Galway County Council has given the go ahead for the next phase of works on the expansion of Ros a Mhíl harbour, Galway Daily said. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been granted planning permission for work on a new harbour area north of the existing facilities. The full develo
ROHR-IDRECO Dredge Systems (Netherlands/USA, Germany, France) has just announced two new cutter suction dredge (CSD) models, the Hawk and Falcon, to its product line-up. Group CEO, Fulco Vrooland Löb, said: “With our roots in the wet mining industry, we have been building electrical dredges for deca
Phase two of the dredging campaign at Watchet Marina is going well, The Marine & Property Group said. The marina is now around 75% watered at impound level (at low tide with the gate closed). “CMS Innovation and her crew are continuing their excellent work as they deepen sections across the marina,”
Damen Shipyards Group is opening its latest service hub, in Hamburg, Germany. This takes the total number of hubs to fifteen, spread across Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, and Australia. The hubs ethos is to provide a local service, worldwide, and the Hamburg hub will act as the one-
Ashleigh Contracts have recently completed an Xbloc revetment in Peterhead, NE Scotland, with the crest consisting of 25t grade rock armour (heaviest stone 30t). This revetment was built to protect the Peterhead harbour buildings from significant wave overtopping during storm events. The Xbloc produ
The Environment Agency has completed work on the Leominster flood risk management scheme which will help to protect hundreds of homes from the devastating impact of flooding. The improvements and upgrades are designed to protect 381 homes and businesses in The Marsh area of the town when heavy rain
Radio Holland and Neptune Marine have signed an agreement for an extensive navigation and communication package for hull number NP-554 – a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). According to their official statement, besides the equipment, Radio Holland will also take care of the installation and c
Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) have just announced that Jenkins Marine Ltd is conducting dredging operations at Cobbs Quay Marina and Davis’s Boatyard in Holes Bay. Cobbs Quay at Hamworthy in Poole Harbour is one of MDL Marinas Ltd ‘s biggest marinas, totalling just under 1,200 boats. As reported
Earlier this year, Boskalis Westminster Ltd completed a £7.5 million beach renourishment project in Bournemouth and Poole. Under the project, around 350,000m³ of sand was delivered at eight areas from Southbourne to Poole, making them more climate resilient. Some 1.3km of sinkerline (underwater) pip
Land & Water won a contract to complete dredging works on the River Wey and River Thames recently, on behalf of the Environment Agency. As part of two separate packages, the project team has undertaken the following works at three primary sites: Wey Navigation, Newark Bridge, near Ripley. Works cons
In order to increase the capacity of Klaipėda Seaport, the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications will allocate an additional EUR 10 million for dredging on the Port’s external and internal navigation channels. Once the project is implemented, the depth of the external channel of Klaipė
New Damen cutter suction dredger CSD500 was successfully launched this week near the capital of Paraguay, Asunción. The dredger was shipped fully disassembled. It sailed from Antwerp to Montevideo, Uruguay, before transferred to a river barge and transported up the Paraguay River. The modular dredge
