Harwich Haven Authority, North Sea Port, Port of Rotterdam Authority, Kystverket (the Norwegian Coastal Administration) and Rijkswaterstaat (NL) have announced a joint initiative to significantly reduce emissions in their dredging activities, with a long-term goal of climate neutrality. Emission red
A new dredger designed to service the waterway through the Vistula Spit arrived in Poland from Finland a couple of weeks ago. The new dredging vessel was built by the Finnish shipyard Tyovene Oy, cooperating with the companies from the Netherlands on this project. The dredger’s primary task will be
Interreg North Sea has just released this beautiful and informative video named EU in Denmark coastal protection. In the video, Head of Coastal Research Per Sørensen, from the Danish Coastal Authority, explains why the Interreg North Sea project MANABAS COAST is important for climate adaptation in D
DEME Group has marked a significant milestone at the Fehmarnbelt tunnel project with the official naming ceremony of the multi-purpose pontoon Maya. “Designed for the construction of the world’s longest immersed tunnel between Denmark and Germany, Maya will play a crucial role in laying a uniform gr
The financing contract for the extension of berths 10 and 12 in the Midia Zone of Constanta Port has been signed. The project “Extending the quays 10 and 12 in the Midia area, including reinforcements behind the quays” is part of a complex and staged project to modernize the infrastructure of the Mi
A team of international researchers is investigating the potential for the world’s low-lying coral atoll islands to withstand predicted sea level rises through natural flooding processes. Recently, Deltares experts Robert McCall and Floortje Roelvink joined the international research team for fieldw
Portos RS has commenced urgent dredging to recover the most critical stretch of the access channel to the Port of Rio Grande, in an area outside the Barra Breakwaters. According to the Port Authority, the work is being carried out by Jan de Nul’s hopper dredger Galileo Galilei. “R$ 21.5 million will
Jackson team has been busy lately in North East Lincolnshire placing 70,000 tonnes of rock armour on the Humber estuary’s south coast, as part of the Stallingborough Sea Defence Improvement Scheme. Together with partners Ovenden Earthmoving Co and Aggregate Industries, Jackson is delivering the proj
The first steel plate cutting for new Royal IHC CSD Beaver 65 took place this week at VAHALI Shipyard in Zasavica, Serbia. According to Royal IHC, the dredger “is fuel efficient, has low maintenance costs and is extremely productive at all dredging depths.” These dredgers can be dismantled for trans
Damen has presented a video about the hopper dredger Barito Equator working in the Java Sea, Indonesia. For ten years, this trailing suction hopper dredger has been making her rounds day and night to keep this busy waterway accessible. The vessel — ordered by the Indonesian dredging company Pelayara
An ACCIONA-led consortium, including Jan de Nul and Grupo Bertolín, has won a contract for the container terminal construction works – part of the northern expansion of the Port of Valencia. The works include a primary dock, auxiliary docks and 126 hectares of new paved terminal areas, to be built m
Yesterday, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education and IADC welcomed 35 participants to its 5-day Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation in Delft. This seminar will give participants more insight to optimize the chances of successful completion of a project, for which contractors need to fully understa
