Work on a brand new Booster Station type BS500 at the Damen Dredging Yard in Nijkerk is in full swing. Ready for outfitting with diesel, dredge pump and controls, the container-sized unit will receive large hatches for practical access to all components. The BS500 booster station has been designed e
Dredging operations at the Burgas Port, Bulgaria, are moving forward according to schedule. The activities to deepen the area between two port terminals are expected to be completed by the end of July, said Port Infrastructure State Enterprise General Director, Ivaylo Ivanov. “The main goal of the p
The Lumsden Point project in Port Hedland is progressing rapidly, with three major milestones achieved on the project, which were today announced in a joint statement by the Commonwealth and WA Governments. Pilbara Ports has awarded two major contracts for the construction of Lumsden Point in the po
Sorensen Civil Engineering recently completed the Smooth Point Pier Extension project at Killybegs Fishery Harbour Centre, Ireland. The project – which was delivered on behalf of the client, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine – involved the completion of a new 120m long quay developm
Boskalis completed another maintenance dredging campaign with its trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Shoalway in the Barrow River for the Port of Waterford, Ireland, recently. Between the green cliffs, the vessel was dredging sediment that has naturally returned there via currents. It was a main
Cyngor Gwynedd has completed a project worth nearly £6 million that will protect the Hirael area of Bangor from the effects of coastal flooding. For the past 10 months, Council engineers have been responsible for the work to install new flood gates and walls; raising the level of the promenade and c
IHC Dredging delivered a new cutter suction dredger (CSD) to a customer in the Asia Pacific region recently. “The commissioning and delivery to our valued partner Hall Contracting Pty Ltd is a significant milestone as it is the 8th Beaver that IHC Dredging has recently delivered in the Asia Pacific
The Broads Authority has been awarded a DEFRA grant of £500,000, to be allocated equally between budget support and capital equipment for the navigation. Key highlights: “Earlier this month, we rallied at Acle Bridge under the banner “Fund Britain’s Waterways.” This national campaign, organised by t
Seemanagement Burgenland GmbH has completed their first season of maintenance on the Austrian side of Lake Neusiedl using Watermaster dredgers. From October 2023 to mid-April 2024, they dredged 60,000m³ of soft sediment to deepen boat paths and marinas. This work improves access for recreational act
Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed subsea dredging operations remotely from shore for the first time ever. This milestone activity was carried out for Norwegian oil and gas player Aker BP. DeepOcean’s remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) onboard the Edda Fauna were utilized fo
The Port of Aveiro, Portugal, launched a public tender for a maintenance dredging contract yesterday. With a basic value of more than EUR1.2 million, the dredging work will take place in the fishing ports of Largo and Costeiro, the Jardim Oudinot leisure port and the maneuvering areas. According to
Van Oord recently kicked off work on a £7 million beach renourishment project in Lincolnshire, UK. Over the next few weeks, around 400,000 cubic meters of sand will be topped up on beaches between Saltfleet and Gibraltar Point. The work began in early May and will help reduce the risk of flooding fo
