In its fifth edition of FOCUS magazine, Jan De Nul Group has covered an interesting topic “Exploring new dredging limits with Willem van Rubroeck“. The story shows how Jan De Nul is once again pushing the limits by taking big steps forward in terms of size of scale, weather resistance and power. Unt
Royal Boskalis Westminster, a Papendrecht based company operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors, is making new capital investments in its fleet – centered around strengthening their position in the large and jumbo hopper segment. Under the plan, Boskalis will
Inspired by the work of Engineering With Nature (EWN), Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) has considered how they can dredge in a more environmentally sustainable manner. The EWN concept can be defined as the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably delive
Rohde Nielsen’s fleet of hopper dredgers recently completed another coastal protection project, this time for the Dutch government agency Rijkswaterstaat. According to the dredging contractor, the project included foreshore nourishment in front of the island of Vlieland, where 1,840,000 m3 of sand w
Remu Oy’s Big Float E35 is currently busy working on a costal protection and restoration project in the southern portion of Lower New York Bay – Living Breakwaters. The program, conducted by Weeks Marine, is an innovative coastal green infrastructure project designed to reduce or reverse erosion and
Days after passing its first test at the hands of Storms Dudley, Eunice and Franklin, there was more good news for the Otley Flood Alleviation Scheme (Otley FAS). Recently, the scheme won the prestigious Smeaton award at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Yorkshire and Humber awards ceremony i
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has open nominations for the annual IADC Safety Awards. In 2022, two safety awards will be given: one to a dredging organisation and a second to a supply chain organisation active in the dredging or offshore industry. The awards seek to iden
Late last year, the Finland based dredging contractor – Wasa Dredging entered into a deal to dredge Harbour of Senjahopen in Norway. According to Anko Bos, Head of Marketing and Tenders at Wasa Dredging, work on this project kicked off in mid-March. “The works have started on the 16th of March and a
C-Job Naval Architects today launched its new Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) series and headlining the series is an innovative new self-propelled CSD concept design to showcase its possibilities. The 34-inch self-propelled CSD features cutter power of 3500 HP and a total installed power of approx. 260
Van Oord saw a healthy market recovery in the Dredging business unit in 2021. Revenue increased from EUR 598 million in 2020 to EUR 727 million in 2021. Fleet utilisation was nevertheless still low, the company said. The market picked up in the second half of the year. The results were satisfactory
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development earlier this week organised a webinar to discuss the findings of the SAVi Assessment of the Hondsbossche and Pettemer (H&P) sea dunes. The result of the SAVi assessment of the Honds
DEME Group has entered into a special partnership with the TU Delft Hydro Motion Team. Students from TU Delft are currently building a hydrogen-powered boat with an important mission: to inspire the maritime industry to explore the enormous potential of sustainable energy. DEME is a pioneer in the g
