The final phase of the West Bay Coastal Defence Improvements Scheme is due to be carried out this winter 2020/21, informs the Dorset Coast Forum. Fluvial improvement works to the River Brit riverbank will provide protection against the river overflowing and flooding the Parkdean Resorts West Bay Hol
Portsmouth’s Southsea Coastal Scheme is moving forward according to schedule. In their latest project update, the officials introduced plans to extend working hours on the beach during December in order to suit the low tides, starting at 6am and ending at 9pm. “We also plan to work at weekends where
Harwich Haven Authority announced earlier this month that their license application to carry out major improvement works, which includes increasing the depth of Harwich Harbor and the deep water access channel, has been approved by the Marine Management Organization (MMO). The decision follows exten
Network Rail has started work on the second section of the new, bigger sea wall at Dawlish, Devon. The goal of the scheme is to protect the railway and town from rising sea levels, and extreme weather, for generations to come. Construction of this next section of the £80 million upgrade will take ar
DEME has secured a major contract for the Abu Qir port project in Egypt – the largest ever dredging and land reclamation contract in its history. The project will see the deployment of DEME’s giant new cutter suction dredger ‘Spartacus’. According to DEME, this vast project includes the reclamation
Agrimin Limited, a Western Australian based minerals company, recently awarded Royal IHC the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for automated wet harvesting equipment for the Mackay Potash Project. Wet harvesting is currently used at the world’s largest sulphate of potash (SOP) operati
As the environmental impact and regulatory constraints associated with water pollution become an increasingly growing concern, silt curtains are being used for a range of environmental purposes. Originally designed to contain the spread of sediment during dredging and reclamation, today, they are us
The Scottish Canals has just announced that £19.95 million of improvement works are set to get underway across Scotland’s canals this winter. As reported, this capital investment from Scottish Government will see major works and essential upgrades take place throughout the canal network, safeguardin
Singapore-based Cassiopeia Five Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd, has received extensive technical support and advisory services from Wärtsilä for their large cutter dredger Cassiopeia V. According to Wärtsilä, this is the result of a five-year technical managem
Dredge Yard recently tested and delivered a customized electric cutter suction dredger ECO 200 for potassium chloride brine mining. According to the company, the delivery follows successful water testing at Dredge Yard facility in The Netherlands. As common in mining industry, the dredger is electri
Niestern Sander has successfully completed the conversion of the Yed Prior, then a container ship called GERD, to a gravel hopper dredger for Spaansen. After Niestern Sander was awarded the job, the ship was put dry on March 18, 2020 and a schedule was made. At the time of the first Covid-19 outbrea
Van Oord’s backhoe Simson dredged its first cubic meters last week on the impressive Fehmarnbelt Tunnel project in Denmark. With a length of 18 kilometers this will be the longest immersed road and rail tunnel in the world, connecting Germany and Denmark. Van Oord and Boskalis join forces in the Feh
