NMDC Group (NMDC) has announced the expansion of its over 170 vessel fleet with an AED618 million ($168 million) self-propelled cutter suction dredger. Officials from both NMDC Group and its subsidiary NMDC Dredging & Marine attended the keel laying ceremony held yesterday (January 28), which marked the beginning of construction. Yasser Zaghloul, the Group CEO of NMDC Group. In recent years, NMDC Group has been constantly enhancing its capacity to meet its growing pipeline of projects across multiple geographies. In 2025, NMDC Dredging & Marine grew its international footprint with projects in the Philippines and Oman with NMDC Energy.