With the completion of the dredging works for the vessel access to the newly built extension of the SIA “Baltic Container Terminal” berth, the final stage of the Freeport of Riga Authority’s project “Increasing the dual use capacity of the transport infrastructure by modernizing road/rail and berth
Regular maintenance dredging of the Trafalgar Wharf and Port Solent Approaches is set to begin next week. The KHM Portsmouth has announced that the maintenance dredging of the Trafalgar Wharf Approach Channel and the Port Solent Approaches will commence on the January 13, 2025. According to the Loca
The contractors instructed by Oikos Storage Ltd. will start dredging operations for Oikos No. 1 Jetty in the following days, Port of London Authority said. The dredging works will be carried out by the Water Injection Dredging method and will be conducted during ebb tides only by vessel AQUADELTA. T
Leask Marine has successfully completed debris removal works for Ardersier Port in Scotland. “Leask Marine were delighted that Haventus (the Port’s owner) put their trust in our team to support their shared vision to return the Port of Ardersier into a fully working commercial port,” the company sai
Work to repair part of the sea wall in Weymouth will get underway next week, Dorset Council said. According to the latest project update, they are about to begin repairs to the damaged sea wall along Weymouth beach at Greenhill with the work expected to last just over a month. The work involves remo
Jan De Nul has just released this amazing video named ‘Working principles of a Water Injection Dredger’. Water Injection Dredgers (WIDs) are smaller than traditional dredgers, which makes them very manoeuvrable. With their limited draught, they are ideal for executing maintenance dredging works in s
Dredging operations at Saint-Pierre Dock, situated at the heart of Caen city center, are currently underway, Ports of Normandy said. Dredging operations in the dock and its access canal are scheduled for the winter of 2024–25 with the extraction of approximately 30,000 m³ of sediment. The dredged ma
Jan De Nul has released a beautiful video named ‘Working principles of a Backhoe Dredger’. A backhoe dredger is a pontoon which is equipped with a hydraulic excavator that excavates the soil and discharges it into a split hopper barge. This crane pontoon is equipped with a hydraulic excavator. Three
Conwy County Borough Council has just released the latest update on the Kinmel Bay coastal defenses program. Work is in full swing on this multi-million pound scheme, aimed to protect two seaside resorts, they said. “14,000 tonnes of rock have been delivered from North Wales quarries, ready to be ca
Jan De Nul has released a very interesting video named ‘Working principles of a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger’. A trailing suction hopper dredger dredges loose material and soft soils such as sand, gravel, sludge or clay. One or two suction pipes are lowered on the seabed and the drag head is trai
Alia Instruments finished last year with two instruments being shipped the last working day to a mining and fracking client.Today, they started building a new Alia Density Meter (ADM) 500 for a dredging client. “Our business is expanding in many industries now and we are looking forward to serve our
Jan De Nul has released a very interesting video named ‘Working principles of a Cutter Suction Dredger’. A cutter suction dredger cuts hard soil into fragments with a rotating cutter head. The material is sucked up by dredge pumps and discharged to a deposit area through pipelines across sea and lan
