Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (March 4 – 10, 2019). New Milestone for Aberdeen Harbor Expansion Project Dragados UK, principal contractor for the Aberdeen Harbor Expansion Project, has marked another significant achievement with the installati
A scheme which has significantly reduced flood risk to thousands of properties on the West Sussex coast has been awarded a prestigious national accolade. The Shoreham Adur Tidal Walls scheme, currently in its final phase of works, is being recognized through the Considerate Constructors Scheme (CCS)
Following increasing demand for mid-sized excavators in Europe, Kobelco Construction Machinery Europe B.V. (KCME) has announced the launch of the all-new SK75SR-7 and SK85MSR-7. Several years of research and development, including valuable feedback from the European market on the previous SK75SR-3 a
Preparation works for a dredging project on the Pembrokeshire’s Tenby Harbor are in full swing now, with machines due to be on site in the following days, announces pembroke-today.co.uk. Commenting the latest news, Tenby Harbormaster, Chris Salisbury, said: “Natural Resources Wales have been given t
The construction activities on the site of the new sea lock in IJmuiden are moving forward, according to the latest update from the Port of Amsterdam. In March and April, work will be carried out to the exterior facade of the Lock Operation Centre (SOC); various engineering works will be carried out
A new £2.76 million program of flood works across Somerset has been approved by the Board of Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA). Following the Board’s annual budget-setting meeting, 28 projects costing £1.703 million will be carried out at hundreds of sites over the coming year and beyond. Another £1.0
The Port of Tema (Ghana) – a $1 billion investment by Meridian Port Services (MPS) – is on schedule to open on June 28 this year. According to the company officials, the breakwater and access channel – designed to accommodate the world’s largest container ships – and the first 2 deep-water berths ar
Boskalis has closed 2018 with a lower result, in line with expectations – net operating profit was EUR 83 million (2017: EUR 150 million). Including an almost entirely non-cash extraordinary charge of EUR 519 million there was a net loss of EUR 436 million, said the company. Revenue rose 10% compare
The River Waveney dredging program is set to take place between April and October 2019, the UK’s Broads Authority announces. The river is popular with Broads users due to its deep navigable channels, but sediment does accrete in places and requires dredging to maintain waterway specifications, said
The dredging works to construct a new Eastern Channel for Cowes have been completed by CHC’s contractor Jenkins Marine. Bed leveling has been carried out to flatten the base of the trench, and the Channel is now due to be surveyed, although the exact timing of this is weather dependent, reported the
A consortium including Van Oord and BAM International has completed the construction of the APM Terminals Moin in Costa Rica. The terminal, with a total investment of $1 billion, was built on a 40-hectare artificial island and covers around 80 hectares with a depth of 16m. The access channel is 18m
The new 6,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Hang Jun 6008 has successfully completed sea trials in the area outside the Yangtze Estuary in China. The new dredger was built at the Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) shipyard with basic engineering and dredging automation syste
