ENKA İnşaat ve Sanayi A.Ş. (ENKA) has completed its first towing operation in the new year – Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Vesalius, from Port Kuryk to Port Bautino. ENKA is a global engineering and construction firm headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey. Also, the Turkish giant provides ful
Royal IHC has just announced the successful delivery of another Beaver 50 cutter suction dredger (CSD) to its African customer. According to the Dutch giant, the dredger is currently being commissioned. After commissioning, the Royal IHC crews will “enter the start up and guarantee phase where an IH
The Constanța Beaches (Phase III) project in Romania is progressing well, Van Oord said in its latest project update. The beach reinforcement works at the seaside resorts of Olimp, Jupiter-Neptun, and Balta-Mangalia (Lots 7, 8, and 9) are now finished. Commissioned by Administratia Bazinala de Apa D
Last year, Jan De Nul Group finalized a new deep-water port in Nador, Morocco. Strategically located and equipped with modern infrastructure, the port is set to drive economic growth in the region. Located on the western side of the ‘Cap des Trois Fourches’ peninsula, near the Nador city, the new po
ML (UK) Dredging Ltd recently kicked off a dredging campaign in Newhaven Marina. The dredging, which commenced in late November, is being carried out by the backhoe dredger WITTON II. Self-propelled split hopper barge SPLIT THREE is transporting the spoil material from the Marina to the disposal gro
After successfully completing dredging works in Poole Harbor, Jenkins Marine’s dredger ‘C H Horn’ has arrived in Ipswich to start work on the Woolverstone Marina dredging project. C H Horn is an extremely efficient and manoeuvrable self contained dredger, able to load her 125m3 capacity hopper well
Baku Shipyard is currently working on the construction of a Damen Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) 650. The dredger, which will be ready later this year, will be operated by the Port of Baku, a thriving transport hub on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. While Baku Shipyard has built a wide array of
The Minister of Transport, Communications and Works of the Republic of Cyprus, Alexis Vafeades, said that EUR1.5 million has been approved for dredging and renovation works at Larnaca Marina. According to Vafeades, the dredging operations are essential for the marina’s safe operation and vessel navi
FSUE “Rosmorport”, together with Novotrans Aktiv LLC, recently completed dredging operations at the seaport of Ust-Luga. Dredging of the berths No. 1 and No. 2 comes as a part of the investment project for the construction of the Ust-Luga universal trading terminal. According to the results of the w
The Government of Gibraltar said that a final agreement has been signed with TNG Global Foundation to create a new land reclamation area within the northern half of the inner harbor. This agreement will see an area of land of approximately 47,000 square meters (almost half the Eastside reclamation)
A maintenance dredging campaign is moving forward at the Port of Lisbon, Portugal. The dredging operations, undertaken by DRAVO S.A. (owned by Van Oord), are being conducted with the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) HAM 317. The Port of Lisbon is a large European port on the Atlantic coast, wi
Haven Dredging has just released a new video about their ground-breaking hydrodynamic dredging technology, the Tiamat. The video was filmed at Harwich Haven Authority, where Tiamat has successfully transitioned from groundbreaking trials to a vital part of its annual dredging operations. Following a
