Boskalis signs for methanol-ready dredger

Boskalis has become the latest in a long line of shipowners to sign up for methanol as an alternative fuel for one of its newbuilds. The Dutch dredging and marine engineering firm has contracted compatriot shipbuilder Royal IHC for the construction of methanol-ready and one of the largest trailing suction hopper dredgers in its fleet.

Keppel O&M delivers the first dual-fuel dredger

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has delivered the first dual-fuel Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) built in Singapore to Van Oord with no loss-time incidents. Named Vox Ariane, the high-specification dredger has a hopper capacity of 10,500 cubic meters and can run on LNG. It is the sixth dredger built by Keppel O&M,