Dredging
River Conwy Cleanup Scheme Set for Next Week
Work starts next week to make sure Natural Resources Wales’ (NRW) river level monitoring on the river Conwy continues to be accurate. NRW contractors will remove gravel which has built up near the river level monitoring point in Llanrwst. Accurate river level readings are essential as they trigger N
Site Visit to Portsmouth Dredging Project
Boskalis Westminster, with the permission from the Ministry of Defense, will be hosting a CEDA UK visit to the current 3 million m³ capital dredging project at Portsmouth. This site visit, set to take place on Tuesday, October 18th 2016, will explore the dredging operation aimed at granting access t
Boskalis Megacutter HELIOS Nears Completion
Royal IHC yard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands, has completed installation of the cutter ladder for Boskalis’ self-propelled cutter suction dredger HELIOS. The cutter ladder – which has a length of 47m and a weight of 1,717,000kg (excluding the side winches) – was built at IHC shipyard in Sliedrecht.
Construction Kicks Off on Crindau Flood Scheme
The Natural Resources Wales is inviting people living in Newport to a drop in event to find out more about the latest plans to reduce the risk of flooding in the area. The new scheme will improve flood protection for more than 660 properties in Crindau and Shaftesbury. NRW has appointed Galliford Tr
TSHD Kronshlot Ready for Service
Krasnoye Sormovo Shipyard has delivered second of three trailing suction hopper dredgers, the Kronshlot, to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Rosmorport”. Following the launching and delivery to the seaport of Saint Petersburg, the 1000 m³ TSHD is now ready to take on maintenance dredging projec
The Sand Motor Results Presented
After five years of monitoring, the interim results for the Sand Motor pilot project are now available. The results were presented at an international conference ‘The Sand Motor, 5 years of Building with Nature’ in the Kurhaus in Scheveningen. The Sand Motor, run by Rijkswaterstaat, the provincial a
Falmouth Harbor Commissioners’ Annual Public Meeting Next Week
Falmouth Harbor Commissioners, the statutory body responsible for managing Falmouth Harbor, will be hosting its annual public meeting on Tuesday, 20th September, at 7 pm. The meeting, which will take place in the Learning Center at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall in Falmouth, is open to member
Alewijnse Awarded TSHD Spauwer Deal
Alewijnse Marine Systems is undertaking the complete electrical outfitting of the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Spauwer, developed in-house by Den Herder Seaworks. The works are taking place at Shipyard Trico B.V. in Rotterdam. The TSHD Spauwer is a large and highly sophisticated hopper dre
IADC: New Terra et Aqua Available
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just published the latest issue of Terra et Aqua, their official quarterly publication. The magazine is supported solely by the IADC as a service to the world-wide dredging community and represents IADC’s commitment to the highest standa
Monaco’s Portier Cove Land Reclamation Project Underway
Construction works on the Monaco’s Portier Cove land reclamation project are underway with the contractor Bouygues Travaux Publics, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, starting dredging operations on the first phase of this six-hectare extension project. The project includes the construction of a
HR Wallingford: Scour and Erosion Event Kicks Off
The 8th International Conference on Scour and Erosion, ICSE 2016, kicked off yesterday in Oxford, bringing together scour and erosion specialists from more than 30 countries. Over 130 papers will be presented during the four-day event to an international audience of scientists and engineers from the
Jan De Nul to Expand Port of Kingston
Jan De Nul NV is part of a consortium that has been made responsible for the expansion of the Port of Kingston. In 25 months, the access channel and the port basin will be deepened and the berths on the existing quay walls will be reinforced and renovated. This development project will enable the po
UK: New Plan for Stronger Flood Defenses
Lessons learnt from last winter’s floods have helped build a new approach so the nation is better prepared and more resilient to flooding, according to the UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. Improved rain and flood modelling, a significant increase in new temporary flo
Minister Tours £12M Flood Alleviation Scheme in East Belfast
Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard recently visited East Belfast to view progress on a £12 million Flood Alleviation scheme in the area. 269 properties adjacent to Orangefield Park and Victoria Park have already benefited from upgrading works to provide an increased level of flood protection, cos