Rohde Nielsen A/S recently completed the Paldiski South Harbor dredging work for the client Port of Tallinn. This dredging program included the dredging operations on the entrance channel and turning basin areas. The dredging started in December 2019 and was completed in less time than initially pla
Van Oord has won a contract to dredge the water intake basin of the Taiwanese Da Tan power plant. Cutter suction dredger HAM 218 and trailing suction hopper dredger HAM 318 will join forces on this project. According to Van Oord, this project will kick off in early 2021. Driven by the growing demand
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has announced nominees for the 2020 ICE East of England Merit Awards. The Merit awards celebrate the best of civil engineering in the region. Among the nominees is the Bacton to Walcott Sandscaping Scheme. Carried out by Van Oord and Royal Haskoning DHV on be
Foyle and Marine Dredging Ltd. recently took delivery of a new Long Reach Excavator – the Hitachi Zaxis 490-6 LCH. The large Zaxis-6 excavators offer the highest level of performance without compromising on the increasing demand for operational efficiency. Their power and performance makes them idea
Licencing of dredging activities is based on environmental analysis, including measuring levels of contamination. The contaminated dredged materials may upset the ecosystem balance at their disposal site. In these cases, officials take actions before the licence is granted. The types of contaminants
Jan De Nul has just released this amazing photo of their trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Taccola, taken during her latest job in Cork, Ireland. Currently, the TSHD is carrying out prevision work in narrow berths and areas in Cork Harbor. Limited maneuvering space in order to keep the port at
Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has won a contract for the international supply of a network of dredge monitoring buoys. OSIL’s buoy systems have ability to feed the data from the buoy directly into the client servers via Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD). Also, it has ability to use the clie
The Environment Agency has completed repairs to a 40 meter slip on a flood defense embankment in Doncaster. The embankment suffered from damage before and during last winter’s flood conditions. This area lies between the River Don and the South Yorkshire Navigation canal in the Wheatley Park area of
Van Oord has won a contract to design and carry out the removal of silt from the Averijhaven depot in IJmuiden. After the removal of the contaminated silt, the area will be developed into an energy port. The contract has a value of EUR 18 million and preparations will start in the spring of 2021. [&
The New Forest District Council has committed additional funds to the urgent repairs to the Milford on Sea failing seawall. “We are putting forward a further £325k to fund additional urgent works required to the site as a result of recent storms and severe weather, and in addition are setting aside
The project to retrofit the Rohde-Nielsen’s dredger Grane R was successfully completed at the Remontowa shipyard last month. The Grane R is a powerful offshore grab dredger and stone placing vessel, capable of performing a variety of projects related to backfilling, boulder removal, rock installatio
Boskalis has today financed its mega cutter suction dredger (CSD) Krios through an innovative Export Credit Agency (ECA) covered loan. This marks the first ECA insured financing of its kind in the Netherlands. With this EUR 121 million facility, Boskalis has refinanced a substantial part of the cons
