The Environment Agency is ready for another annual beach management scheme on the East Coast. According to the EA, Van Oord will once again replenish beaches in Lincolnshire, pumping sand back onto beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point. Dredging is expected to begin today, May 23, with all e
Royal IHC has successfully completed delivery and hand-over of the “DACINCO 07”, a Beaver® 65 DDSP cutter suction dredger, to DACINCO Investment Construction Company Limited in Vietnam. According to IHC, on Tuesday May 17th, Director Dredging Standard Modular Vessels Catina Geselschap handed over th
IADC bestowed the Young Author Award 2022 to Suman Sapkota, Research, Development and Innovation Engineer at Damen Dredging Equipment. The Young Author Award is given annually to “stimulate the promotion of new ideas and encourage younger men and women in the dredging industry”. The award is granted
Contractors representing the Big Four dredging companies (Van Oord, Boskalis, Jan de Nul, DEME), which account for over 98% of dredging works in Russian ports, have withdrawn from Russia’s Arctic infrastructure projects. As of today, Russian market of dredging depends on foreign companies, accordin
Italdraghe has just launched a new concept of Dredging Head: Italdraghe Rock Dredging Head. This new piece of dredging equipment will be sent to Vietnam this week. “Our customer from Vietnam was involved in a dredging work on a seabed with corals and rocks.Italdraghe team worked hard to meet their c
DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Nile River and cutter suction dredger D’artagnan are being serviced in GEMAK facilities in Tuzla, Turkey, at the same time. “We wish to improve our business partnership and see more DEME projects at GEMAK soon,” the Turkish shipyard said. GEMAK is one of
Damen has just introduced a brand-new vessel concept for inland and coastal operations: the Damen RIVERBUSTER 1909. According to Damen, this is a versatile, strong and future-proof pusher vessel, available in several configurations to accommodate a variety of jobs, from towing, pushing and marine co
Royal IHC’s Bram Visser presented his very first paper at WODCON XXIII conference in Copenhagen yesterday. “Titled ‘The data driven Digital Twin: a framework and method for transforming operational dredger data into improved diagnostics’, it explores how we are using machine learning to improve diag
Herbosch-Kiere has just announced the addition of two state-of-the-art excavators to their fleet. As disclosed, both of these impressive machines are suitable for use on land and on the water. The excavators are equipped to work with a variety of tools: buckets, dredge pumps, hammers and scissors, h
Geologia Regione Emilia-Romagna has just released this very interesting video named “Soft Engineering against coastal erosion – The 4th Beach Nourishment Project – Emilia-Romagna”. The coastal towns of Emilia-Romagna are the soul of the maritime tradition of the region and of the North Adriatic Sea.
Rhosonics has just presented the newest pipe integration system for the Slurry Density Meter (SDM) – the Clamp-In. With this robust integration system, it is easy to remove the sensor without interrupting the process. The Clamp-In allows the installation of existing pipes in the process – these can
The Environment Agency, Derbyshire County Council and Derbyshire Dales District Council will host a drop-in event about flood protection work in Matlock, Derbyshire, on May 19. The green light for funding has now been given for the work to go ahead and is expected to cost between £3.5 million and £5
