The Environment Agency will be inspecting more than 30,000 flood defence assets across the south west. This will include defences around the whole south west coast from Bristol to Bournemouth and along the many thousand miles of main-river within the region. Flood defences across the South West have
Two freight trains, each consisting of 65 wagons loaded with coal from the Kuzbass region in Russia, left from West Siberian Railways at the end of March 2014. One of the trains has already reached Far Eastern Railways, the second is now travelling on the Transbaikal Main Line. Both West Siberian Ra
In fiscal 2013, the EUROGATE Group successfully navigated the challenges that continue to be characterised by a difficult market and industry environment and increased group annual net profit by 13.3% to EUR 61.9 million. Container handling volumes once again exceeded the peak value of 14 million TE
The seminar on the mechanisms for implementation of investment projects in seaports has been hold an the Port of Nikolaev on April 3-4. Experts from the Ports of Nikolaev, Kherson, specialized seaport of Oktiabrsk and “Delta-pilot” branch attended the seminar-discussion. Features of the existing leg
Damen has commissioned the cutter suction dredger “Qing Jiang” in China. This dredger has been delivered to CCCC Tianjin Dredging in 2013. As Damen cutter suction dredgers can be dismounted completely, transport by sea was straightforward. All components were hoisted into the transport vessel at Rot
Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt Dresden has announced a tender for disposal of dredging material from the Prossen harbour construction project. This contract will consist of disposal of 13,000 tonnes of dredged material (including transportation), proper disposal (use, recovery or disposal) of polluted d
IHC Merwede will standardize its entire global product development and product data management processes on Siemens’ integrated suite of product lifecycle management (PLM) software solutions. The multi-million dollar contract is part of the company’s ambitious “One IHC” initiative launched in 2012 t
Fylde Borough Council will conduct a major planning to secure sea defences and future management of the coastline. Works will include improved sea defences at Fairhaven Lake and Church Scar and may, depending on funding, begin as soon as 2017. Sea defences at Pleasure Island are also being considere
Konecranes introduces its first product especially developed for the emerging markets – the BOXHUNTER container handling crane. The product is a completely new type of RTG that will give the company access to a new market segment. The launch is the first step in one of Konecranes’ main strategies –
SENWATEC announced the establishment and opening of SENWATEC LLC in the USA, as a subsidiary of Schröer Water Environment Technology, GmbH & Co. KG. SENWATEC is a builder of multi-purpose dredges, amphibious vehicles, as well as a wide variety of mobile, open water management boats and related equip
British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed flood recovery and funding on a visit to Somerset. The PM toured flood-affected villages on the Levels and Moors and inspected the current dredging work as part of the visit to review the Somerset County Council-led recovery effort. He also met Local Au
Three firms are now battling it out to win the contract to construct a £36 million sea defence scheme from Holland Haven to Clacton Pier. Tenders were opened last week and now the job begins to decide which company will be successful. Tendring District Council’s (TDC) Engineering Department will ana
Van Oord Nabs Surabaya Dredging Contract (Indonesia) Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has been awarded a contract for dredging and maintenance work for the western access channel to the Port of Surabaya in Indonesia. D
Komatsu Europe International introduced the new HB215LC-2 hybrid hydraulic excavator to the European market. This is a third generation hybrid model, with an increased operating weight of 22.550 kg and a bucket capacity of 1.68 m³. Yoshihiro Kobayashi, product manager for hybrid excavators at Komats
