New inland dredgers have been delivered to operators in the Netherlands and Russia while construction continues on vessels to be deployed in the US, Africa, and the Middle East.
Royal IHC has begun construction of a new electric cutter suction dredger (CSD) ordered by QIT Madagascar Minerals (QMM).
The new CSD will be operated in the Mandena mining pond alongside the CSD Fasimainty. Power will be provided via a shore-supplied electric system with a total capacity of 5,000 kVA.
Royal IHC said that the new QMM dredger will have a cutter power of 1,100 kW and has been specifically designed for working with Mandena's compact ore conditions.
The Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) recently laid the keel of a new hopper dredger ordered by the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
Designed by Netherlands-based Royal IHC, Donnelly is undergoing construction at ESG’s Allanton and Port St Joe facilities and is scheduled for delivery in 2027.
The vessel will replace the 57-year-old dredger McFarland, which is being operated by the USACE's Philadelphia District.
Netherlands-based engineering specialist the Dekker Group formally named its newest electric cutter suction dredger (CSD) during a ceremony on Thursday, February 5.
Built by local company De Klop, Rotterdam 26 is equipped with a submersible pump and pole truck as standard and is built under Bureau Veritas class for coastal waters.
The newbuild will be used for sand extraction and reconstruction work, among other duties. The first CSD in the Dekker fleet has been engineered for dredging of a wide range of soil types including silt, sand, and gravel.
Russia's State Transport Leasing Company (STLC) has taken delivery of a new river dredger built by Tsimlyansk Shipbuilding Plant.
The newbuild belongs to the Project Ts490DM1 series of non-self-propelled cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) designed for extracting hard soil types. This makes the vessels ideal for dredging inland waterways, particularly in maintaining navigable depths in channels and near dams.
The dredger was built according to a domestic project using mainly Russian-manufactured components. The main function of the vessel is the development of soils at depths of between one and 12 meters.
NMDC Group has announced the acquisition of a self-propelled cutter suction dredger at a cost of AED618 million ($168 million).
The company noted that this acquisition will result in the expansion of its fleet, which now consists of more than 170 vessels.
The new dredger features an overall length of 148 metres and total installed power of 30,440 kilowatts. It will be built in Jiangsu Haixin Shipping Heavy Industry in China.
