The Damen CSD500 Yantra is currently at work on the Danube River, doing continuous maintenance dredging operations. The dredger is deepening the river to the locally required inland transport water depth of -3m. The vessel’s home port is Ruse, Bulgaria, where the CSD is part of the fleet of the Exec
SPE GmbH & Co KG, located in Hamburg, Germany, is an engineering firm that’s been developing innovative solutions for dredgers in the sand and gravel industry since 1995. As a pioneer in the field of land and underwater dredging, SPE has decades of expertise in developing dredge monitoring systems f
Jan De Nul’s largest and newest cutter suction dredger, the Willem van Rubroeck has been busy lately working on a dredging project in Bari, Italy. The Port of Bari is an important ferry line port, cruise boat terminal and cargo transport hub to South East Europe. In order to facilitate the growth of
The reinforcement works on the Broad Green Dike project are in full swing now, Van Oord reports. Jos van Uden, Project Manager at Van Oord, is one of the key leaders of this project. Commenting the latest news, he said: “??? ????? ?????? ???? ?? ??? ????? ?? ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ?? ??? […]
Conwy County Borough Council said that the next phase of coastal defence work will begin this summer, following further funding from Welsh Government. The current work, which began in May 2021, has seen a 370m long rock barricade built on the beach to protect the Victorian seawall from severe storms
CDR – Coasts Deltas Rivers is about to start work on a new project in Bangladesh with the contract signed for Engineering and Consultancy services related to the Rabanabad channel dredging project in Payra Port. The works that will be performed together with CDR partners Deltares and DevConsultants
DEME confirmed a sizable contract for dredging and reclamation works in the Port of Gdańsk this morning. According to the Belgian giant, this represents the second major dredging contract for DEME in Poland. The new contract was signed with DCT Gdańsk, the operator of the largest container terminal
Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Ariane has been spotted in the Dutch water. “Vox Ariane is our latest edition to the fleet. In this picture you can see her performing dredging trials at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam,” said Van Oord. Recently delivered by Keppel Offshore & Marine,
Reducing nitrogen-based emissions such as nitrogen oxides (NOX) and ammonia (NH3) is an increasingly urgent issue in the Netherlands. This affects the maritime industry, including the dredging industry. Most of today’s vessels are powered by diesel engines, which emit NOX as a by-product of the comb
Sustainable sediment management of ports and waterways is crucial for the vitality and economy of deltas worldwide. Amongst others sediment management is key for the assurance of transport functions, adaptation to climate change and sustainable ecosystem quality. The main challenges for sediment man
DCT Gdańsk has signed a contract for the construction of the third deep-water terminal known as T3 with a consortium of Budimex S.A. and Dredging International NV. The works are to start in September. T3 project will include a deep-water quay of 717m long and 17.5m deep, and a yard area of 36.5ha. I
In the jubilee issue of the scientific journal Terra et Aqua, International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) published an article exploring the progress of health and safety in the dredging industry over the past decades. It is hard to imagine a time when safety was not deemed important, whe
