Scotland’s Transport Minister, Fiona Hyslop, was in Tarbert (Harris) yesterday to officially open the multi million-dollar Tarbert ferry terminal project, led by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL). Ms. Hyslop MSP toured the facilities with Kevin Hobbs, chief executive of CMAL, before speaking
Construction of the Belgian energy island will start early next year – North Sea Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne has approved the relevant environmental permit. A consortium comprising Belgian marine construction companies DEME and Jan De Nul has already started preparing the site where it will b
Dredging work to create Scotland’s largest Renewable Energy Hub at the Port of Leith is well underway. According to the contractor, GRAHAM Civil Engineering, the crews are making great progress in Leith. So far, they have installed over 133 tubular piles and 92 pairs of AZ40-700N sheet piles that wi
Two weeks ago, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially opened the £420 million Aberdeen South Harbour. More than 250 stakeholders attended the opening event on Dunnottar Quay. The Princess Royal unveiled a plaque and ‘Octopode Accropode’ structure which was specially designed and painted by
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has completed the design and construction of another Water Injection Dredging (WID) installation. The scope of delivery includes the fabrication of jet arms, a hoisting gantry with swell compensator, hydraulic system and the jetwater pump sets. According to MOTAS, all compon
Deltares has just announced the start of an innovative TKI pilot project – the “Meegroeidijk” (Growing Dike). According to Deltares, this initiative embodies the principles of building with nature and aims to revolutionize dike reinforcement and management. The Meegroeidijk (MGD – Growing Dike) proj
In northern Poland on the Baltic Sea lies Gdynia. Historically a small fishing village, but things changed in the 1920s when the Polish government ordered the construction of a port in the area. The Port of Gdynia soon grew into a universal seaport, and the city around it into one of Poland’s larges
Royal Boskalis Westminster and Van Oord have successfully delivered the Port of Felixstowe Deepening Project. Over the last 22 months, the two companies have used more than 20 different vessels to remove over 17.1 million cubic meters of material from the channel. The depth of the approach channel h
The University of Twente, in partnership with Wetterskip Fryslân and the knowledge institute Deltares, is researching the effect of saltmarsh grass and foreland on the energy of the waves that reach the dyke. This may make it possible to reduce the space required by dykes. Last month, the water auth
DEME Group has officially completed the Port of Termini Imerese dredging program. Also, the company is actively involved in multiple port expansion projects worldwide. “We successfully concluded a project in the Port of Termini Imerese in Sicily, where our trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Reynaert’
Van Oord’s Supervisory Board, in consultation with the Executive Committee, has decided to appoint Ms. Katja Otten as the new CFO. She will start on 1 January 2024. Katja Otten is 52 years old and for the last 6 years has been CFO at APM Terminals. She also has 20 years of experience in various [&he
The world’s largest precast concrete element factory in Rødbyhavn, which is being used for the construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel elements, has taken another step towards shipping of the first tunnel element into the Fehmarnbelt. The construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel took another major step
