The Association of Professional Boatman of Serbia has released this shocking video of an overloaded dredge barge snapping in half. The video also shows the moment when a worker makes an impressive jump to safety after the overloaded barge snapped in half and began sinking. The incident took place du
The latest edition of IADC’s Terra et Aqua introduced this very interesting article ‘Adverse Physical Conditions: Legal development and changes in risk profiles’. The author is David Kinlan (Kinlan Consulting Pty Ltd). Over the past 10 years, there have been noteworthy advances in case law with resp
While dredging is often seen as a dirty and unattractive business, it plays a vital role in keeping ports and waterways around the world open for commerce, transport and recreation. Every year, billions of tonnes of sediment are carried down rivers and along coastlines where they settle onto sea and
Dredge Yard today released a video of its new DrillCutter testing that ensures less spillage, less turbidity, and environment-friendly cutting while increasing the productivity of the dredger. The DrillCutter prototype was tested on a CSD500 dredger in the coastal waters of the Arabian Gulf. Compact
Belfast Harbour officials announced today their plans to undertake a full refurbishment of the Victoria Terminal 1 Roll-on Roll-off ferry berth this summer. The programme of work, which represents a £2.5million investment by the harbour, will effectively renew and modernize the terminal infrastructu
Rohde Nielsen A/S is introducing new dredgers Ask R and Embla R into the dredging market. According to the Copenhagen based company, these are probably the most innovative and environmentally friendly split trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) ever built. The 2700 m3 hybrid dredgers are diesel e
Alewijnse and DEME Group have signed their seventh contract in just two years for the supply and installation of an Alewijnse virtualisation and visualisation (AlViVi) platform, on board another DEME trailing suction hopper dredger. According to the announcment, this latest contract reaffirms the su
The Canal & River Trust is kicking off a five month dredging project that will improve a section of the 220 year old Grand Union Canal at Catherine De Barnes between Henwood and Tyseley in the county of West Midlands, UK. The work involves dredging sections of the canal and installing steel piles al
Gidrostroy, a Kaliningrad based full service marine construction and dredging company, will participate in a new project on building a storage terminal in Djibouti Damerjog Industrial Park (DDIP). The dredging contract was awarded to Gidrostroy last week. The facility will be the first of five termi
Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) has just announced that all dredging works in the harbour have been completed successfully and on time. As CHC reported, Poole-based contractor Jenkins Marine carried out this spring dredging campaign. The works were performed by the dredge barge Doreen Dorward, with t
HAROPA – Port of Le Havre has inked a contract with a consortium of companies led by Eiffage Génie Civil for the maritime works on the Joannès Couvert quay – part of Siemens Gamesa’s construction of an offshore wind turbine plant in the Port. According to the Port, these upgrade works will take 84 w
The General Meeting of Shareholders of Van Oord N.V. was held on 15 April 2021, during which the 2020 Annual Report was presented. In the Annual Report, Van Oord looked back on a challenging year, providing an overview of the results achieved in 2020, and their strategy. “Our company had one of the
