The UK’s first ever sandscaping coastal flood scheme is officially underway in the villages of Bacton and Walcott. The project – named ‘Bacton to Walcott Coastal Management Sandcaping Scheme’ – is being carried out by Van Oord and Royal Haskoning DHV, working as part of Team Van Oord. During the wor
The technology group Wartsila has again been selected by the Netherlands-based shipbuilding company Damen Shipyards Group to provide the main propulsion solutions for a large Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD). The dredger is being built for the U.K. company Hanson Aggregates. The order with Wartsila wa
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (July 8-14, 2019). Curtin Maritime Bags Crescent City Harbor Dredging Gig Curtin Maritime Corporation has been selected as the best bidder for the Crescent City Harbor maintenance dredging project in California.
Ingeteam has successfully completed a contract signed with Jan De Nul Group for the engineering and commissioning of the main electrical power package of three trailing suction hopper dredges, called Ultra-Low Emission vessels (ULEv), built at Keppel Nantong shipyard in China. All three vessels have
Access to a 500m section of Aberdeen beach is being closed to the public from Friday, 12 July, due to considerable erosion of sand caused by recent storms, Aberdeen City Council reports. An estimated 140,000 tonnes has been displaced by the wind and tides leaving a deficit of up to 2m in some places
The 10th Dredging & Land Reclamation Summit 2019 will take place from 15-18 July 2019 in London. This summit, aimed at resolving the critical issues related to dredging and land reclamation operations, will gather Chiefs/Heads/Managers/Engineers of Dredging & Reclamation from global Port Operators,
Representatives of the Port of Gdansk Authority (PGA) and the Gdansk Shipyard have signed a letter of intent (LOI), showing interest in investing in the production areas at the Central Port. According to the Port Authority’s latest announcement, the Central Port will include a basin covering about 1
Dublin Port Company (DPC) is lodging an application for permission with An Bord Pleanála for its MP2 Project, the second major capital development project from the Port’s Masterplan 2040. The MP2 Project involves an application for a 15-year permission for phased development works within existing po
The Damen’s DOP200 submersible dredge pump was recently used at a sluice cleanup project in Wielsbeke, Belgium. “The new sluice consisted of a narrow building pit, which had been divided into 9 separate sections. This compartmentation greatly reduces the size of construction material which can be us
The Port Authority of Douala, Cameroon, is about to receive new dredging equipment including an IHC Beaver 50 cutter suction dredger, the company reports. According to the port, the new dredger will arrive in Douala in the next couple of days. IHC Beaver CSDs are reliable, fuel efficient, have low m
The Port of Blyth maintenance dredging project is scheduled to start on July 13, the port said in their latest release. According to the announcement, this dredging campaign – set to last for a period of approximately 28 days – will be undertaken at the Ash Barge Dock, on behalf of Advanced Northumb
The Port of Mariupol dredging program, undertaken by Technical Bureau Azimut LLC, is officially underway, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) reports. The grab dredger Seal Sands arrived in Mariupol Port on July 1 and already kicked off the dredging operations. This is the first of three vessel
