UK Dredging Achieves Early ISPS Compliance

01 Jun 2004

UK Dredging (UKD) , Associated British Ports ' dredging arm, was one of the first companies with UK flagged vessels to conform to the new maritime security laws which come into force on 1st July. UKD's fleet was awarded full ISPS Code certification by the UK's Maritime & Coastguard Agency. 

Smaller Newbuild from IHC Holland Grabs Attention

01 Jun 2004

Recent newbuild dredger deliveries from the various Dutch specialist shipyards that comprise IHC Holland include the world's most powerful cutter suction dredger for Belgium's Jan De Nul and twin 16,000m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredgers for Royal Boskalis Westminster . 

Cautious Optimism at Boskalis

01 Jun 2004

At its shareholder AGM in the Netherlands last month, dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster reported that incoming orders and turnover thus far in 2004 were lagging behind last year but were not out of line with expectations. 

Dredge Deeper for 'Queen Mary 2'

01 Jun 2004

Ever since its maiden voyage in January, Cunard 's new flagship liner Queen Mary 2 has been challenging the dredged depths of many ports where it has been scheduled to call. 

VOSTA LMG Delivers On Eastern Promise

01 Jun 2004

The largest trailing suction hopper dredger ever built in China was launched last month at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Built for client Huanghua Port , the 5,000m 3dredger Shenhua benefited from a complete engineering package and dredging components supplied by Amsterdam based VOSTA LMG , which also had complete technical responsibility for the dredger. Board members of the Port, the shipyard, and VOSTA LMG all participated in the ceremony. 

Damen Launches Standardised CSDs

01 Jun 2004

Until it recently became Damen Dredging Equipment , the operation formerly known as De Groot Nijkerk had built well over 100 'one-off' stationary cutter suction dredgers over a period of 60 years. Now within the Damen Group , the company has launched a series of standard cutter suction dredgers which will shorten delivery times and facilitate build package deliveries to shipyards worldwide. 

'JFJ De Nul' is Ship of the Year

01 Jun 2004

The seagoing, self-propelled cutter suction dredger JFJ De Nul , built by IHC Holland 'sKinderdijk yard for Belgian contractor Jan De Nul , has won the Netherlands' prestigious Ship of the Year Award of the Royal Dutch Union of Technicians in Shipbuilding (KNVTS). Now the most powerful vessel of its type in the world, and bristling with innovation, the JFJ De Nul was declared winner from a field of almost 100 candidates.