Coastal Partnership East, on behalf of North Norfolk District Council, will begin both the Cromer Phase 2 Scheme and the Mundesley Coastal Management Scheme in 2022 subject to consultation with all consultees. According to the Council, this will improve defences and take into consideration the predi
Liebherr, one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality construction equipment, recently released this beautiful photo of their largest duty cycle crawler crane, the HS 8300.2 working on the Fehmarnbelt tunnel project. With versatility being the key factor, duty cycle cranes from Liebherr are des
Within the next few days, a special transport will leave Kallo, in Port of Antwerp, Jan De Nul said. A pontoon carrying an enormous concrete threshold. Final destination: Nieuwpoort harbour channel. According to Jan De Nul, this is a major component of the storm surge barrier currently under constru
Vienna’s Danube Island is known as a popular recreational area – at the same time, it also represents a habitat for animals and plants. In order to protect and preserve this natural ecosystem, Felbermayr Hydraulic Engineering recently used Liebherr HS 895 HD crawler crane to dredge the bays of the D
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) will be the organisers of the 1st onsite course Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure on 27 & 28 September 2022 in Oxfordshire, UK. The aim of the course is to show participants how to achieve dredgi
In the UK, dredging and desilting have historically been carried out for a broad range of reasons including: to prevent flooding, to drain land, to maintain flows to mills, to abstract sand or gravel for construction or to improve navigation. When used with other flood risk management measures as pa
The Meirionnydd Branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales held meetings recently with Clare Pillman, Chief Executive of Natural Resources Wales recently, and visited various locations in the Dysynni Valley near Tywyn in areas within the Internal Drainage District. The meeting was facilitated by Mabon ap
Stornoway Port Authority and McLaughlin & Harvey have signed a contract for the construction of the port’s new multi-purpose Deep Water Terminal. According to the contractor, work on the transformational project at the Outer Hebrides’ main port is expected to start in the coming weeks, while complet
Boskalis is part of a joint initiative to advance sustainable methods for shoreline maintenance along the Dutch coast. The project – which is in partnership with Rijkswaterstaat (the executive agency of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management), Vereniging van Waterbouwers, Deltares
Alewijnse recently signed a contract with Den Herder Seaworks to deliver the electrical refit of their trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Swalinge. As we reported earlier this year, the 82.2 metre hopper dredger is currently at Kooiman-Hoebee Shipyard in Dordrecht for an extension of 37 meters,
The new water injection dredger (WID) Aquadelta hit the water at Scheepswerf Bijlsma in Wartena a couple of days ago. Bagger- en Aannemingsmaatschappij Van der Kamp has just released this amazing video of the dredger’s launching ceremony: The Aquadelta is a diesel-electric twin propelled WID which w
A £2.6 billion, six-year programme of work dedicated to improving flood and coastal defences has exceeded its original targets by 14,000 – with over 314,000 homes now better protected from flooding since 2015, the Environment Agency said. More than 850 new flood and coastal erosion defence projects
