fuel (diesel and LNG) hopper dredge Scheldt River features a Danfoss drive solution designed

VIDEO: Dredge slams into moored tanker

Malaysia’s Star newpaper says that “maritime rage” akin to “road rage” is being eyed as the possible cause of an incident captured on YouTube videos that show the moment when a 3,745

NTSB issues preliminary report on deadly Corpus Christi dredge fire

The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report on the August 21 incident in which the 152-foot-long cutter-head suction dredge Waymon L. Boyd caught fire and four crew members died.

Dredge completes 2,000 hours operation on biofuel

Jan De Nul Group’s trailing suction hopper dredge Alexander von Humboldt recently completed 2,000 hours operation on 100% renewable, second-generation biofuel oil (BFO). The Alexander von Humboldt is a twin-screw vessel, with

Manson orders what will be largest U.S. hopper dredge

Seattle, Wash., based Manson Construction Co. has contracted with Keppel AmFELS to build a 15,000 cu.yd self-propelled hopper dredge at its Brownsville, Texas, shipyard, that will be the largest in operation in

VIDEO: Damen Galati launches aggregates dredge for Hansen

Damen Shipyards Group’s Galati, Romania, shipyard has launched a Marine Aggregate Dredge (MAD) 3500 at its Galati yard in Romania. Damen is building the MAD for U.K.-based Hanson Marine. The company will

Callan Marine wins $54 million USFWS dredging contract

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has awarded a $54 million construction contract to Galveston, Texas-based Callan Marine Ltd. for the North Breton Island Restoration Project. The Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource

Pollution and salvage response follows deadly dredge fire and explosion

Coast Guard crews and partner agencies continued pollution and salvage response Sunday, following a fire and explosion that rocked the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday after the dredging vessel Waymon L

USCG suspends search for two missing in deadly dredge fire and explosion

The Coast Guard suspended its search Saturday for two missing crewmembers from the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd which caught fire in an incident first reported to officials at the Port of

USACE St. Paul District to close 4 locks and dams

J.F. Brennan wins $13.6 million USACE dredging contract

J. F. Brennan Company Inc., La Crosse, Wis., has been awarded a $13,617,770 firm-fixed-price contract for dredging of Duluth-Superior Harbor. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be

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