The Marine & Property Group Ltd provides water injection dredging, marina berthing, drystack, boatyard services and commercial property for the benefit of both marine leisure and marine commercial customers. The company headquarters are based in Cardiff with additional facilities in Swansea, Burry P
The Southsea Coastal Scheme crews are making good progress on the UK’s largest local authority-led coastal defences project with piling works almost complete at Frontage 1 (Long Curtain Moat). According to the officials, the piling works at Frontage 1 are due to finish within the next few weeks, so
Van Oord has just announced that the company is continuing its involvement in the Aberdeen South Harbour expansion project in the United Kingdom. End of April, Aberdeen Harbour Board awarded another contract to Van Oord, this time for the South Breakwater project. The company has been involved in th
Thousands of tonnes of silt are being removed from the bed of the River Medina to increase the depth of the navigable channel, Isle of Wight Council informs. According to the council, dredgers are returning to the Newport Harbour for the first time since the 1970s. Under the £370,000 contract, the c
When the Board of Central Dredging Association decided to revamp their flagship event, it was clear that Dredging Days 2021 was going to be very different from the norm. Now, in keeping with current international COVID-19 regulations, the Board has announced that the conference and exhibition will b
John Sisk & Son Ltd. is back at work at Howth Middle Pier after a long break to continue the dredging in preparation of the new quay wall for the Department of the Agriculture, Food & the Marine. The project involves the extension of Middle Pier to improve access, maintenance and berthing facilities
New hybrid, water-injection dredger Maas has launched a programme of work on the Thames with a visit to the Port of Tilbury (POTL) on 27 April. Built for Van Oord by Kooiman Marine Group, Maas uses an innovative hybrid energy management system to reduce harmful CO2 emissions, by capturing residual h
After completion of dredging operations for the Elbe fairway adjustment, the first release for increased drafts was implemented, Port of Hamburg reports. “From now on, ULCCs can exploit the new navigation channel depth with a draft increased by up to 90 centimetres,” the Port said in their latest an
Gidrostroy’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Kenford recently visited the Port of Varna, Bulgaria, to perform capital dredging on the port’s channels. This dredger has 3000m3 hopper capacity and, fully loaded, the draft of 5.25 meters, said the Kaliningrad based full service marine constructi
Christchurch coastal protection and maintenance works, scheduled to take up to six weeks, will begin in the following days, BCP Council reports. Works involve: beach recycling in four groyne bays between Avon and Friars Cliff beaches and Highcliffe beach; rock groyne reshaping and groyne beacon post
Rohde Nielsen A/S has just posted a beautiful photo of the hopper dredger ‘Viking R’ working in the Republic of Guyana. From 2011 to 2020 Rohde Nielsen A/S performed continuous maintenance dredging on the Berbice River, Republic of Guyana. The works were part of a long-term charter contract for cont
Construction of the South Harbour is continuing at pace, and changes can be seen on site nearly every day, reports the Aberdeen Harbour. As reported, at least 30,000 tonnes of rock and core material has been imported to the project last month to be used for the South Breakwater. The scale of the Nor
