Lange-Wapper

Salvamento Marítimo medevaced a sick crew member of the 'Ange Wapper' which was sailing 240 miles off the Galician coast on April 23, 2021. The SAR helicopter Helimer 402 was deployed to the position. The patient was safely hoisted and taken to a hospital. The dredger, which was enroute from Ponta Delgada to Antwerp, reached the port of destination on April 27. Report with photo: http://www.crtvg.es/informativos/un-helicoptero-de-salvamento-maritimo-rescata-un-marineiro-enfermo-nun-buque-que-navegaba-a-240-millas-da-costa-galega-5004281

Dredging activity is not going to stop in Panama Canal waters once the first neo-Panamax transits the waterway via the new third lane in June. “We still have a lot to do,” acknowledged Panama Canal Authority (ACP) dredging division head Rolando Gordon during an interview with IHS DPC in March. The dredging of the Panama Canal’s Pacific entrance – a project that is not a part of the canal expansion programme – is expected to be completed in June 2017. That contract, which was awarded to Dredging International in November 2015, involves widening the channel to 300 m, up from 192 m currently, and removing over five million m3 of mostly soft material. Dredging International previously conducted work on deepening and widening the channel at the Pacific canal entrance in 2009-2012.