Dredging
Hulhumale Phase II Reclamation Kicks Off
DEME’s Dredging International has started the land reclamation works of the Phase II project on the Maldives island Hulhumalé. The project will add another 240 ha of new land to the island. The works include borrowing offshore sand and pumping it ashore. The required volume, around 6 million m³ of s
COSCO Piraeus Pier III Inaugurated
The official inauguration ceremony for the expansion of Pier III of COSCO Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) was successfully organized on Thursday, January 22nd 2015. The inauguration was attended by Mr. Zou Xiaoli, Chinese Ambassador to Greece and Prime Minister Antonis Samaras of Greece. Executive
Picture of the Day: Grantham Canal Dredge
Land and Water Services were commissioned to undertake dredging works to a 2.5km section of the Grantham Canal from Bridge 54 at Redmile towards Bridge 51, at Jericho Lane. The silt removed was analysed as non-hazardous and was removed using an amphibious excavator and transported up the canal using
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
Picture of the Day: Dredger in New Suez Canal Egypt launched the New Suez Canal project in August 2014. The construction was ordered by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi to be completed in one year. Boskalis: Latest Addition to Its Hopper Fleet The naming ceremony of the Freeway, […]
DRAGFLOW: New Tool for Sand Extraction
In order to remove sand from seabed and allow the oil pipes maintenance, DRAGFLOW has delivered a specifically designed machine to one of the largest contractors in the oil and gas industry. “We attached 2 Hydraulic Pumps HY85 to a shell that we designed and created, to cover the pipe (diameter is a
Holland on Sea Coastal Scheme Completed
Recharged and rejuvenated beaches at Holland on Sea will reopen to the public tomorrow following the completion of phase one of a £36 million coastal protection scheme. The beaches have been closed off for safety reasons while the work has been undertaken by contractors. Tendring District Council (T
Construction Starts on DCT’s New Terminal
DCT Gdansk, Poland’s largest and fastest growing container facility, has secured €290 million to meet the growing demand for deep-sea services in Central-Eastern Europe by expanding its operations. The construction of a new deep-water quay in Gdansk’s Northern Port officially began yesterday with DC
Hamble Dredging Begins Next Week
The Hamble Point Marina maintenance dredging operations will start during the week commencing 26 January 2015. Depending on the weather, the expected completion date for these works is 13 February 2015. The dredger will then return to the Royal Southern Yacht Club to complete the dredging in this ar
New Project to Improve Danube Shipping Conditions
The EU’s TEN-T Programme will co-finance with almost €4 million a study preparing the design and planning of a federal waterway on the Danube in south-eastern Germany. The project aims to improve the shipping conditions on Danube and preventing floods in the region. Insufficient draught depth is cur
VIDEO: Italdraghe Introduces LARIO Dredging Pumps
Italdraghe, the long-standing Italian dredger builder, has released a video about their “LARIO™” dredging and mining pumps. “LARIO™” ironclad pumps are known for their well-researched design, reliability, performance, strength and flexibility. All components subject to wear are manufactured from ni-
Increasing Coastal Resilience to Storms and Flooding
Coastal storms, sea level rises and flooding present a very real physical and economic threat that must be addressed in the EU. With this in mind, the FP7-funded RISC-KIT project has made accurately forecasting and predicting coastal storms – and optimizing measures to prevent disasters from occurri
Berth Enhancements in Dover and Calais
The European Union has decided to embark on a €14 million TEN-T Programme that will improve sea connections across the Dover Strait. The TEN-T Programme, established by the European Commission to support the construction and upgrade of transport infrastructure across the EU, will back the improvemen
Van Oord’s FFPV ‘Nordnes’ Upgraded
Van Oord’s Flexible Fall Pipe Vessel (FFPV) ‘Nordnes’ has been refitted at Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen under a tight schedule with the Seatools completing upgrades of the vessel’s Fall Pipe ROV (remotely operated vehicle). The FPROV is an underwater robot that steers the mouth of the fall pipe, ther
VIDEO: North-Holland Dredging Scheme (DEME)
The dredging works on 43 km of waterways in the northern part of North-Holland officially started on November 6, 2014. To obtain an optimization between value and price, the Province of North-Holland tendered the project as a ‘Best Value Procurement’ contract. De Vries & van de Wiel (DEME Group) has