The “Anita Conti” is a trailing suction hopper dredger equipped with a 800 mm trailing pipe, which operates at a max dredging depth of -22 m. The dredger is the last of a series of three vessels, designed by MURUETA, equipped with customized Damen dredging systems. The “Anita Conti” has a gross tonn
Royal IHC (IHC), the global leader in shipbuilding for the dredging and offshore industries, has reached an agreement to sell 100% of its shares in its subsidiary IHC Sealing Solutions. The new owners are Willem Steenge, who as CEO is partly responsible for the strong growth of IHC Sealing Solutions
The first phase of Exeter’s £30 million flood defence scheme will begin next month with improvements to the main flood relief channel. When finished the new scheme will reduce flood risk to approximately 3,000 homes and businesses throughout the city. The Environment Agency and its partners, Devon C
Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced the appointment of James Leeson to the role of Head of Commercial, Humber. The move follows a number of significant developments for ABP’s Humber operations, including the announcement that Siemens and ABP will be investing more than £300 million in wind
A special monitoring system is helping protect water quality on the Somerset Levels and Moors where a major dredging operation is under way following severe flooding. The system, which was supplied by OTT Hydrometry and installed by Wavelength Environmental, is designed to protect the river ecology
Vesalius is a Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) capable of dredging to a depth of 25.5 meters. Vesalius has a length of 93.3 meters and a breadth of 17.0 metres. As a Cutter Suction Dredger it is equipped with a rotating cutter head cutting hard soil into fragments. Dredging Today Staff, June 30, 2014
BMT ARGOSS (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd and Charta Software have announced a partnership to develop a robust, multi-functional software package, called METRIS, (Modelsysteem voor Evaluatie Tijpoortregeling en RIsico’S bodemberoering), meaning ‘Model system to evaluate tidal admission policy
Last week the Supervisory Board of AS Tallinna Sadam approved the 1.8 million euro investment in bottom dredging of the water area of Paldiski South Harbour, which will allow larger vessels than before– with the gross tonnage up to 75 000 GT – to be docked in the harbour. The investment aimed at inc
VIDEO: Brisbane Land Reclamation Program Moves Ahead (Australia) Charles Darwin, a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD), used for dredging loose material such as sand, clay or gravel, recently arrived to Brisbane. Ukraine: ASU Introduces Strategy for Development of Seaports Water Areas The Admin
On 17 June of this year, the Port of Gdansk Authority SA together with project contractors and building control representatives signed contracts for the execution of works under the project “Expansion of an intermodal container terminal at the Port of Gdansk’s Szczecinskie Quay”. This is the first P
Sinn Féin Louth TD Gerry Adams has welcomed the decision by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, to approve a Foreshore Licence for maintenance dredging works at Annagassan Harbour, at Castlebellingham. The Minister has agreed that the licence should be issued to Louth C
In Taganrog Seaport the Azov Basin Branch has completed the overhaul of the mooring berth No. 2 intended for anchorage and repair of the vessels of the branch on the production and repair base of the Taganrog Department of the branch. The overhaul of the object has been made by the contracting organ
