The dredging of the fairway to the Danish Port of Thyboron – Thyboron Canal – is now complete. A water depth of 10m in the fairway from the North Sea and between the pier heads into the outer harbour and all the way down to the Limfjordskaj quays in Sydhavnen is now a reality. For […]
In exactly two weeks, the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden will be officially put into use by Rijkswaterstaat. The new sea lock – being 70 metres wide, 500m long and 18m deep – was completed earlier in 2021 by the OpenIJ consortium. Over the last couple of months, the new IJmuiden lock has been
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has produced two dragheads for their customer DC Dredging BV. These pieces of equipment will be used to dredge sand and gravel offshore at concessions in the North Sea. The draghead visors are fitted with knife plates, which are able to cut effectively into the soil. Further
After the holidays and well-deserved break, the energy transition community returns to its activities dedicated to making the world a less polluted and more healthy home.
Remarkable progress has taken place at the Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project in 2021, and all marine-based activities at the project are now complete. Construction of two critical structures – the South Breawkater and the Crown Wall – has finished, and all 22 caissons are in place. The last of the
Two powerful, robust 6DL36 generator sets left for the Southwest Shipyard in Galveston, Texas, to be installed in Mike Hooks’ new 27” cutter suction dredger (CSD), Anglo Belgian Corporation (ABC) said. This new, non-self-propelled CSD will be equipped with an SCR system and meet the highest emission
The dredger Hanson Thames, built at Damen Shipyards in Galati, Romania, has arrived safely in the UK and is set to enter active service in the new year. “Our new marine aggregates dredger provides increased payload and efficiency and will supply sand and gravel for the UK construction market,” said
Boskalis has just signed a contract with the Beninese and Togolese governments to respond to the advance of coastal erosion, AFRIK 21 reports. The value of this contract is 41.6 billion CFA francs, nearly EUR 63.5 million. Under the contract, the Dutch giant will protect the segment (180 km) of the
Antwerp Port Authority has asked Witteveen+Bos to investigate the possibility of deepening and relocating the Europaterminal quay wall. The purpose of deepening the Europa Terminal is to accommodate ships with a larger draught. Hydraulic, sedimentological and morphological studies were conducted as
Although the year draws to a close and embraces the holiday spirit, the global energy transition shows no signs of slowing down. In the week behind us, we witnessed that governments spare no expense to support clean energy projects and step up the energy transition game.
Methanol as an Energy Step Towards Zero-Emission Dutch Shipping (MENENS) maritime consortium has been awarded a €24 million (about $27 million) grant to conduct research into accelerating the use of methanol as a low-carbon fuel within the shipping industry.
The European Clean Hydrogen Alliance has identified a pipeline of over 750 projects that European industry is undertaking to roll out the hydrogen economy on a large scale in Europe.
UK’s Ardersier Port, which was one of the largest oil rig fabrication yards in the world, is now set to be transformed into Europe’s first fully circular energy transition facility.
After announcing its candidacy for the construction of an energy island in the Danish North Sea earlier this week, DEME is now separating from its parent company CFE by summer 2022. CFE’s board of directors announced today in a press release its intention to split the group into two separate listed
