Dredging
St Asaph Long Term Flood Plans Presented
Long-term plans to reduce flood risk for people in St Asaph are to be unveiled at a public drop-in session in the city. The proposals, drawn up by Natural Resources Wales (NRW), will see the city’s flood defenses enhanced, but will also involve a number of innovative projects upstream to manage floo
‘Dredge Design’ from ASLA
To dredge simply means to scoop up sediment, often underwater, and move it to another location. While this process is often associated with moving contaminated soils to a place where they can be safely capped, today, dredging is also increasingly about harnessing natural processes to create new land
Poole’s Shore Road Beach Gets New Sand
Around 40,000 cubic meters of sand is currently being placed onto a Dorset beach to protect nearby homes from storms. Material will be dredged from the Poole Harbor Swash Channel and will be pumped onto the Poole’s Shore Road beach as part of the local councils/Environment Agencies coastal protectio
Highlights of the Week – Readers’ Choice
BAM Scores Major Marine Gig in Abu Dhabi BAM International, the operating company of Royal BAM Group active outside of Europe, has been awarded a contract to construct the marine infrastructure for the phase 3 of the Al-Dabbiya oil field development by client Abu Dhabi Company for […]
News in Photos: Keel Laying of TSHD 2000
Vietnamese shipbuilder Song Thu Corporation earlier today held a keel-laying ceremony for FSUE Rosmorport’s new trailing suction hopper dredger. The colorful ceremony was attended by Director General of Rosmorport, Andrei Tarasenko and Deputy Director General of RS Pavel Shikhov. The new TSHD 2000,
Xbloc Application in Cadzand
Delta Marine Consultants has signed a license agreement for the use of 12,500 m3 of Xblocs for the construction of the new marina in Cadzand in the Netherlands. The marina of Cadzand is part of the upgrading of the coastal defenses at Cadzand (‘Zwakke schakels’). The project comprises of 2 breakwate
Deltares: Testing the World’s Largest Tidal Lagoon
Deltares will be testing the design for the planned tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, South Wales. Incorporating sixteen turbines that can deliver 320 MW, the tidal lagoon will be the world’s largest. It will be built to scale in the facilities hall in Delft so that the hydrodynamic efficiency of the des
EU to Support New Aberdeen Harbor
The EU’s TEN-T Program will invest over €750,000 for development studies for a new harbor at Nigg Bay in Aberdeen, Scotland. The harbor is to support the existing Port of Aberdeen with a view to a significant traffic growth forecast. The busy Port of Aberdeen handles around 8,000 vessel arrivals and
Dredging Works Continue at Port of Wells
During the next week starting from November 24th 2014, the Port of Wells dredger “Kari Hege” will be engaged in dredging operations in the access channel at the Outer Harbor. Dredger “Kari Hege” will operate from Monday to Friday. Its normal area of work is in the main channel between buoy number 12
Plans for New Yarmouth Breakwater Announced
The existing breakwater, which is constructed with old railway line and sleepers, is nearing the end of its useful life, so a replacement breakwater is required, announced Yarmouth Harbor Commissioners. Ideally, a new breakwater would be 75 m further north into the Solent than the existing one. It i
Secretary-General Backs Up New Exploration Contract
Speaking at the contract signing between the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and Ifremer on Tuesday, November 18, Secretary-General Nii Allotey Odunton said the new contract marked the beginning of a new era in what has been a productive relationship between Ifremer and the ISA. He said the con
Tests on New Type of Floating Reed Marsh
Deltares has tested a new type of floating willow mattress. It keeps the reed marsh that develops on top floating for longer than the present ‘sinking’ reed marshes. The new type provides better wave attenuation than the older structure. As a result, these floating reed marshes help to defend shores
X-SUBSEA Delivers Unique Solution
X-Subsea has recently completed a scope of work off the West African coast delivering a unique and innovative solution to their client for shore approach trenching. The project scope of work involved the trenching of a 10” pipeline close to the shore with a target burial depth of 2 m for a distance
New Harbor Ruchyi Canal Put into Operation
The newly reconstructed approach canal in New Harbor Ruchyi has been put into operation in Ust-Luga seaport. The project, carried out under the “Development of Transport system of Russia (2010-2020)” program, was performed by FSUE “Rosmorport”. During the last stage of the works, approx. 405.700 m³