Dredging
New Gear for Van Oord’s Dredger
Bakker Sliedrecht – specialized in the design, production, installation and maintenance of complex electrical installations – will be taking care of an electrical conversion project on board Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Terranova. The company recently received order for the engi
Moray Council Dredger Christened
The Moray Council’s new £2.4 million dredger is to be named MV Selkie. The name was chosen by members of the council’s economic development and infrastructure committee yesterday. It was selected from a shortlist drawn up from more than 300 suggestions submitted by children from coastal schools in M
Picture of the Day: Hector in Norway
The Oslo Fairway dredging project, undertaken by a Finnish dredging equipment manufacturer and contractor, Wasa Dredging, is currently underway. The company has just released this beautiful photo from this dredging program, which shows their backhoe giant Hector during the deepening work. About 89.0
Dredging Days for Students
For young professionals and students interested in joining the world of dredging, the CEDA Dredging Days has a program of technical and social events on offer. As always, the technical content is the main event and this year offers a particularly strong program of carefully curated papers focusing o
Describing the GeoPool (VIDEO)
As announced yesterday, IMS Dredge has just acquired a patent pending dewatering technology the GeoPool. The technology was invented by an IMS Versi-Dredge customer and then successfully trialed in the United States and Europe. The video describes this noninvasive, extremely efficient and affordable
APM Izmir Opening in 2016
With the delivery of five Rubber-Tire Gantry Cranes and two Ship-to-Shore gantry cranes capable of handling Ultra-Large Containerships of up to 16,000 TEU capacity, the new 1.3 million TEU deep-water APM Terminals Izmir facility is nearing completion in anticipation of beginning commercial operation
Final Meeting Held on Shoreham Adur Scheme
The Environment Agency recently held two final public exhibitions on Shoreham Adur tidal walls scheme. The scheme that will reduce the risk of flooding to Shoreham-by-Sea and Lancing is being developed jointly by Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Adur District Council, West Sussex
Two IADC Papers at WODCON XXI
René Kolman, secretary general of International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), will be presenting two papers at the World Dredging Congress (WODCON) XXI in Miami, Florida next year. The first paper, Land Reclamation: A Viable Alternative for Port Cities, will highlight the opportunities r
Marotechniek Launches New E-Motor
Marotechniek, a Dutch company involved in finding new solutions for the dredging, marine, offshore and industrial sectors, has developed a new electric underwater motor, which will have its inaugural showcase during the 2015 Europort exhibition. The unit, driven by a permanent magnet submersible mot
New Dragflow Dredge for Nigeria (VIDEO)
Dragflow, an Italian manufacturer of heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment, has successfully delivered a new cutter suction dredge to a customer in Nigeria. The DRH400E35DF model dredge was ordered by Matag, a Nigerian dredging company that wanted to increase the scope of their business a
Money Secured for IJmuiden New Lock
Rijkswaterstaat and the OpenIJ consortium – consisting of BAM-PGGM, VolkerWessels and DIF – have reached financial close for the contract to design, construct, finance and maintain a new sea lock at IJmuiden. Construction activities will be carried out by a BAM Infra and VolkerWessels joint venture.
Protecting Wildlife Ahead of Dredging
A project to relocate fish from the Swansea Canal ahead of important dredging works has revealed the huge wealth of protected species that call the waterway home. Using a technique called ‘electrofishing’, the team – working with Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales – removed almost 2,000
LUKOIL-BUNKER Fuels Sabetta Dredging Fleet
LUKOIL-BUNKER’s Murmansk branch has fueled the dredging fleet returning from the Sabetta Port (Yamal) via Murmansk. Six dredging vessels were supplied with heavy fuel oil and diesel fuel, and the last ship was serviced on October 18, 2015. LUKOIL-BUNKER was engaged in supplying bunker fuel to dredgi
Derby Flood Scheme OKd
A major £95 million flood defense and regeneration scheme for Derby has been approved by Derby City Council’s planning control committee. The innovative ‘Our City Our River‘ Council-led scheme plans to reduce Derby’s flood risk and maximize regeneration opportunities along the River Derwent. The flo