To reduce flood and erosion risk at Selsey, Chichester District Council are undertaking beach management works at Danefield Road. According to the Council, this will involve the importation of approximately 9000 tons of shingle, to be deposited on the beach at Danefield Road in Selsey. The shingle w
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a reseller agreement with PVE Equipment USA (PVE USA), appointing PVE as authorized partner and official supplier for the sales, service, and parts supply of Damen’s DOP submersible dredge pumps across the US. Commenting the latest news, Marcello Ilmer, Manager Area
Stena Line has now completed the acquisition of the terminal operator Terrabalt in Liepaja, Latvia, and officially taken over RoRo, bulk and general cargo operations. “The deal has now been closed, and we are officially the owner of the terminal operations in Liepaja, which now also changes its name
Royal Van der Leun has won a contract for the complete electrical installation package of a Beagle 10.2 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), developed by Royal IHC for The Dutra Group. The vessel, named Adele, is currently under construction at Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. in the United State
Italdraghe said that their new dredger – manufactured in Italy – was successfully launched in Fiji earlier this week. According to Italdraghe, the new cutter suction dredger (CSD) was supplied to Japan and then deployed to the Republic of Fiji, under Japan’s Grant Aid for the Economic and Social Pro
Verhoef Elektrotechniek has won a contract from Royal IHC for the electrical installation on a Beagle 8 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), built for their client India’s Vishwa Samudra Group. “Our work for this project includes integrating all electrical systems, supplying the necessary switchb
Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) held the keel laying ceremony for new medium-class hopper dredger Donnelly at its Allanton shipyard yesterday. In 2023, ESG was contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct the new hopper dredger for the Department of Defense. “We’ve built m
The Anchorsholme Coast Protection Scheme will begin its early stages on January 26, starting with the establishment of construction compounds, Blackpool Council said. Work on the beach and the revetment is scheduled to begin May 2026. The scheme is set to protect over 5,000 properties from coastal e
Rohde Nielsen recently carried out the biennial beach nourishment at Nordfyn, Denmark for Nordfyn Coastal Protection, Dike and Pumping Association. Under the project, a total of 80,000 m³ of sand was pumped onto the beach using an underwater pipeline, distributed across four stretches around Fuglsan
Van Oord’s Spanish subsidiary, Dravo S.A., has signed a contract with the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) for an important coastal protection and beach nourishment project along the Portuguese coastline. According to Van Oord, this initiative aims to restore and reinforce one of Portugal’s most
Dredging operations on the ‘Sea Reach to Thames Estuary’ area will begin in the following days. Port of London Authority said that “commencing on January 19, dredging and associated survey operations will be carried out within the Port of London and approaches.” The licensed dumping (spoil) grounds
NMDC Group has entered the European market for the first time after its infrastructure arm ‘NMDC infra’ agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Lantania Aguas from Spain. According to an official announcement, the Abu Dhabi-listed engineering and dredging company will take a 51% share in the desali
