Murmansk Port: Jan De Nul Dredging Fleet Arrives (Russia) A fleet of dredgers of Luxembourg-registered Jan De Nul Group arrived in the waters of the Port of Murmansk on the Kola Peninsula. Canada: Cobourg Marina Maintenance Dredging Kicks Off Beginning this week, the Cobourg Marina will be undergo
The Italian dredger manufacturer ITALDRAGHE SpA has announced that it will attend the 14th International Mining Exhibition EXPOSIBRAM. This very important industrial event is scheduled for September 23-26th, 2013, in EXPOMINAS Convention Center, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. With 56,475 attendees and 389
The Wells Harbour dredging program commenced this week, according to wellsharbour.co.uk. The dredger “Kari Hege” will be engaged in dredging operations in the Wells Harbour main channel north of buoy number 4 , between buoys 4 & 2. All material removed from the channel during dredging operation is b
IDRECO delivered the ISD Mobile 300 dredger for Vicat SA in France. This dredger is equipped with the IDP 300 pump, driven by Idreco’s electric motor with onboard transformer. The production capacity of this mobile dredger is 300 tons an hour with a dredging depth of 7 meters. The pipeline length is
The Dragflow network, one of the most extended, thrustable and successful team in the pump and dredging business, has been working hard in the last two years to develop and market the most complete, competitive and efficient line of dredges. In addition to the three traditional dredge’s designs, ste
A fleet of dredgers of Luxembourg-registered Jan De Nul Group arrived in the waters of the Port of Murmansk on the Kola Peninsula. The dredging fleet will be engaged in dredging at the Port of Sabetta. The vessels are now passing clearance and then will proceed along the Northern Sea Route. Permissi
The extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of Ackermans & van Haaren NV has on 25 November 2011 renewed the powers delegated to the board of directors to redeem shares for a period of 5 years. In the framework of these powers, Ackermans & van Haaren has concluded a liquidity contract with Kepler Cheuvr
Deltares has had intensive contacts in recent months with the Indian National Institute for Ocean Technology (NIOT) with the aim of exchanging information about a range of subjects. The NIOT is an autonomous research institute that answers to the Ministry of Sciences and it specialises in oceans, co
Government actions on flooding to spur economic growth are welcome but funding increases announced in this month’s Spending Round do not meet rising flood risk, warn MPs on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. Launching the Committee’s Managing Flood Risk report Committee Chair, Anne M
Wells Harbour will remain safe for Mariners with the latest installation of a West Cardinal JET 5000 buoy supplied by Hydrosphere UK Ltd. The 2.4m diameter flat bottomed buoy has been deployed at the entrance to the outer harbour where boats can come into difficulty in low tide due to the sand bar.
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has successfully placed USD 325 million US Private Placement notes with 24 institutional investors in the United States. The issue was heavily oversubscribed with a book close to USD 2 billion. The senior notes carry a 10 year maturity with an annual interest rate of
The 5th European River Restoration Conference, named “Celebrating Successes and Addressing Challenges”, is scheduled for 11-13 September 2013, in Vienna, Austria. The Conference will provide: – Exciting examples of practical efforts to restore the natural state and functioning of rivers and how this
The Training Institute for Dredging (TID) has developed a complete capacity building program for cutter operators. The training (11 – 15 November 2013, Kinderdijk, the Netherlands) will be performed with the use of a new generation extremely realistic cutter simulator. The modern dredging operator d
The Blueprint for Water coalition of environmental organisations has this week submitted a strong response to the Government, objecting to proposals to weaken controls on river dredging which have been produced at the request of Environment Secretary Owen Paterson. The Environment Agency was asked b
