Iceland’s brand new Landeyjahofn harbour, built for the Westman Islands ferry, continues to cause expensive headaches… (icenews) [mappress] Source: icenews, October 19, 2010;
More than 400,000 cubic metres of sand has been pumped on to the Lincolnshire coastline to help protect homes and businesses from flooding… (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, October 18, 2010;
IHC Parts & Services, part of IHC Merwede has announced a new joint agreement with Bakker Sliedrecht for the condition monitoring of dredging vessels. This will see the two companies combining forces to supply a unique range of specialist and high-quality services to customers that in turn will enab
Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered 2 customised DOP submersible dredge pumps plus their ladders to SeReAnt for the Antwerp harbour clean up project. The enormous construction project is running smoothly, and the DOP pumps are mounted on trolleys over the settling tanks. The use of a standard DOP
The Kazakh-Russian joint working group is expected to present soon a proposal for the construction of a “Eurasia” canal linking the Caspian… By Roman Muzalevsky (atimes) [mappress] Source: atimes, October 15, 2010
Entitled “Working in the Dredging Sector” Young CEDA is organising a series of evening meetings for students and young professionals this October and November. During the evenings various enthusiastic speakers talk about their educative and also interesting experiences during the first years of thei
Portsmouth City Council has agreed plans to dredge the port, currently 7.5m deep at low tide, to 9.3m, which will safeguard current cargo… By Rory O’Keeffe (portsmouth) [mappress] Source: portsmouth, October 15, 2010;
The dredging industry provides essential support services to ports, harbours, developers, the offshore industry, and environmental and other groups involved in maritime construction. Without the innovative technology of the dredging industry, many of these projects would not be realised. In an effor
The British Port Company has taken a significant step towards the next stage in building its new £500 million Bristol Deep Sea Container … (porttechnology) [mappress] Source: porttechnology, October 14, 2010;
Royal Rotra is allowed to start Construction can start constructing a container terminal at its site in the city of Doesburg. The company expects to handle between 5,000 and 10,000 containers per year at the terminal along the River IJssel. Recently, the local municipality granted a building permit
Between now and 2013, a series of art projects will take place on and around Maasvlakte 2. The Port of Rotterdam Authority and the Foundation Art and Public Space (SKOR) have agreed to set aside a joint € 500,000 for this. “There should be place for art with a big project like Maasvlakte 2. Art [&he
A £33.5 million project to construct a new, all weather, deepwater quay at Peterhead has been completed on schedule and within budget, with… (oilvoice) [mappress] Source: oilvoice, October 13, 2010;
