DP AND DREDGING

US based dredging company, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD) has announced a contract with fellow US company, Signal International Inc, for the construction of a Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge.

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BARGING INTO THE MARKET

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation in the US has singed a contracts for the construction of a DP capable, 15,000yd3 trailing suction hopper barge and 14,000hp tug. Read the rest of this entry »

DREDGE SUCCESS

The recent trial of the self-propelled suction dredger “Tongtu” which has Asia’s largest capacity and dredging depth has been deemed a success.

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PIPE DREAM

STORNES, a flexible fall pipe vessel built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Co., Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “CIMC Raffles”) for the Dutch company Van Oord Marine Services BV was successfully delivered in Yantai, China.

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DREDGING DAYS

Dredging is no longer a stand-alone exercise, but is rather becoming part of a broader, more integrated project realisation process.

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