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Jan De Nul Group’s new Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers, Sanderus, Ortelius, Tristão Da Cunha, Afonso De Albuquerque, Diogo Cão have become the first ships to receive the new BV notation recognizing the performance of ultra-low emission vessels (ULEvs). The Jan De Nul units are specifically designed for ultra-low emissions, including installation of a two-stage catalytic filter system. First published in 2019, Bureau Veritas developed the ULEv notation by adapting the European Commission's Stage V policy for emissions reduction to the specific needs of sea-going vessels. The voluntary notation can be assigned to ships that exceed existing MARPOL requirements for lowering pollutant emissions. Originally developed for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery – including inland vessels – Bureau Veritas’ experts have reworked the existing requirements to develop a set of standards for seagoing ships. The Bureau Veritas additional class notation ULEv (for Ultra-Low Emission Vessel) is the most advanced set of requirements regarding the capacity of a ship to emit gaseous pollutants and particular pollutants at a very low level. It is certainly a significant milestone on the path to reducing maritime environmental impact, ...said Patrick Jan, Product Manager at Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore. Jan De Nul designs its ...

Following two years of dredging works in the Port of Rio Grande, Brazil informed that the port is now able to receive ships up to 366 metres in length.

In the Port of Helsinki, Boskalis will deepen de Vuosaari fairway and harbor basin from eleven to thirteen meters and use a part of the dredged material for the development of Helsinki’s Hernesaari area. 

According to the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA), the hopper dredger vessel "Meotida" of Delta-pilot branch, successfully completed its operations on the field of the Berdyansk seaport approach channel. while relocated back to Mariupol.

The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay along with Port of Siuslaw and Business Oregon announced their collaboration, in order to complete the dredging operations in the inner boat basin of Port of Siuslaw.

The Port of Hamburg recently announced that in the course of the Elbe's river dredging, construction stones were successfully build into the "Medemrinne" and "Neufelder Sand". Specifically from March until October 2019, 1.200.000 tons were build in the above mentioned underwater deposit areas (UDAs).

Port of Hamburg is continuing its dredging projects by plan, as a second hopper dredger named Bonny River has been conducting dredging operations on the federal stretch and taking the spoil to the UWA - underwater dredged material disposal site at Medemrinne, from October.

Boskalis and biofuels supplier GoodFuels will advance the 'Boskalis on Bio' program for testing sustainable bio-fuel oil. After successful tests with 'drop-in' blends of light biofuel and marine gas oil, Boskalis’ Willem van Oranje will be the first dredging vessel in the world to operate on 100% biofuel oil.

The attempt to make the Port of Virginia the deepest port on the US East Coast begins in January 2020, after the finalization this week of a contract with an international dredging company that will take on the project’s initial phase.

The Mauritanian Port of Nouadhibou will soon be able to welcome vessels with a capacity of up to 250,000 tons, following works on the deepening and widening dredging of the 25-km long entrance channel this month. The project is supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the African Development Bank (AfDB).