Foyle Marine Dredging has just reported a busy start to 2022 – the company is active on three sites in the UK and Ireland. “Today was a good day as we take delivery of a new Hitachi EX1200-7 from Belgium,” the company said. “This EX1200 has a 30metre outreach and an impressive load curve and [&helli
ESPO has just announced that Niedersachsen Ports, Germany, is once again being certified through the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). With a total of 15 port locations, Niedersachsen Ports is the largest operator of public seaports in Germany. A committed member of the EcoPorts Ne
Jan De Nul’s hopper and cutter dredgers have radioactive sources on board – they measure the density to determine the productivity of the vessel. The maintenance of these sources requires a safe and controlled approach. Quality, Health, Safety, Security and Environment (QHSSE) Advisor, Benjamín Tenc
Dredging Africa‘s cutter suction dredger CSD250 Indlovu, built by Damen, is working on a harbour construction project. With its extended ladder it dredges to -9m depth. According to Damen, the sediment is pumped though a 300m floating pipe line into low areas in the harbour floor. A diffuser minimis
Foyle and Marine Dredging is starting the year with a bang as the company returns to Castletownbere, Ireland, to continue the work on the refurbishment of Dinish Wharf. This week the company started construction of the new Temporary Loadout Quay that will be used to load primary and secondary armour
The largest ever dredging and land reclamation project in DEME’s history – the Abu Qir Port in Egypt – is moving forward. DEME said that this capital project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land. It also involves deepening of the port’s approach channel to 23m and dredging of a tur
The massive development of a new container handling port at Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork, is nearing its completion. “This year, we look forward to the opening of our new state of the art Cork Container Terminal,” Port of Cork Company said in their latest announcement. Work on the €86m project – the bigges
In exactly two weeks the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden will be officially put into use by Rijkswaterstaat. The new sea lock – being 70 metres wide, 500m long and 18m deep – was completed earlier in 2021 by the OpenIJ consortium. Over the last couple of months, the new IJmuiden lock has been [
PortNews Media Group is gearing up for a busy 2022 during which the company will organize three major events for industry specialists, all to be held in mixed online/in-person format. The season will kick off with the Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress, a unique and highly acclai
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has produced two dragheads for their customer DC Dredging BV. These pieces of equipment will be used to dredge sand and gravel offshore at concessions in the North Sea. The draghead visors are fitted with knife plates, which are able to cut effectively into the soil. Further
Remu Oy, a Finnish manufacturer of screening buckets, combi screening plants and Big Float amphibious excavators, has just reported a fantastic start of the new year. Recently, they had a chance to assist RDS France with homologation testing of their new Big Float E15 with Hitachi ZX135 12m long rea
Remarkable progress has taken place at the Aberdeen Harbour Expansion Project in 2021, and all marine-based activities at the project are now complete. Construction of two critical structures – the South Breawkater and the Crown Wall – has finished, and all 22 caissons are in place. The last of the
