To optimise the chances of the successful completion of a dredging or reclamation project, all contracting parties should – from the start – fully understand the requirements of the project. With this mission in mind, the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) launched its now well- known seminar 20 years ago. This year, for the [...]
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Globalisation causes strong changes in world trade and rapid developments in logistic concepts. Ports all over the world are therefore challenged to increase capacity and access for ever growing ship sizes and to offer quicker, better and more innovative services. Furthermore national and international rules require a growing attention for health, safety, security and environment [...]
More than 400 software users and developers attended the Delft Software Days (LINK maken), held for the second time at Deltares in Delft, from 19 to 30 November. The number of visitors was almost double that of last year, with participants from 32 countries and representatives from 156 organisations, including many universities, governments, companies and [...]
The Delft Software Days got underway on Monday 19 November. This event, held at Deltares, offers twelve days of presentations, workshops and courses on software packages in the areas of water, soils/subsurface and infrastructure. Software users and modellers from all over the world – more than 30 countries in total – are in Delft to [...]
The CEDA-IADC training course was presented for the fourth time on 19-20 April 2012 in Delft, the Netherlands to a selected, dedicated audience representing contractors, manufacturers, regulators, government and consultants – basically the cross section of CEDA’s membership. The course was organised for the fourth time by the Postgraduate Academic Programme (PAO) of the [...]
The Training Course “Environmental Aspects of Dredging” will next be presented in Delft, the Netherlands. Organised by the Postgraduate Academic Programme (PAO) of the Delft University of Technology, it will take place 19-20 April 2012. Advance educational credits are awarded to participants. According to course leader Gerard van Raalte, “Understanding the ecosystem is essential. It [...]
More than 25 participants from around the world — including Belgium, Canada, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Mauritius, Taiwan, the Netherlands, the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates — came to Delft (the Netherlands) for the 36th IADC International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation. The seminar was organised by the International Association of Dredging [...]
To be presented in the Delft for the forth time, this international training course is organised by the Postgraduate Academic Programme (PAO) of the Delft University of Technology in co-operation with CEDA and IADC. The Course is aimed at consultants in dredging related industries, and professionals from different governmental bodies such as municipalities, district water [...]
Dredging is a necessary activity in society’s development. Under the right circumstances dredging is also an indispensable tool for remedying past environmental interferences. By its very nature, however, the act of dredging and relocating dredged material is an environmental impact. Therefore, determining whether any planned dredging operation will have a positive or negative impact on our environment is of [...]
The Chinese Dredging Association (CHIDA), the organiser of WODCON XIX (9-12 September 2010 in Beijing, China) presented Best Paper Awards to four authors as follows: One Grand Prize (US$ 1000) was presented to a Chinese author and three second prizes (US$ 500 each) were given to one – one author from each of the three [...]