The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just released the latest edition of their Terra et Aqua magazine. The autumn 2020 issue of Terra et Aqua highlights a mud consolidator to measure thixotropy and creep and plume predictor to reduce environmental impact. The Deputy Adminis
Russia’s Onezhsky Shipyard (Petrozavodsk, the Republic of Karelia) has successfully launched the Smelaya, a self-propelled hopper barge of Project NV-600. The vessel is the second addition to the FSUE Rosmorport’s Makhachkala Branch. Onezhsky Shipyard launched the first hopper barge of Project NV-60
Associated British Ports (ABP) recently began their annual maintenance dredging programme at the Port of Lowestoft, England. The first on the site was 1968 built grab dredger UKD Cherry Sand. The vessel started dredging operations on September 8th and will stay in Lowestoft until September 20. In ea
Jan De Nul Group’s trailing suction hopper dredger, ‘Alexander von Humboldt’, recently completed 2,000 hours of operation on 100% renewable, second-generation Biofuel Oil (BFO). The vessel is powered by 2 × MAN 12V32/40 and 1 × MAN 7L32/40 main engines. According to JDN, this major milestone represe
Dorset Council has published their Weymouth Harbor & Esplanade Flood and Coastal Risk Management Strategy. The paper details how they will ensure that the town is protected from potential coastal flooding and erosion by developing the harbor walls and esplanade sea defenses. The strategy sets out th
Rohde Nielsen A/S is currently busy working on stage three of the Skagen Port Expansion for their client Per Aarsleff A/S. The port of Skagen is being expanded by 190.000 square meters of new land area, 1075m of new quay and 1600m of new pier. The deeper harbor basins are also part of this developme
Dragflow’s webinar on Hight Depth Dredging is set to take place on September 30, 2020. Offshore extraction and energy production activities represent a constantly evolving technical challenge. The use of wind and wave energy will make the installation of plants on the high seas more and more frequen
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has laid keel for the new trailing suction hopper dredge, the R.B. Weeks. The ceremony took place last week at the Eastern Florida facility. The 6,540m³ R.B. Weeks is named after the co-founder of the company and the husband of Magdalen Weeks. This is an identical vessel t
Envisan, the environmental subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group, has started remediation works to treat the ground contamination in the Lieve riverbed. Over the next six weeks, the company will install innovative reactive mats in De Lieve watercourse. They will address historical soil and groundwater poll
Construction works continue on the Hythe Ranges Sea Defence scheme, a major renovation project that will help reduce flood risk to 787 properties. Work started in spring 2020, to improve flood defences between the Dymchurch Redoubt and Fisherman’s Beach. This involves refurbishing and raising the ti
Southsea Coastal Scheme, responsible for delivering new sea defenses along 4.5km of seafront from Old Portsmouth to Eastney, today released the latest update on their coastal project. “Two weeks in and we are making great progress in getting set up before construction, starting with moving resources
A routine maintenance dredging project is about to begin within the footprint of Gosport Marina, reports the Queen’s Harbour Master Portsmouth. The contractor for this project is ML (UK) Dredging Ltd of Portsmouth, Hampshire. According to the Harbour Master notice, the dredging will start on Septemb
