Construction works on the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden are now fully complete, according to the Dutch water agency Rijkswaterstaat. The new sea lock – being 70 metres wide, 500m long and 18m deep – will greatly improve the accessibility of the Port of Amsterdam and stimulate the region’s eco
Earlier this week, Thecla Bodewes Shipyards held a launching ceremony for newbuild Dredger BN348, the sister vessel of trailing suction hopper dredger Anchorage. TSHD Anchorage was successfully delivered to her owners De Hoop Terneuzen in 2020 while the handover of the newbuild BN348 is scheduled fo
Royal IHC has appointed new CEO with extensive experience in maritime sector, Mr. Jan Pieter Klaver, who will start his new job on 1 January 2022. He thus takes over from Gerben Eggink, who fulfilled the role of CEO on an interim basis for more than a year and a half. With the appointment of [&helli
Equip Global has just announced that their Dredging & Reclamation Masterclass 2022 will be held online from 4 – 8 April 2022. According to the organizers, this 5-day training program will provide a complete guide to all project aspects and technical knowledge of dredging and land reclamation. The ev
Levvel – a consortium comprising Van Oord, BAM, and Rebel – is making great progress on the ‘New Afsluitdijk’ in the Neterlands. According to the latest update from Van Oord, works on the reinforcement of the Afsluitdijk is progressing further each day. The work on the new revetment has been divided
Originally planned for Singapore but due to the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, IADC has decided to move the next live Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation to Dubai, UAE, from 20–24 March 2022. The seminar has been developed for both technical and non-technical professionals in dredging-related
Straatman – manufacturer and supplier of mooring, berthing and dredge equipment, recently delivered one of its bow discharge coupling units to Damen Dredging Equipment. According to the company, Straatman completed the engineering and production of this impressive 50 ton assembly at their factory in
Earlier this month – international recruitment company Atlas Professionals renewed its multi-year framework agreement with Boskalis. The framework agreement – inked by Boris Kasteel, CEO of Atlas Professionals and Dirk-Jan van Leeuwen, Director, Fleet Management at Boskalis – was signed on December
In the coming weeks, two new dredging vessels will be put into the ever-growing fleet of ships working to build the world’s longest lowering tunnel. According to Femern A/S, these are two big trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD) “Willem van Oranje” and “Vox Amalia”, as soon as she completes the H
Royal Boskalis Westminster has just published a book about the salvage of the Ever Given. In March this year, Boskalis was at the center of worldwide media attention on the salvage of the stranded mega container ship Ever Given in the Suez Canal. In collaboration with the Suez Canal Authority, a lar
The €140 million Harwich Haven Channel Deepening Project is about to enter its next phase with the arrival of trailing hopper suction dredger Vox Amalia. According to the Harwich Haven Authority (HHA), the hopper dredger Vox Amalia will arrive in Harwich later today to commence capital dredging of t
Littlehampton Harbour has just released some great photos from work on dredging the Harbour Entrance by the masters of the long reach trade WM Plant. The shoal bank is typically dredged using shore-side excavators at least twice per year. The bar is maintained at 0.9m over datum by the natural scour
