Highlights of the Week

Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (August 28 – September 3, 2017).

TSHD Arzana Launching Ceremony Takes Place This Month

Royal IHC is putting final touches on the new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Arzana at their shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands.

Boskalis Signs Major Duqm Port Deal

The Special Economic Zone Authority in Duqm (SEZAD) and Boskalis Westminster (Oman) LLC today signed an agreement for the construction of the liquid Bulk Berth Project at Duqm Port.

Van Oord’s First Coral Engine Operational

Van Oord has reached a major achievement in environmentally responsible maritime infrastructure development with the formal delivery and handover of the first coral engine in the Bahamas.

PHOTO: JDN Newbuild Delivered in China

AVIC Shipyard in Weihai, China, has delivered Multipurpose Vessel Daniel Bernoulli, the sister vessel of the Adhémar de Saint-Venant, to Jan De Nul Group.

Phase 2 North Completed at Prince Rupert Port

The Port of Prince Rupert can now accommodate the largest container vessels in the world, following DP World’s expansion of its Fairview Container Terminal that increases the port’s container-handling capacity to 1.35 million TEUs annually.