The Municipality of The Hague has awarded the maintenance dredging contract for the Port of Scheveningen to Baggerbedrijf De Boer/Dutch Dredging. The tender was characterized by the emphasis on sustainable vessels. To this end, the trailing suction hopper dredger Amazone is equipped with a new Tier
Aberdeen Harbour has released the latest update on their £350 million South Harbour expansion project. “Work has progressed on site despite the wintry weather in February, and we are gearing up for a busy construction period in the spring and summer,” announced the port. In February, revetment work
Work on a major project on the Humber will start this spring to realign existing flood embankments and create approximately 175 hectares of new mudflat and saltmarsh habitats on the north bank of the Humber estuary, near Skeffling, the Environment Agency reports. The work will also include the creat
A new bigger, and better Sidmouth sea defense scheme is now back on the table after recent changes to the eligibility for funding from various bodies. This news from East Devon District Council (EDDC) was revealed in a public meeting with the Sidmouth and East Beach Management Plan Project Advisory
Jenkins Marine Ltd of Poole, UK, has experienced a very busy winter 2020 dredging season and is now getting ready for their next assignment, the Isle of Wight scheme. According to the company, they kicked off the season early in November from their home port of Poole, headed for Southampton, River H
CDES, a Luzancy (Seine-et-Marne) based marine specialist, has won the La Teste de Buch dredging contract. La Teste de Buch is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is located on the south shore of Arcachon Bay, lying in the southwestern part of Gironde.
Rohde Nielsen A/S finished a beach nourishment project in North of Funen, Denmark, a few weeks ago. The work, carried out from mid-December to mid-January, included placing 80.000m3 of sand onto the beaches. “The challenging Nordic weather tested us. However, we managed to finish the project in time
The Environment Agency has presented a report of the trial tests of a new approach to beach replenishment at Poole Bay. The report revealed results of a year-long programme of fieldwork to monitor the behaviour of sand deposited in the nearshore zone off Canford Cliffs in Poole Bay. The technique of
Mordraga LLC has announced its decision to support the 4th International Congress “Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging” as one of the event sponsors. The event organized by maritime industry media group PortNews will be held in Moscow on 10-11 March 2021. The congress will include the 8th
The state-run Cochin Shipyard has announced a plan to build a high capacity dredger for Dredging Corporation of India (DCI), worth as much as ₹800 crore ($110 million), with technology and design support from Royal IHC. The new dredger will have a hopper capacity of 12,000 cubic meters. This TSHD is
MDL Marinas has successfully completed dredging at their Sparkes and Northney marinas in Chichester, the culmination of the £400K 2020/21 winter dredging program. “This year we dredged enough silt and mud from our marinas to fill ten Olympic sized swimming pools, weighing 33,000 tons and the equival
Bakker Sliedrecht has just announced their plan to begin a research in order to determine whether biodegradable oil can be used in the submersible motors that the company has supplied for equipment of Van Oord. If this is applicable, the international marine contractor wants to use this type of oil
