Port of Antwerp-Bruges and PSA Antwerp recently gave the official green light for the renewal of the quayside and terminal at Europa Terminal. The works, which will take about nine years and be carried out in three phases, will ensure that the latest generation of container ships can continue to cal
At the moment, a mayor port expansion project is underway at the Swedish Port of Gothenburg. The expansion will result in an additional 220.000m2 of terminal surface and 460m more quay length. The project has been divided in various stages: the DOP200 has proven its worth in the later stages of phas
Teesworks is set to start the next phase of dredging in the River Tees at the end of March next year, during which the material will be disposed of at sea, UK Daily News reports. The first phase of dredging, in which the material was deposited on land, began in September 2022 and ended on […]
Following the severe weather that hit Hayling Island in late November, emergency work is now underway to restore the beach to a high level of protection. To restore the beach profile again, Coastal Partners are undertaking emergency beach recycling works; extracting shingle from Hayling Golf Club la
Van Oord has won the Maritime KNVR Shipping Award 2022 for its contribution to innovation in the Dutch maritime industry, specifically by commissioning trailing suction hopper dredgers Vox Ariane, Vox Alexia and Vox Apolonia. The award was presented at the Maritime Awards Gala in Rotterdam last mont
Last week, Royal IHC celebrated the official opening of the new hydraulic circuit by the company’s CEO Jan-Pieter. The new hydraulic circuit will be used for testing dredge slurries, and so helps improve the reliance of the dredge installation performance. According to IHC, a good hydraulic circuit
There are now just 4 weeks left of the consultation on the Draft Hayling Island Coastal Management Strategy, concluding at the end of the month. The plan sets out a vision to manage coastal flood and erosion risk to the Island for the next 100 years and Coastal Partners are seeking public comments o
Conrad Shipyard has launched the first of two 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity hopper dredges for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation. Following the last week’s launch, the Galveston Island is now undergoing completion works prior to sea trials and delivery to the owners. One of the companies that took p
Up to 60,000 cubic metres of shingle is moved to maintain protection to homes and businesses around Seaford, the Environment Agency said. The twice-yearly maintenance work on the beaches in the area maintains protection for the town from coastal flooding. The beach provides a soft-engineered flood d
One of the world’s largest hopper dredgers, Jan De Nul Group’s Galileo Galilei has arrived in Guyana to commence work on the Vreed-en-Hoop development project. According to NRG Holdings Incorporated, the consortium behind the project, arrival of TSHD Galileo Galilei marks the beginning of the reclam
At the beginning of the month, together with Royal IHC’s partner Frontline Engineering, the Kinderdijk based supplier of maritime technology organised a dredging simulator training in Bangkok for the Royal Irrigation Department. The training focused on many of the basics of CSD dredging: start-up dr
Wicklow County Council has been successful in securing Urban Regeneration Development Funding from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to carry out improvement works to Bray Harbour. These works will include: Review potential for harbour wall extension, dredging of the waterbody
