The Rivierenland Water Board and the Mekante Diek consortium, a collaboration between Van Oord, Ploegam and Dura Vermeer, are getting ready for the Tiel-Waardenburg dyke reinforcement project. According to Van Oord, the Mekante Diek consortium signed the contract for this project on 7 October 2021.
Southsea Coastal Scheme officers have just announced that Boskalis Westminster and Ovenden team succesfuly completed placement of rock this week, as well as installing more tide pools. “A big round of applause to our Boskalis and Ovenden team as they come to the end of the placement of the anorthosi
A £12.1m fund towards the regeneration of the St Annes sea wall has been approved by the Environment Agency. The sea wall will play a crucial role in protecting hundreds of homes and dozens of businesses in the Lancashire community from coastal erosion and floods. This money from the Environment Age
Filip Stefanović, the head of engineering at Ecocoast, recently highlighted the importance of choosing reliable partners for dredging operations, and what the most important considerations should be when choosing a dredging contractor. According to Mr. Stefanović, as a dredging provider, managing an
Land & Water has completed works at the Royal Chartered Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham to restore two lakes. Incorporating HVO fuel into its machinery, a 90+% net carbon biofuel which substantially reduces carbon emissions compared to conventional gas oil, Land & Water successfully dredged and
UK contractor Graham has started development works on the South Bank Quay for the Teesworks offshore wind hub. Under the project, two million tonnes of material will be dredged, creating the deep-water berthing facility. Also, the work includes ripping out the dilapidated concrete and wooden jetties
The largest ever dredging and land reclamation contract in DEME’s history – the Abu Qir port project in Egypt – is moving forward according to schedule. The world’s most powerful cutter suction dredger (CSD) Spartacus is currently working on this capital development program. According to the Belgian
Grand Port Maritime de Bordeaux’ water injection dredger (WID) L’Ostrea was baptized in a naming ceremony last week. MOTAS Dredging Solutions was responsible for the engineering and delivery of the complete dredging installation including the dredging control and monitoring system. For this project,
Jan De Nul Group has moved its entire fleet of 82 vessels and jack-up barges to Castor Marine’s global VSAT and Iridium connectivity network on a long-term contract to guarantee solid vessel connectivity. Since all vessels are operational around the globe, Castor Marine was challenged to migrate ves
Mytholmroyd’s new flood alleviation scheme, providing greater protection to 400 homes and businesses, has been officially opened. Over £41 million has been invested in the new defences, as part of partnership working to make the village more resilient to the impacts of climate change. Funding was se
The Marine Group has just released the latest update on their Burry Port Marina dredging program. “Dredging progress with CMS Seaka is going well and we will reach target depths in many berths this year,” said the Group. The dredging work has focussed on the pontoon grid in the main harbour and CMS
BAM Nuttall’s work to rebuild Marine Parade in Dawlish on behalf of Network Rail has won the ‘Project over £8 million Re-engineered’ Award at the ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards. Following devastating storms in 2014, which caused significant disruption to the railway connecting Devon and Cor
