The times are changing, and so is the dredging industry. Dredging is evolving to ensure it remains sustainable whilst adding value to society, the environment and the economy. With that in mind, the focus for the next World Dredging Congress (WODCON XXIII) will be on exactly how ‘Dredging is Changin
The deepening of the Vuosaari fairway and harbour basin was completed ahead of schedule at the end of November, Port of Helsinki said. During the project, around 1.1 million cubic metres of soil was dredged and 800,000 cubic metres of rock was made available for use in area construction in Helsinki.
A maritime consortium in which Boskalis is participant has been awarded a EUR 24 million grant to conduct research into accelerating the use of methanol as a low-carbon fuel within the shipping industry. Methanol can enable significant reductions in CO2 emissions compared to traditional fuels and is
NCC is about to begin with improvement work on the harbors in Hammerfest and Forsöl in Northern Norway, on behalf of Hammerfest Municipality and the Norwegian Coastal Administration. The assignment involves comprehensive environmental remediation work and upgrading, and is scheduled for completion i
A new amphibious multipurpose Watermaster dredger has arrived in Misiones, Argentina. According to Watermaster, Yacyreta Argentina will use the versatile machine for coastal treatment, biomass removal, tree extraction, dredging of excessive mud, and clearing of invasive aquatic vegetation and debris
Last year, Royal IHC and Weeks Marine Inc. entered into a contract for the engineering and equipment delivery for the 6,540m³ TSHD R.B. Weeks, currently under construction at the Allanton premises of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Florida. This is an identical vessel to the Magdalen that w
After announcing its candidacy for the construction of an energy island in the Danish North Sea earlier this week, DEME is now separating from its parent company CFE by summer 2022. CFE’s board of directors announced today in a press release its intention to split the group into two separate listed
Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has passed the 100 million TEU mark since it handled its first container in the 1960s. The 100th million TEU was loaded at Berth 8, the port’s newest facility and one of four berths at the UK’S largest container port capable of handling the world’s largest containe
UK’s Ardersier Port is set to be transformed into Europe’s first fully circular energy transition facility where old oil rigs will be recycled to make foundations for floating offshore wind farms. In the 1970s Ardersier – a vast and currently unused port 14 miles east of Inverness – was one of the l
UK’s wet civil engineering firm, Land & Water, has extended its offering to the North of England as it opens up a new regional hub in Newcastle upon Tyne as part of a continued period of growth. The new hub, which opened this month and will become Land & Water’s eighth location in the UK, […]
Liebherr has just released this amazing video about their R 954 dredging excavator, working on a dredging project in the Black Sea. By the Black Sea, the engineering unit of Samsun, Turkish port town, uses the Liebherr pontoon excavator to dredge the seabed. Using a boat equipped with a hold that op
Three consortia of maritime companies and knowledge institutions have received a total of 52.9 million from the Maritime R&D subsidy scheme of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Royal IHC is part of two of these consortia: Menens consortium – aimed at developing adaptive solutions to accelerate
