Boskalis has closed a busy third quarter. In line with expectations, quarterly revenue was higher than the quarterly average for the first half year, said the company. In the past quarter, projects continue to be affected to a greater or lesser extent by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I
MOTAS Dredging Solutions has engineered, produced and delivered a set of Fenders for DEME’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Spartacus. The Fenders are custom made for the CSD Spartacus and exist of several components that can be mounted on the vessel but can just as easily be dissembled. The Fenders sa
Work to protect Mersea Harbour from erosion is officially underway. The Harbour is protected by islands that have been washing away for many years due to the rise in sea levels and storm wave action, increasingly so in recent years. The project will see 98,000m3 of dredged sand and gravel from Harwi
An Environment Agency-led award-winning coastal habitat creation and flood alleviation scheme on the West Sussex coast has successfully piloted a new global standard for nature-based solutions established by the world-leading authority on conservation of nature. The International Union for Conservat
DEME Group’s dredging crews are back in Portugal. The trailing suction hopper (TSHD) Meuse River has arrived in Leixões, near Porto, DEME said in their latest project update. The dredger just started the first dredging phase of the port extension project which is being executed with their partners T
The Russian Government has announced its decision to invest over $70 million in the modernization of Onezhsky Shipbuilding, Ship Repair Yard (Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia). The Decree to invest more than RUB 5.1 billion ($72.06 million) in modernization of the shipyard has been signed by Prime
Wet civil engineering firm Land & Water has switched to using 100% HVO fuel in all of its projects as part of its commitment towards reducing its carbon footprint. The UK SME is also aiming to become Carbon Net Zero by 2030. “This forward-thinking and innovative change has been driven by a recent in
The cutter suction dredger (CSD) Hussein Tantawy – the newest and largest dredger of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) – has joined the project to expand and deepen the southern area of the Suez Canal. Both the Hussein Tantawy, and the earlier delivered CSD Mohab Mameesh, are 29,190kW heavy-duty rock c
Last week, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA), in close collaboration with their corporate members, organised the ‘CEDA Europort Innovation Event’. During two afternoons 24 companies presented their innovations in 15-minutes-pitch talks with one of the presentations covering innovation in trail
Denbighshire County Council has announced the latest plans for the defences at Central Rhyl, between Splash Point and Drift Park. The proposed scheme aims to improve coastal flood defences to protect almost 600 homes and businesses and protect the tourist economy from flooding events and coastal ero
Coastal erosion eats the shoreline several meters every year at some locations in Eastern England. Parts of Withernsea coast were rapidly disappearing and needed urgently defence. KTF software has just released this very interesting video about the coastal erosion protection with KeyTERRA-FIRMA. At
The Environment Agency together with ABPmer and Cefas have recently published a practical guide for beneficial use of dredged sediment for estuarine and coastal habitat restoration. The ecological, societal, and economic benefits of estuarine and coastal habitats, and the threats they face from a ch
