Damen Shipyards has reported completion and shipment of an order for 6 standard cutter suction dredgers, five of type CSD500 and 1 of type CSD450. The client, the Mexican Navy (Secretaria de Marina), reportedly ordered the dredges earlier this year at a cost of over $20 million. Damen claimed that “fast delivery of these dredgers… Read More
Eneti announced that it entered into a binding agreement for the construction of one Wind Turbine Installation Vessel. In addition, the Company announced that it is in advanced discussions with American shipbuilders for the construction of a Jones Act-Compliant WTIV. Newbuilding Contract The Company has entered into a binding agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine… Read More
Canadian company Vision Marine was established to develop and market a range of electrically powered leisure boats but has now moved on to develop what they claim is the ‘World’s most powerful electric outboard’. “Despite being delayed due to past COVID 19 related shutdowns, we have now achieved an excellent balance between the power, functionality,… Read More
Kim McMahon, co-owner and daughter of founder, Mr. Mike Hooks, traveled to Southwest Shipyard in Galveston, Texas to attend the Steel Cutting Ceremony for Hooks’ new dredge. McMahon, accompanied by various Hooks executives and managers, was invited to the ceremony by contractor SPI/Mobile Pulley Works to celebrate the start of construction of the state-of-the-art 27-inch custom cutter suction… Read More
In response the challenge of fleet decarbonisation, over the last three years the AIRCOAT H2020 project has been developing an air-trapping adhesive film to be applied to ship hulls. The surface structure of the foil aims to retain air when submerged under water reducing the frictional resistance of the ship, forming a passive lubrication technology. As… Read More
A Summary of a WEDA Presentation Prepared Exclusively for DredgeWire By Amber Wilson and Scott Ponstein Infrastructure Alternatives, Inc., or IAI, has provided dredged material processing and water treatment services for environmental dredging projects since 2002, utilizing the principles of sanitary wastewater treatment and residuals management. IAI is an active member of the Western Dredging… Read More
Now in service with Golding Barge Line Inc., of Vicksburg, Miss., the M/V Rusty Moore is the second of two 94-foot, triple-screw towboats built for the company by Master Boat Builders of Coden, Ala. Delivered in August, it is named for Rusty Moore, a long-time veteran of the family-owned company, who started his inland waterways… Read More
The California Energy Commission has awarded Zero Emissions Industries a $2 million grant to design, build and test a first-of-its-kind hydrogen fuel cell powered small, fast harbor craft. Formerly known as Golden Gate Zero Emission Marine, ZEI is a Bay area startup, that is led by CEO Dr. Joseph Pratt, focused on hydrogen technology. To… Read More
A shipbuilding company is believed to be the first of its kind to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into ship safety management. Hyundai Heavy Industries Group has developed an AI-based fire safety management/monitoring system (HiCAMS). HHI has obtained classification and flag Approval-in-Principal, with the AIP being the world’s first classification certification for computer vision-based AI solutions… Read More
DSC Dredge introduces its newly improved Moray Class Dredge – New Patented Apparatus and Tier 4 Engine Design. RESERVE, LOUISIANA For over twenty (20) years, DSC Dredge’s Moray Class dredge design has remained the same with only minor enhancements made within the last decade. Uniquely offering a swinging ladder configuration along with an efficient submerged… Read More
The Association of Maryland Pilots has taken delivery of its fourth Chesapeake class launch from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass. Since the Chesapeake class pilot boat was introduced by Gladding-Hearn in 2003, 22 have been delivered to 12 pilot associations throughout the United States. With a deep-V hull designed by Ray Hunt Design, the… Read More
ABB secures landmark contract with Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán to supply all-electric power solution for fast 40-meter urban passenger ferries transporting up to 540 passengers each across Lisbon’s Tagus river. The ten new ferries will be operated by the public ferry company Transtejo, S.A. and will replace the existing fleet serving this route when they… Read More
Custom Dredge Works is proud to announce the launch of a new 14” Electric Chain-Ladder Cutter Suction Dredge to mine Sand & Gravel for Winter Bros Material Co. Since we were looking to have a long-term relationship with our dredge manufacturer that might last 25 years or more, we wanted to make sure it was… Read More
The 15,000-cubic-yard self-propelled trailing suction hopper dredge on order at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, for Manson Construction Co. will be powered by five Wabtec V250MDC marine diesel engines (three 16V250MDC units and two 12V250MDC units). To be named Frederick Paup, the dredge has a length of 420 feet, breadth of 81 feet… Read More