Highlights of the Week

March 18, 2018

Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 12 – 18, 2018).

CHEC Wins Chornomorsk Port Dredging Contract

China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC) has been awarded two lots of the Chornomorsk sea port dredging project.

EcoShape Releases the Koehoal Salt Marsh Development Study

The EcoShape foundation which carries out the public-private Building with Nature innovation program recently released a study on the Mud Motor Koehoal salt marsh development.

Multi Cat Water Injection Dredger from Damen

Damen Shipyards Group has introduced a Water Injection Dredger (WID), courtesy of a plug & play system aboard a Damen Multi Cat.

Afsluitdijk Project Awarded to Levvel Consortium

Rijkswaterstaat has awarded the Afsluitdijk project to the Levvel consortium, the joint venture consisting of Van Oord (with Aberdeen/APG), BAM (with PGGM) and Rebel.

New Backhoe Dredger for Pakistan Navy

Induction ceremony of new backhoe dredger Rah Kusha and two split hopper barges Tarseel One and Two, built for Pakistan Navy at Tianjin Shipyard in China, was held at Pakistan Navy Dockyard in Karachi last week.

PHOTO: Keel Laying Ceremony of New IHC Easydredge for Cuba

Royal IHC held a keel-laying ceremony last week for the Easydredge 3.700m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) that is being built for Tecnoimport and Empresa Constructora de Obras Maritimas from Havana, Cuba.