Following on from the success of the previous courses Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure, a new online course will be held on 10, 11, 16 & 18 June 2025. During the 4 half-day course, participants will learn how to achieve dredging projects that fulfil primary functional requirements while addin
Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Kieran O’Donnell, has announced the approval of Tipperary County Council’s applications for funding under the Office of Public Works’ Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme. Under the scheme, the Office of Publ
Three Boskalis sister dredgers, the Causeway, Freeway and Shoalway, are currently working closely together at the Dutch coastline. By pumping the sand through the large nozzle on the vessels’ bow, the three trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) are ‘rainbowing’. “This is a method of dredging that
Kazakhstan’s Aktau Port will begin dredging works in June 2025 to address the ongoing decline in Caspian Sea levels, Report Information Agency said. This information was revealed earlier this week by Abay Turikpenbayev, Chairman of the Board of Aktau International Sea Trade Port, during the Caspian
The General Meeting of Shareholders of Van Oord took place yesterday, April 24, during which the Annual Report 2024 was presented. According to the Report, in 2024, the company demonstrated outstanding teamwork in executing 147 projects. The infrastructure market was characterized by regional variat
CEDA Dredging Days is the flagship conference of CEDA and is the main event on the dredging industry calendar in the CEDA (EMEA) region. The “new style” Dredging Days 2024 conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was a great success. In the next edition, which will take place from 11-13 May 2026 in
Work is now well underway at the Ardersier Energy Transition Facility – located near Inverness in Scotland – to deepen and widen the channel and harbor. According to Haventus, this will allow the large vessels serving the offshore wind market to safely access the quayside when the facility opens lat
The dredging works for the new LNG Terminal at SOHAR Port and Freezone are progressing as planned, on schedule and within budget. This week, the senior management from SOHAR Port and Freezone had the opportunity to join Boskalis on board the trailing suction hopper dredger Willem van Oranje. The gue
Dragflow said that their DRM dredger is currently undergoing comprehensive operational testing. This amphibious machine is designed to navigate challenging terrains, ranging from shallow marshes to dam basins. “Without any side pontoons, it combines the flexibility of a crawler with the stability of
The Port of Port-La Nouvelle, in the south of France and the country’s third-largest Mediterranean port, is undergoing a major transformation – enhancing capacity, accommodating larger vessels, and evolving into a regional offshore energy hub. A new deep-sea infrastructure is currently under constru
Italdraghe said that two more units of BD1 – the smallest model in the ITD submersible dredge pump range – are ready to head to the Philippines. According to Italdraghe, these dredging heads are versatile modular heavy-duty submersible dredge pump units compatible with all excavator brands. Each dre
Square Port Shipyard, located 250 km south of Mumbai, and Damen Technical Cooperation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the first step of a significant new relationship. It will see the two organizations working together to develop the shipyard with the aim of building a range of high
