The Ministry of Construction, Transportation and Infrastructure of the Republic of Serbia has awarded contracts for the preparation of technical documentation for the expansion of the Danubian ports of Bogojevo and Prahovo to two consortia. The contract for the expansion of Bogojevo Port is worth $7
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has just released this amazing video named ‘How we made our mark in the Markermeer lake’. In March 2016, Boskalis started work on the first stage of one of the largest nature restoration projects in western Europe – Marker Wadden. The project aimed to transform the ec
Water managers are continuously making decisions to guarantee water safety. These decisions relate to the short term, for example ongoing droughts or, precisely, when there is a risk of flooding. But they can also affect the long term given the more extreme events caused by climate change. All these
Damen Shipyards has just released this beautiful video about their DOP250 dredge pump on a wire crane, doing a beach replenishment job on the Mediterranean coast in Italy. Due to coastal erosion the beach in the Gulf of Follonica has diminished rapidly, said Damen. The DOP submersible dredge pump ha
The Peel Marina dredging program, located in the town of Peel, Isle of Man, is moving forward according to schedule, Land & Water just announced. “As part of a large-scale project, we have constructed a temporary draining lagoon in a field upstream of the marina. Now, our team is using a long reach
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 27-May 3, 2020). Gulf of Ob Dredging Deal Inked FSUE Hydrographic Company and Mordraga have signed an agreement for reconstruction of the Gulf of Ob seaway canal where the Novatek’s Utrenny terminal is bein
Jan De Nul Group’s largest cutter suction dredger (CSD) Willem van Rubroeck has successfully arrived at the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. The trip on board of the semi-submersible transport vessel ‘Hua Yang Long’ took 2.5 weeks. The vessel was unloaded offshore and then towed to the shipyard
Dredging Today team has just found this frightening video of an accident during a dredging project. The man operating the excavator had just jumped out of the cab at the last minute. Unfortunately, equipment fails and drownings are common accidents among dredge workers. Each type of dredger uses spe
Removal of the old north breakwater has officially started, Port of Frederikshavn, Denmark, said in their latest announcement. The entire north breakwater incl. the breakwater head is to be removed in connection with the establishment of the new quay area by Østre Kaj, which is to create space for O
A maritime industry consortium and the existing syndicate of banks of shipbuilder Royal IHC, including the three major Dutch banks, have reached a heads of agreement for the acquisition and refinancing of IHC Merwede Holding B.V.
A broad consortium of investors and industry partners from the dredging and offshore sectors and the existing international syndicate of banks of Royal IHC, including the three major Dutch banks, have reached a Heads of Agreement for the acquisition and refinancing. This gives Royal IHC, as an impor
In the first three months of 2020, the volume of dredging works carried out by the fleet of Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority exceeded 700,000 cubic meters. Compared to the first quarter of 2019 (160,000m³), the company increased the dredging volume by 540,000m³. According to the company, the positive d
In February and March 2020 the Environment Agency held a number of drop-in sessions in north Reading and Lower Caversham regarding the proposed flood alleviation scheme. Due to the escalation in the UK’s response to the coronavirus the the final event scheduled for Friday 20 March was cancelled. At
Works on a coastal defense scheme in the West Sussex village of Elmer are nearing completion, Mackley informs. The Elmer Coastal Defense Scheme is being carried out by Mackley, working as part of Team Van Oord, on behalf of the Environment Agency, Arun District Council and Elmer Sands Limited. The p
