{"id":564732,"date":"2026-04-04T20:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564732\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T20:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T20:07:16","slug":"breaking-news-jan-de-nul-mobilizes-csd-and-tshd-for-kangwinan-dredging-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/564732\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Jan De Nul mobilizes CSD and TSHD for Kangwinan dredging job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kangwinan dredging project for Rio Tinto in North Queensland is set to begin in the coming weeks, with Jan De Nul mobilizing both a cutter suction dredger (CSD) and trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) to carry out the works.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cutter-2-768x558.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>photo courtesy of Maritime Union of Australia<\/p>\n<p>This project is critical to supporting increased export capacity through the existing port facilities at Amrun, Maritime Union of Australia \u2013 WA Branch said.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve this, a new berth pocket will be created, allowing larger vessels to safely load at the port.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, a new dredged departure channel will be established, ensuring fully laden Capesize vessels can depart on most tides, removing current operational constraints and significantly improving efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProjects like Kangwinan don\u2019t just support production targets, they shape our ports, our coastline, and the future of maritime infrastructure in this country,\u201d Maritime Union of Australia concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kangwinan dredging project for Rio Tinto in North Queensland is set to begin in the coming weeks,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[249870,1246,4,450,249871,451,243703,249872,3,153620,452,453,214669],"class_list":["post-564732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-amrun","tag-australia","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-cutter-suction-dredger","tag-headlines","tag-jan-de-nul","tag-kangwinan","tag-news","tag-rio-tinto","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-tshd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}