The United Kingdom will soon be home to a very special Italian-built dredger designed by a British dredger operator specialising in marina dredging. The vessel, to be constructed by Italy’s leading dredger manufacturer, Italdraghe SpA (San Giovanni, Italy) and designed by Goodchild Marine Services L
A further dredging of the Dublin inner city section of the Grand Canal will start in October 2012. The news was confirmed today by the Waterways Ireland, one of the six North/South Implementation Bodies established under the British Irish Agreement in 1999. Waterways Ireland has responsibility for t
The Steder Group has shipped large machinery items, with weights up to 85 tonnes, from the Netherlands to Singapore for a renowned Dutch dredging company. In total, the shipment consisted of more than 1,500 tonnes, with all the materials being intended for the refurbishment of a large backhoe dredge
Part 4 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 introduced a new licensing system for managing activities in the marine environment. This consultation seeks views on proposals to modify the current Exemptions Order, introducing new exemptions or modifying existing exemptions where the risks to the
The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been advised that Subsea Rock Installation works will commence along the pipeline route from the Corrib Offshore Field Location to WGS84. Work will start in mid October 2012 and is expected to be completed within 6-10 days. This work will be carried
Deltares and Züblin Spezialtiefbau Ges.m.b.H have developed and successfully implemented pilot projects of a solution to seal groundwater leakages in the subsoil using biotechnology. This BioSealing solution is at the brink of a much wider introduction in the market. BioSealing is a solution for sea
Ships of Northern Fleet (NF) minesweeping task unit on Oct 1 returned to permanent basing sites. The unit was dispatched to the Gulf of Ob (Kara Sea) to search, detect, and dispose explosive objects. NF minesweeping task unit consisting of seagoing minesweeper Vladimir Gumanenko, hydrographic ship S
ACI’s 5th Optimising Port Development conference (24 and 25 October 2012, London, UK) will address the key challenges faced by modern ports and terminals in order to present an efficient and attractive option to the shipping lines. The meeting will explore terminal operations and appropriate expansi
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) claimed that the failure by the Environment Agency to regularly dredge rivers could be increasing the risk of flooding, BBC reports. After Wales endured one of its wettest summers on record, NFU urged the agency to resume full-time dredging. An Environment Agency Wa
According to farmersguardian.com, the Mid Wales farmers have hit out at Environment Agency Wales for not dredging local rivers. They are also demanding a review of the river and estuary management and maintenance. Edward Chapman, Montgomeryshire NFU’s county chairman, said: “All the rivers used to b
Rotterdam expects to see container flows triple in the next 25 years. This is due to the growth in world trade, the favourable geographic location and the increase in very large container ships, with a capacity of around 20,000 units each. About 12 million TEU of the total throughput of around 30 mi
A new backhoe dredger manufactured by IHC Merwede was named ALBERTO ALEMÁN ZUBIETA during a special ceremony at the shipyard of its cooperation partner, NMC, in Nieuw- Lekkerland, The Netherlands, on 28 September. IHC Merwede has built the vessel for Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP). The ceremony
Dredge Yard unveiled its redesigned website this week, featuring major enhancements to its popular site. The new website’s appearance is fresher, with many new pictures collected from all Dredge Yard offices, foundries and machine shops. Dredge Yard supplies several dredging components needed for th
Southampton’s frontline role in global trade was being underlined on Friday with the official launch of a £150m investment project at the port by Associated British Ports (ABP) who is the port owner and joint venture partner in DP World Southampton – the container terminal operator. The ceremonial l
