Using some unique methods, crews are removing and treating high levels of mercury contamination found in a small area of the Georgia-Pacific West cleanup site on Bellingham’s waterfront. “You can actually see beads of liquid mercury in the dirt we’re digging up,” said Ecology Site Manager Brian Sato. “It’s nasty stuff and we’re getting rid [...]
The contractors working on the Maasvlakte 2 project reached completion for Rotterdam Port Authority yesterday. The Maasvlakte 2 extension has increased port capacity by 2,000 hectares. Extensive studies were conducted using scale models, advanced software and simulators. Deltares tested and optimised the design of the 3.5 km hard seawall. Fantastic achievement Marcel van Gent, the [...]
Part of the beauty of the IADC Seminar is getting out of the classroom and into the field. “We are delighted that Boskalis, one of the world’s largest dredging companies, has invited us to visit their dredging site at the Porto do Açu. Most likely the cutter Cyrus II and the hopper Barent Zanen will [...]
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group Company, which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, along with The Geodesy and Hydrographic Survey Section of Dubai Municipality established a permanent tidal station at Al Mamzaar. Dubai Municipality’s Geodesy and Hydrographic Survey Section of Dubai Municipality has several components comprising [...]
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Geotextile positioned vertically in a dike can stop piping. That has been proven by an experiment with the textile on IJkdijk in Bellingwolde (the Netherlands). Geotextile has been used in hydraulic engineering for some time now but using it for piping is new. The experiment has shown for the first time in the field that [...]
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Today, Deltares will start a unique experiment with geotextile on the IJkdijk in Groningen. The 15 m wide and 0,5 m long textile has been positioned vertically on the test dike. Over a period of one week, tests will be conducted to see if this approach can counteract piping. Sensors and water-pressure meters will be [...]
Dr Kevin Black (Director, Partrac Group) will be presenting at Dredging 2012, a four day speciality dredging and dredged material disposal conference in San Diego, CA from 22nd – 25th October 2012. The presentation will focus on Partrac’s unique dual tracer particle tracking technique which has applications in the monitoring and management of dredged material [...]
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Unique Maritime Group of UAE has announced that they have recently delivered two Echoscope 3D Sonars to DI-MEDCO, a joint venture between Dredging International and Middle East Dredging Company for the planned shore protection and harbour construction works of two artificial islands. The Echoscope®, produced by CodaOctopus Products, is a unique sonar capable of producing [...]
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider. CodaOctopus are specialists in the latest generation of real-time 3D sonars, motion reference units and Geophysical technologies. CodaOctopus supply innovative solutions for projects varying from subsea surveys to marine construction, dredging and port security. [...]
Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers announced that they have recently delivered two Echoscope 3D Sonars to DI-MEDCO, a joint venture between Dredging International and Middle East Dredging Company for the planned shore protection and harbour construction works of two artificial islands. The Echoscope, produced by [...]
