During severe storms in early January and over the past week, many coastal locations have been battered by large waves. A significant amount of shingle has been washed away by the waves at the Preston Beach Sea Defence Scheme, to the East of Weymouth. A number of severe flood warnings have been issu
ELF Exploration UK Limited, an affiliate of Total E&P UK Limited, has awarded Ocean Installer a contract for dredging services at the West Franklin field. The work scope involves excavation/dredging services at 93 metres depth to remove the top three metres of earthwork at three drilling rig footpri
Ackermans & van Haaren NV has presented its “Redemption of Shares” regular update. They have concluded a liquidity contract with Kepler Cheuvreux to improve the liquidity of the AvH-share. In the framework of this liquidity programme, Kepler Cheuvreux has in the period from Februay 3, 2014 until Feb
The Environment Agency has issued 15 Severe Flood Warnings along the River Thames from Datchet to Shepperton Green, including Ham Court and Chertsey. The Environment Agency is working with key agencies, including local authorities, emergency services and the military to ensure that those most likely
A delegation from the Dutch Government Agency Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch Union of Water Boards and Deltares visited UK yesterday. This visit looked at ways of deploying Dutch expertise to combat the floods in England. The team of experts was appointed by Roeland Allewijn, the Rijkswaterstaat directo
IHC Merwede Wins Contracts Worth EUR 350 Million IHC Merwede has been successful in securing orders worth € 350 million for a wide range of dredging and offshore vessels and equipment. Ghana: GPHA Receives Seven Bids for Tema Port Expansion The Ghana Ports & Harbours Authority last week received s
Italdraghe, the long-standing Italian dredger builder, will be showcasing some of its latest innovative dredgers and dredging equipment at the International Maritime Conference and Exhibition to be held in Istanbul on 26-27th February. Turkey is proving to be a very attractive and dynamic market, he
First customer for the latest Richard Smalley 363MkII amphibious dredger is Barry Westby Groundworks of Broadway, Worcs . This updated design has a larger 63 kw ( 83.5 bhp) at 2,500 rpm water cooled diesel engine, lifting capacity increased by 20%, capable of loading a full 400 l bucket every time.
Provincie Noord-Holland has appointed J.P. Schilder BV to carry out the Haarlem dredging project. This EUR 2,9 mln development program will include dredging in order to achieve excavation profiles to sufficient depths for recreational activities in the required areas of waterways. The project will a
Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt Emden has announced a tender for the Emden Port dredging contract. The main goal of this deepening program is to retain the water depths in the fairways of the Lower Ems and Leda. To achieve this, the contractor will need to undertake maintenance dredging works by using th
Stockton Council has welcomed news that the Government has made an allocation of more than £10 million to pay for flood defences at Port Clarence and Lustrum Beck. Stockton Council and the Environment Agency submitted the bids for Flood Defence Grant in Aid funding to enable flood defence and allevi
42 new flood schemes have been given the green light by Floods Minister Dan Rogerson yesterday. A further 13 schemes previously given funding will also begin construction, bringing the total number of schemes starting work to 55 for this year. In all the new schemes starting construction this year w
