DEME Group and Alewijnse have successfully completed their seventh project in just two years – supply and installation of AlViVi platform on board a trailing suction hopper dredger which is currently working in Abu Qir, Egypt. The Abu Qir scheme is one the largest dredging and land reclamation proje
The Environment Agency has just released a video of the Lydd Ranges Sea Defence scheme, a major investment being delivered by the EA in partnership with the Ministry of Defence. The project involves the refurbishment and raising of timber groynes, improving the flood defence bank known as the green
Land reclamation works for the Everton’s new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock are coming along nicely and on track to be completed early next year. Boskalis hopper dredger Shoalway kicked off the infill process last month, during which around 500,000 cubic metres of dredged sand will be placed into the
Jan De Nul’s largest cutter suction dredger Willem van Rubroeck has completed its first mission in Mauritania with success. In the port of the capital Nouakchott, the vessel was working for developer ARISE Mauritania, on the deepening of the access channel, the port basin and the new berth alongside
Earlier this week, Boskalis published a brand new edition of its ‘Creating New HORIZONS’ magazine which offers fresh perspectives from experts and showcases projects and approaches that stretch operational and technological boundaries. In this new edition Boskalis presented one of the largest and mo
Royal IHC today officially handed over the first Easydredge trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) to SEMAR (Secretaria de Marina) at the Port of Veracruz in Mexico. The BAHIA SAN CARLOS of Easydredge 2700 series was built from stock at the Krimpen aan de IJssel and Kinderdijk shipyards in the Nethe
Boskalis has just announced a major milestone – delivery of the largest-ever consignment of drop-in biofuel which will be used to power two hopper dredgers on upcoming projects in northwestern Europe. According to the company, the use of bio-fuel will result in a CO2 reduction of approximately 90% f
System integrator Alewijnse recently won a contract for the complete electrical and automation installation on board the sister vessel of trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Anchorage, which was successfully launched last week at Barkmeijer Shipyards. This innovative hopper dredger (yard No. BN34
Herbosch-Kiere NV, through its British subsidiary Herbosch-Kiere Ltd, recently won a contract for the renewal of Thunderer Jetty which is situated on the Thames in Dagenham (near London). The jetty, originally built in the early 1900s, is owned by the international organisation Stolthaven Terminals,
Royal IHC announced recently that trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) BAHIA SAN CARLOS has successfully completed its sea trials. After more than three weeks of extensive testing in the North Sea, the newbuild is ready for her owners, reported IHC. The BAHIA SAN CARLOS of Easydredge 2700 series w
Conceived and designed by Dragflow – a manufacturer of dredging and submersible pumps with great technological innovation – the DRH85 rope dredger represents a novelty for its application in the cleaning of reservoirs of hydroelectric plants and other projects that require operations in artificial l
The European Investment Bank (EIB) continues to promote climate action by providing €300 million to finance Port of Genoa expansion. This is the first EIB operation in Italy for a project co-financed by the government with resources from the Recovery and Resilience Facility Complementary Fund, the b
