Dredging & Flood Defence

Damen Shipyards Group has announced a new line of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers.

The German waterways and shipping authority – the WSV – has ordered its biggest dredger to date to complement outsourced dredging operations and make services more flexible.

Finland-based Aquamec has launched a new amphibious multipurpose Watermaster dredger which has 50% more suction dredging capacity than its previous model.

Danish marine engineering solutions provider MacArtney Underwater Technology’s German subsidiary, MBT GmbH, has manufactured a turbidity monitoring buoy intended for deployment for accompanying environmental monitoring during dredging.

Damen Dredging Equipment in the Netherlands made an impressive newbuild delivery in September, providing a client with a cutter suction dredger only three days after the sales contract was signed.

The Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group DEME has won a €41m dredging contract for the Container Terminal Quay Project at Port Louis Harbour in Mauritius.

Netherlands headquartered dredging and marine services giant Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has reported a net profit of €147.5m for the first half of this year despite difficult trading conditions.