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Every Vessel Hunter story on Dredging: 16 stories, from 2 July 2026 to 9 October 2026. Newest: "Van Wijngaarden christens EuroCarrier Maasstroom, a 35-tonne bollard pull DP1 workboat". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.

Tugs working alongside a large ship in port
Industry

Van Wijngaarden christens EuroCarrier Maasstroom, a 35-tonne bollard pull DP1 workboat

Van Wijngaarden Marine Services christened its newbuild EuroCarrier 2712 Maasstroom at Hardinxveld-Giessendam on 6 October, within a year of signing with Neptune.

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An offshore construction vessel working at sea
Industry

Jan De Nul orders second trenching support vessel for cables

Jan De Nul has ordered a second trenching support vessel, an exact sister to Isambard K. Brunel, taking its subsea cable newbuilding programme to five ships and its cable fleet to fourteen.

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Container terminal with ship-to-shore cranes at sunset
Port activity

Port of Tauranga Wins Fast-Track Nod for Stella Passage

Port of Tauranga's Stella Passage development has been approved under New Zealand's Fast-track Approvals Act, subject to conditions and remaining appeal rights.

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San Francisco Bay waterfront, illustrating the setting of the Port of Oakland
Port activity

Oakland Signs for a $640m Turning Basin Widening to Take Longer Ships

The Port of Oakland has completed an agreement with the US Army Corps of Engineers to widen and modernise its inner and outer harbour turning basins by 2030.

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Trailing suction hopper dredger working in a coastal channel
Port activity

Second Jan De Nul Dredger Arrives at Anaklia to Take the Port Down to 17.5 Metres

The dredger Al-Idrisi has entered Anaklia Deep Sea Port in Georgia, where two Jan De Nul vessels will now work together to deepen the seabed to 17.5 metres.

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M3 dredger
Vessel sales

Keyfield Buys Mega Dredger Inai Kenanga at Steep Discount to Valuation

Malaysian offshore vessel owner Keyfield International has entered the dredging market with the $24.7m purchase of the 2016-built mega dredger Inai Kenanga.

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M3 dredger
Port activity

Boskalis Joint Venture Completes 53 Million Pound Dover Reclamation

A Boskalis Westminster and McLaughlin & Harvey joint venture has finished the final reclamation stage at the Port of Dover, adding 10 hectares of port land.

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A dredging vessel at work
Industry

Boskalis Calls First Half 'Solid' Despite Geopolitical Drag on New Projects

Boskalis reported first-half revenue of EUR1.90bn, down from an exceptionally strong EUR2.35bn a year earlier, as geopolitical uncertainty dampened client appetite for new projects.

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Dredging, quay wall refurbishment and nine more mobile cranes follow through 2028
Port activity

DP World Lands First Cranes Under 30-Year Tartous Concession

DP World has taken delivery of the first cranes at the Port of Tartous under a 30-year concession, the opening step in an investment programme running through 2028.

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Largest Ship Ever To Call At Port Everglades Renews Dredging Push
Port activity

Largest Ship Ever To Call At Port Everglades Renews Dredging Push

The largest cargo ship ever to visit Port Everglades called in mid-August, and port officials used the occasion to press for progress on a long-delayed channel deepening project.

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Customised Cutter Suction Dredger Approved For Congolese Mining Work
Industry

Customised Cutter Suction Dredger Approved For Congolese Mining Work

A mining operator has completed the technical inspection of a customised cutter suction dredger at a Dutch shipyard and approved the vessel for delivery.

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Seventy-Year-Old Dredger Helps Clear Three Million Cubic Metres From Siberian Rivers
Industry

Seventy-Year-Old Dredger Helps Clear Three Million Cubic Metres From Siberian Rivers

A self-propelled dredger built seven decades ago is still working the Ob and Irtysh rivers, part of a fleet of fifteen technical vessels that has removed 3.3 million cubic metres of material during the current season.

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Bulk carrier loading alongside a quay with cranes
Port activity

Van Oord dredging gives Kamarajar an 18-metre draft

Kamarajar becomes only the second Indian major port able to accept fully laden capesize vessels of up to 170,000 dwt.

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Green-hulled trailing suction hopper dredger in port
Industry

Boskalis puts new trailing suction hopper dredger Seaway to work

Boskalis has put its newly delivered trailing suction hopper dredger Seaway into service on its first coastal protection assignment.

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Cutter suction dredger working near a coastal waterway
Industry

Tebezo wins contract worth up to €17 million to dredge Overijssel waterways

Dutch dredging contractor Tebezo has secured a contract worth between thirteen and seventeen million euros to maintain waterways across Overijssel.

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Trailing suction hopper dredger (illustration)
Vessel sales

DEME orders new 22,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger

DEME is strengthening its dredging fleet with the order of a new 22,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger, aimed at higher productivity and lower greenhouse gas intensity per dredged cubic metre.

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