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Van Oord places repeat order for Royal IHC dredge system

Royal IHC has been awarded another contract by Van Oord to design and supply the dredge installation for its new 10,500m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). The suction pipe installation with underwater pump, two dredge pumps and three jet water …
Nov 8, 2019 / Curious

Royal IHC successfully launches TSHD River Thames

Today, 31 October, DEME's latest trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) RIVER THAMES was successfully launched at PaxOcean Graha, Batam in Indonesia. The TSHD, designed and build by Royal IHC, has a hopper capacity of 2,300m³ and a maximum dredging …
Oct 31, 2019 / Vessels

Royal IHC and Egyptian MOD sign contract for another 10 IHC BEAVERS®

Royal IHC has secured an order from the Engineering Authority at the Egyptian Ministry of Defence (MOD). The contract builds on the excellent partnership and comprises the construction of 10 IHC Beaver® 45 Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSDs) and two Delta …
Oct 3, 2019 / Vessels

Royal IHC sells €100Mln worth of dredgers

Royal IHC has reached agreements with several key customers in Africa and Asia to supply IHC Beaver® cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and an IHC Easydredge® trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) with an approximate total value of € 100 million. Both …
Sep 26, 2019 / Vessels

DEME’s new dredger Bonny River features SCHOTTEL propulsion solutions

The trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Bonny River, built at Royal IHC’s Chinese partner yard COSCO Guangdong Shipyard, is propelled by SCHOTTEL. Recently handed over to the Belgian dredging company DEME, the TSHD is driven by controllable pitch …
Aug 15, 2019 / Vessels

Heerema's Aegir Installs Cutterladder into World's Most Powerful Cutter Dredger Spartacus

Heerema’s Aegir successfully installed the 2,500-tonne cutter-ladder into the world’s most powerful Cutter Suction Dredger ‘Spartacus’. The 164-meter long Spartacus will be the world’s first LNG-powered Cutter Suction Dredger built by Royal IHC for …
May 29, 2019 / Vessels

Subsea 7 and Royal IHC launch reel-lay vessel Seven Vega

On Saturday 25 May 2019, Subsea 7 and Royal IHC successfully launched the fully integrated reel-lay vessel SEVEN VEGA. The ceremony took place at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands, and was performed by Monica Th. Bjørkmann, …
May 27, 2019 / Vessels

Royal IHC signs contract with Port Authority of Douala

Royal IHC has signed a contract with Cameroon’s Port Authority of Douala (PAD) for the delivery of an IHC Beaver® 50 cutter suction dredger and Delta Multi Craft 1450 work boat. An important aspect of the contract is the transfer of knowledge by …
May 23, 2019 / Curious

Royal IHC to build second TSHD for National Marine Dredging Company

Royal IHC has signed a contract with National Marine Dredging Company (NMDC, based in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.) to build yet another state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). The new vessel builds on the excellent partnership & …
Mar 22, 2019 / Vessels