Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu) has begun work to convert the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Samuel de Champlain from diesel-electric propulsion to dual-fuel capability combining MGO and LNG. This is the first such conversion undertaken by DSDu, the first dual-fuel vessel in the GIE Dragages-Ports fleet, and the first vessel… Read More
Kongsberg Digital has received a 2018 Confirmit ACE (Achievement in Customer Excellence) Award in the Overall Business Impact category. The ACE Awards program was established in 2005 to recognize outstanding achievement in customer excellence. Receiving a Confirmit ACE Award demonstrates both rigorous application… Read More
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) released information on its last quarter results showing revenue unchanged compared to the first quarter of 2017, stable fleet use for dredging, and continued pressure on margins particularly in offshore energy. Results also show increases in the order book partly due to two dredging contracts… Read More
Construction work will resume in late May on a facility that will be used as a staging area to support future dredging and capping operations for a $243 million dredging project to clean up PCB’s from the Grasse River in New York. The construction, engineering plans and other design work… Read More
America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 has been introduced by U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), committee ranking member Tom Carper (D-DE), Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK), and Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee ranking member Ben Cardin (D-MD). Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ survey boat Graham capsized while working in the navigation channel in the mouth of the Chetco River in Brookings, Oregon, on April 25. Marshall “Dean” Tildon and Wilbur “Todd” Stringer were completing the final line of a routine survey of the channel when… Read More
About 675,445 tons of cargo were moved along Colombia’s Magdalena River, the country’s main river, in the first quarter of the year (Q1), according to Colombian river management authority Cormagdalena. It said in early April that 232,670 tons of cargo were transported through the river in March this year. Products… Read More
The dredge Jonathon King Boyd was destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening, April 17 when it dropped a spud onto a gas pipeline. All 10 crew members were rescued by the good Samaritan vessel First State, belonging to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD). The dredge, which belongs to RLB… Read More
The Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS), the nation’s dredging and marine construction safety council and formal partnership between United States dredging contractors and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, is celebrating 10 years of progress in safety and occupational health leadership. April 10 marked the date… Read More
The 10,000th Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) for Kongsberg Maritime’s AutoChief propulsion control system took place at Kongsberg Maritime Korea in Busan on April 27. The AutoChief 600 system will be installed on a new LEG carrier featuring a 2-stroke MAN B&W engine, being built at Hyundai Mipo… Read More
