Complete Maritime Profile & Reviews of Lange-Wapper

On April 23, 2021, Salvamento Marítimo conducted a critical medical evacuation for a crew member aboard the vessel 'Ange Wapper', which was sailing approximately 240 miles away from the Galician coast. The rescue operation involved the deployment of the SAR helicopter Helimer 402, which successfully hoisted the ailing patient and transported them to a nearby hospital for urgent medical care. The dredger, originally en route from Ponta Delgada to Antwerp, managed to reach its destination port on April 27. For more details, you can view the report and accompanying photo at: 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.

The dredging efforts in the waterways of the Panama Canal are set to persist even after the inaugural neo-Panamax vessels navigate through the newly established third lane in June. Rolando Gordon, the head of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) dredging division, emphasized in a March interview with IHS DPC that there remains significant work ahead. The dredging project at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, which is not part of the ongoing expansion efforts, is projected to reach completion by June 2017. This initiative, awarded to Dredging International in November 2015, aims to broaden the channel from its current width of 192 meters to an impressive 300 meters and involves the excavation of over five million cubic meters of primarily soft material. Notably, Dredging International has a history of enhancing this area, having completed similar deepening and widening tasks at the Pacific canal entrance between 2009 and 2012.