C2V+, a VolkerStevin and CH2M joint venture, and VBA, a VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins joint venture, each won an award for the works delivered on Anchorsholme Park Storage Tank Phase 1 for United Utilities and Revealing the Roch for Rochdale Borough Council. VBA won two North West Re
The shipping channel serving the Port of Teignmouth has been deepened following works funded and delivered by the Teignmouth Harbor Commission. “The dredging now means that the channel will eventually accommodate ships with a draught of 5.5 meters on a height of tide of four meters,” said Harbor Mas
The Broomhill Sands Coastal Defense Scheme has been named recipient of yet another prestigious industry award – the Brassey Award (Kent & East Sussex) for Engineering Excellence which was presented at the recent ICE South East England Awards Ceremony. The Brassey Award winner is selected from the sh
International engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV has been appointed by the Cayman Islands Central Tenders Committee to provide civil engineering consultancy services for the proposed George Town cruise berthing facility. The company won the bid to undertake civil engineering design works, which wil
A maintenance dredging scheme at the Trafalgar Wharf area in Portsmouth is nearing its completion. This dredging project started on July 4 and is expected to last around 4 weeks, according to the Queen’s Harbor Master Portsmouth. The completion date will be weather dependent. The works are being car
The Safety Committee has chosen eight nominations for the IADC Safety Award with one nomination to be announced every Monday per week, starting from 25 July, 2016. The first nomination is for Jan De Nul Australia’s “Fully Automated TSHD Mooring” system. During the dredging and reclamation works of B
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (July 18-24, 2016). GLDD Secures Over $8 Million for Delaware Beach Fill Project Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company LLC of Oak Brook, Illinois, has won an $8.02 million Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach beach fill nou
Royal Port S.A. has commissioned international engineering and consultancy firm Witteveen+Bos to conduct a feasibility study for an entirely new port on the mouth of the Magdalena River, near the city of Barranquilla in Colombia. Royal Port wants to use the study to obtain the required port concessi
Argentinian company Cooperativa De Trabajos Portuarios Limitada de San Martín is about to receive a Cutter Suction Dredger 500 from Damen Dredging Equipment. The newbuild will be used for dredging operations in the Argentinian terminal region around Rosario on the Paraná river. The CSD 500 dredger,
Over 60 per cent of the population live near to the coast, and 208,000 properties across Wales are at risk of flooding from the sea or rivers, Wales Audit Office said in its latest report. Severe coastal flooding in the winter of 2013-14 was the latest incident to dramatically highlight the vulnerab
Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd (Keppel Singmarine) has secured contracts from Jan De Nul Group to build three trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs). The contracts for the construction of three TSHDs are worth around $73.7 million in total. To be built to Jan De Nul’s design, the dredgers will be able
Young CEDA recently organized two events for students in the Netherlands to present them more info about working in the dredging and marine construction industry. The first event took place on 30 May at Twente University, Enschede and the next one shortly after at the Delft University of Technology,
