Ellicott Dredges has recently created two new informational animations to help educate its clients on the intricate workings of dredges and their outputs. The Swinging Dragon® Animation highlights the capabilities of our newest dual-function dredger which can operate in both swinging ladder and conventional dredge modes. Earlier this year, the Bureau of Reclamation of [...]
IHC Merwede is delighted to announce that alternative fuels have been used in the dredging process for the first time. The company ran a pilot test in which energy derived from hydrogen was the sole source used to power the electrical equipment on board a dredger. The sustainable energy test took place at the Haringvliet [...]
Tap water contamination, which had affected some 10,000 residents in a south China town earlier this week, was caused by freakish weather… (china) Source: china, August 10, 2010;
Large-scale dredging to help restore Grand Lake St. Marys to health could be completed within two to two-and-a-half years, according to … By William Hershey (daytondailynews) Source: daytondailynews, August 10 , 2010;
For many years there have been little ground-breaking developments in the world of dredging according to Tore Hansen-Tangen, Executive Chairman of Viking Development Group. “The vessels have become larger, the control systems and other equipment have become more sophisticated, but the industry still uses the same types of vessels and basically the same methods as [...]
CEDA as an official stakeholder has been participating in the work relating to the implementation of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) from the second part of 2009. This concise document introduces briefly the MSFD and explains why and in what way is CEDA involved in the discussions relating to the implementation of the [...]
Port expansion, channel deepening, as well as the demand of improved coastal engineering and management is driving massive dredging… Source: IQPC, June 25, 2010
Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries announced today that it has deployed its first of many real-time monitoring stations that will… Source: bire, June 25, 2010
Italdraghe, the Italian dredger builder, has designed a dredging bucket that is ideal for small scale dredging jobs in narrow canals and waterways involving the removal of only a few thousand cubic meters of material. This bucket can be fitted on to either land-based or floating excavators and features a range of additional quick change [...]
Transnet National Ports Authorities (TNPA) Transnet Ltd. is the largest state-owned enterprise active in the logistics chain in South Africa. Every day, the company delivers thousands of tons of goods in and around the country. It administers and maintains railways, trains, logistic centres, fuel and gas pipelines, pump stations and cargo terminals in seaports. So [...]
