The CEDA Technical Papers Committee is inviting interested parties to contribute to the Dredging Days conference programme and submit abstracts for presentations. The CEDA Dredging Days 2026 conference, taking place from 11-13 May at A Room with a ZOO, in the splendidly charming Antwerp ZOO, founded
Boskalis Nederland’s grab dredger Kreeft has recently concluded a very important job in Germany. Near the City of Mainz, the dredger has removed about 50,000 cubic meters of sediment that had accumulated over the past years in the Rhine. In the lower Rijn route Rheingau, sediment accumulation regula
Construction work is now underway on Belfast Harbour’s largest ever port investment project to create new cruise and offshore wind energy terminal. The project will see the £90 million construction of a new dual purpose deepwater quay which will be able to accommodate some of the world’s largest cru
Last weekend, DE Klop BV received an urgent service request from a customer in the United Kingdom. A seal issue had occurred in the bearing block of a swing arm dredger. “As soon as the bearing block arrived in the Netherlands, the bearing block and seal were renewed and everything was thoroughly ch
The Royal Navy has announced that maintenance dredging operations are about to begin at the HMNB Devonport. According to the Navy and the King’s Harbour Master, maintenance dredging will take place at various places throughout HMNB Devonport, starting on June 20, 2025. The scheme will comprise trail
The Hof op Marken consortium, including DEME, is reinforcing the dike around the island of Marken on behalf of Rijkswaterstaat. Marken is a small, picturesque island in the Netherlands, a place where heritage and landscape are deeply intertwined, said DEME.“It’s a unique and complex challenge that r
The 24th World Dredging Congress & Exhibition event (WODCON XXIV) will take place next week in San Diego, California. The event will be hosted by the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) at the picturesque Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel from June 23-27, 2025. The theme of WODCON XXIV is “Dredging To
Lerwick Port Authority is embarking on a new capital project in a two-phase program to enhance the Shetland port’s deep-water capabilities. A contract, valued at approximately £3.2 million in its first phase, has been secured by Boskalis Westminster Ltd. The award follows tendering led by project ma
Boskalis crews are returning to West Africa to continue successful coastal protection activities in Togo. In the recent past, Boskalis reinforced the coastline of Togo and neighboring Benin over a length of some 40 kilometers due to its vulnerability to the effects of coastal erosion as result of se
Kishorn Port, Scotland, has secured an investment of up to $32.61 million from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). According to their official statement, this investment will go towards the Port’s %57.35 million phase 1a expansion project. The development program includes expansion of their dry
FSUE Rosmorport has begun maintenance dredging operations in the Azov-Don Sea Canal. The dredging is being carried out as part of the project for performing maintenance dredging work on the Azov-Don Sea Canal for the period of 2020–2030. Currently, the work is being performed both by Rosmorport’s ow
Last week, two newly built, high-capacity electric Cutter Suction Dredgers were successfully loaded onto a carrier vessel at the Royal IHC yard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. These customized mining dredgers – each measuring 62 meters in length and weighing nearly 1,000 tons – are now en route by s
