The Shropshire Wildlife Trust has just announced that an exciting dredging project to restore Newport Canal back to full health will begin today, October 21. “After a long and detailed period of investigation and consultation we are very pleased to announce that we have appointed a contractor to car
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (October 14 – 20, 2019). Jan De Nul Kicks Off Nouadhibou Dredging Project Jan De Nul Group has officially kicked off the deepening and widening operations in the inner port channel and turning basin of the large o
During a ceremony at the IADC Annual General Meeting in New Delhi yesterday, IADC President Frank Verhoeven announced the Safety Award 2019 winner: Boskalis with its Floating Line Connecting System. From fourteen nominations, the association’s Safety Committee and Board of Directors selected the Bos
The Scarborough Borough Council owned dredger ‘Sandsend’ is working in more confined areas of Scarborough Harbor today. The dredger is licensed by the Marine Management Organization (MMO) to remove 10,000 tons of spoil from this harbor each year in order to keep it fit for vessels to utilize it safe
Land & Water Services has officially started its work on transforming Titford Pools in Oldbury. Hidden away under the M5 motorway, Titford Pools is located along the Titford Canal and is part of the Birmingham Canal Navigations – which this year is celebrating its 250th birthday. The pools are a qui
Boskalis and biofuels supplier GoodFuels are set to take the next key step in the ‘Boskalis on Bio’ program for the testing of sustainable bio-fuel oil. Following earlier successful tests with ‘drop-in’ blends of light biofuel and marine gas oil, Boskalis’ 143-meter long trailing suction hopper dred
Anse du Portier Monaco has just released the latest update on their land reclamation project, saying that sand filling operations on the ‘belt’ have officially started on Monday, October 14. The sand for this scheme comes from quarries located around Marseille, France, and Piombino, Italy. According
Thousands of tonnes of silt that currently lies on the bed of the River Lagan in Belfast will be dredged in a major project to maintain and enhance the river’s water quality and unique eco-system, the Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities reports. The £3.3m investment by the Department, whic
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just released the latest edition of their Terra et Aqua magazine, introducing the following articles: Beneficial Use, an Expertise Exporter and Trenching Model. CEDA’s Working Group on Beneficial Use aims to inspire sediment stakeholders
The Shoreham Adur Tidal Walls Scheme which has significantly reduced flood risk to thousands of properties on the West Sussex coast has been recognized with a prestigious national award. The project, officially opened in March 2019, was crowned Climate Resilience Project of the Year at the British C
Port of HaminaKotka Ltd and Steveco Oy have jointly constructed a world-class pulp terminal in the new D-area in the western part of the Mussalo Harbor in Kotka, Finland. The port has invested almost 40 million euros in the infrastructure and the expansion area of approx. 30 hectares. The inaugurati
Caterpillar has just launched their new Cat 306 CR Mini Hydraulic Excavator, marking the company’s entry in the 6-ton class offering. According to Caterpillar, the 306 CR mini excavator is built to exceed customer expectations with strong performance, enhanced operator experience and simplified main
Jan De Nul Group has officially kicked off the deepening and widening operations in the inner port channel and turning basin of the large ore export Port of Nouadhibou, Mauritania. With these works on the 25-km long entrance channel to the mineral terminal of Port of Nouadhibou, the National Industr
Properties in Godalming, Surrey, England, will be better protected from flooding thanks to a brand new flood alleviation scheme. The construction of the scheme cost approximately £4.5 million and the Environment Agency contributed approximately a third of the cost, through government grant-in-aid. G
