Kingston District Council and Cape Jaffa Development Company have bought a $3 million cutter suction dredger from Dutch shipbuilder DAMEN, the Coastal Leader reports. The CSD will be transported from the Netherlands to Port Adelaide in seven shipping containers before being assembled at Cape Jaffa.
The Adur Tidal Walls Scheme that will significantly reduce flood risk to over 2,300 properties in Shoreham-by-Sea and Lancing has taken a step towards completion, reports the Environment Agency. Work at Reach E3 of the Shoreham Adur Tidal Walls Scheme is now complete, and the northern section of the
Cryonorm Systems BV has signed a contract with Damen Shiprepair Dunkirk to supply the LNG Fuel System on-board the 8.500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Samuel de Champlain. Last week, Damen won a contract from Rouen-based GIE Dragages-Ports to undertake the conversion of the dredger to dua
VIPs, including the Environment Agency chief executive Sir James Bevan, attended an open day to see the latest work on Ipswich the flood defense scheme, which will significantly reduce the risk of flooding for 2,000 homes and businesses in the town. Huge hydraulic arms that will operate the new tida
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (December 11-17, 2017). Van Oord Completes Expansion of Taiwan’s Largest Port Van Oord has completed the expansion of the Port of Kaohsiung eight months ahead of schedule, reported the company on its website. LN
Glasgow City Council yesterday approved the release of funding towards the Camlachie Burn (Biggar Street) project, a scheme which will reduce flooding and release land for development. The release of this £1.4 million funding, 80% of the project’s cost – a Scottish Government General Capital Grant –
DEME, the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group, said in their latest announcement that the coastal protection works in Benin at the Cotonou shoreline are in full swing. Works include beach nourishment with a total volume of 1,5 million m³ as well as rock revetment and groyne
The Port of Rotterdam’s Offshore Center (OCR) project, conducted by the PUMA consortium (Boskalis and Van Oord), is progressing rapidly as the contractor already completed the Phase 1 of this capital development program. “Land reclamation works on the site of the Offshore Center Rotterdam were start
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion has won a contract to undertake the conversion of a dredger to dual-fuel capability combining LNG and MGO. The contract was awarded by Rouen-based GIE Dragages-Ports with regard to its 117m, 8500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Samuel de Champlain, and the work
This month, work will continue on the construction of the gate chambers for the new sea lock at IJmuiden, the Netherlands. “The floors are nearly completed and construction of the walls is starting now,” the Port of Amsterdam said. “Construction work in the other cofferdams continues as normal. Gant
The Environment Agency will next week hold a public drop-in session on the upcoming Starcross and Cockwood tidal defense scheme. The meeting – taking place before the start of the work – is scheduled for 18 December 2017, from 3pm to 7pm, at the Anchor Inn in Cockwood. The EA has already had an init
A Hartlepool Borough Council project carried out in partnership with local company Seymour Civil Engineering to help protect homes on the town’s Headland from flooding has won two prestigious awards. The project to strengthen the sea defense along the historic 14th century Town Wall earned the Proje
