trailing suction hopper dredge

Alabama Shipyard wins $11.5 million dredge Wheeler drydocking contract

Alabama Shipyard, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded an $11,466,912 firm-fixed-price contract to dry dock and repair the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers trailing suction hopper dredge Wheeler.

Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Mobile, Alabama, with an estimated completion date of December 6, 2024. The New Orleans Engineer District is the contracting activity.

Features of Alabama Shipyard’s 355-acre facility include 8,000 linear feet of available pier...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/alabama-shipyard-wins-11-5-million-dredge-wheeler-drydocking-contract/

Jan De Nul orders next gen plug-in hybrid TSHD

Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract with India’s Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) for the construction of a next generation, plug-in hybrid TSHD (trailing suction hopper dredge). With a length of 79 meters and a hopper capacity of 2,000 meters, the plug-in hybrid TSHD will be the smallest in Jan De Nul Group’s hopper fleet and is specifically designed to operate in small harbors.

The contract with Goa Shipyard is for one vessel, with a delivery period of 24 months, and includes an option to...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/jan-de-nul-orders-next-gen-plug-in-hybrid-tshd/

Dutch Dredging orders new 2,300 cubic meter TSHD

Sliedrecht, Netherlands, headquartered Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging BV has awarded Royal IHC a contract for the design and construction of a custom-built trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) with a hopper capacity of 2,300 cubic meters. The new TSHD will be an upgrade of theLesse, a TSHD that was delivered by Royal IHC to Dutch Dredging in 2019 and that has since been working worldwide

Royal IHC has already built four custom-built vessels for Dutch Dredging. The Lesse, the most...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/dutch-dredging-orders-new-2300-cubic-meter-tshd/

Boskalis “mega hopper” dredge will be first MAN 49/60 marine application

The 31,000 cubic meter capacity “mega hopper” trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) ordered at Royal IHC by Royal Boskalis last year will be powered by three MAN 49/60 engines. This is the first marine application of MAN Energy Solutions’ most powerful diesel engine.

The MAN 49/60 successfully passed its type approval test in March 2023 and features a high power-per-cylinder of 1,300 kW, reducing the number of installed cylinders necessary to meet customer power demands. While in this particular...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/boskalis-mega-hopper-dredge-will-be-first-man-49-60-marine-application/

Eastern launches Weeks Marine trailing suction hopper dredge

Launch ceremony for trailing suction hopper dredge 0tshd)

Panama City, Fla., based Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. yesterday launched the trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) R.B. Weeks (ESG Hull 258) in a ceremony at its Allanton, Fla., shipyard.

With a hopper capacity of 8,550 cubic yards, the 356-foot long vessel is the second trailing suction hopper dredge the shipbuilder has constructed for Cranford, N.J., headquartered Weeks Marine, Inc. It is named in honor of Richard B. Weeks, a co-founder of Weeks Marine who is married to Magdalen Weeks, the...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/eastern-launches-weeks-marine-trailing-suction-hopper-dredge/

GLDD exercises option with Conrad for second TSHD

Houston-headquartered Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) has exercised a contract option to build a second 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) at Conrad Shipyard in Amelia, La.

With expected delivery in the first quarter of 2025, the new vessel will be a sister ship to the Galveston Island, which is presently under construction at Conrad with delivery set for early 2023.

Great Lakes’ hopper dredge fleet including the ATB tug Douglas B. Mackie and...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/dredging/gldd-exercises-option-with-conrad-for-second-tshd/

New dredge underway at Eastern Shipbuilding for Weeks Marine

Eastern Shipbuilding Group is busy with the construction of the trailing suction hopper dredge R.B. Weeks (ESG Hull 258). The dredge is a sister ship to the Magdalen (ESG 256), delivered to Weeks Marine Inc. in 2017

The 356- by 79-foot, 6-inch by 27-foot, 3-inch dredge R.B. Weeks is named in honor of Richard B. Weeks, a co-founder of Weeks Marine and married to Magdalen Weeks, the namesake of the other dredge. This new dredge is being constructed at Eastern’s Allanton shipyard and was designed...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/new-dredge-underway-at-eastern-shipbuilding-for-weeks-marine/

Conrad Shipyard lays keel for GLDD trailing suction hopper dredge

Morgan City, La., headquartered Conrad Shipyard recently hosted a ceremony at its Deepwater shipyard in Amelia, La., to mark the laying of the keel of a 6,500 cubic yard trailing suction hopper dredge under construction for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (GLDD). Delivery of the dredge is scheduled before the end of first quarter 2023.

Addressing an audience of Conrad and GLDD executives, Louisiana’s Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser, United States Coast Guard personnel, shipyard workers and...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/dredging/conrad-shipyard-lays-keel-for-gldd-trailing-suction-hopper-dredge/

Conrad Shipyard to build trailing suction hopper dredge for Great Lakes

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp., announced today the execution of a definitive contract for the construction of a 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity trailing suction hopper dredge. Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, La., will build the new vessel, with an option to build an additional dredge, should market conditions warrant. Conrad will perform the detail design and construct the dredges at its Amelia, La., location based on a regulatory-level design provided by Great Lakes’ in-house engineering department...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/conrad-shipyard-to-build-trailing-suction-hopper-dredge-for-great-lakes/