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Picture of the Day: The Largest Hopper Dredger

With a hopper capacity of 46,000 m³, trailing suction hopper dredger Cristóbal Colón is the largest and the most high-tech dredger in the world today.

 

More Dredgers Ready for the New Suez Canal

All vessels belonging to the Consortium consisting of Great Lakes (25%) and Dredging International NV (75%) that will take part in the widening and deepening of the Suez Canal have arrived on the scene and are ready for action.

 

IHC Launches the First Easydredge 2700

Royal IHC (IHC) has successfully launched the first Easydredge® 2700. The vessel comes as the first in a range of competitively priced standard trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD).

 

News in Photos: DEME Dredgers at Piombino

Dredging works to remove about 3.000.000 m3 of material from Piombino Harbor are currently underway.

 

New Suez Canal Dredging in Full Swing

The digging rate after 125 days of work at the Suez Canal Development Project reached 150 million cubic meters on Thursday, said Chief of Staff of the Army’s Engineering Authority Major General Kamel el-Wazir.

 

Dredging Today Staff