The new hopper dredger ‘Gaasterland’, owned by Mineralis BV from Wezep, is employed to win sand on the IJsselmeer since June 2012. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. Teus Vlot Dredging BV, from Sliedrecht – Holland, has equipped the new shi
Dunkerque-Port’s strategic plan is part of a policy of sustainable development and action which takes into consideration the various areas of the port and particularly those which involve the protection of nature and biodiversity. Among the priority actions, the subjects of dredging, combating coast
IHC Merwede and T-Rubber have announced that they have strengthened their ongoing business relationship with an extension to the Purchasing Cooperation Agreement between the two companies. The signing of this agreement for the supply of rubber hoses was arranged to coincide with the visit of a deleg
A&P Tees, part of A&P North East, recently won an exclusive contract from UK dredge contractor CEMEX UK Marine, part of the CEMEX UK Group, for the drydocking of the company’s three trailing suction hopper dredgers over a five-year period. Due to the severity of the work undertaken by dredgers, it i
Training Institute for Dredging announces the General Dredging Course to be held from September 16. to 27. The General Dredging Course is a two-week open course, focused on the design and operation of various types of dredging equipment and covers all aspects of dredging, such as dredging processes,
The partnership team behind the Fleet Pond Restoration Project in Hampshire are celebrating after being awarded a top engineering award by the Institute of Civil Engineers. The project – a £250,000 scheme to improve water quality at Fleet Pond, Hampshire’s largest fresh water lake and a Site of Spec
On Wednesday 19 June 2013 around noon, DONG Energy’s technicians confirmed that the last of the 111 wind turbines in Anholt Offshore Wind Farm had just been connected to the power grid and could thus send its first CO2-free electricity to shore to the Danish power grid. The 111 wind turbines in the
The extensive preparations for the upcoming fixed link across the Fehmarnbelt are in full swing. The plan is for the tunnel construction itself to be carried out from the summer 2015 until the end of 2021 when the link will open. From the autumn of 2013, the initial preparatory projects will get und
ABP Finance Plc announces that ABP Acquisitions UK Limited, a fellow subsidiary of ABPA Holdings Limited, has today signed a £70m loan agreement with the European Investment Bank. Proceeds from the loan will be used to fund part of the costs of the further development of the container terminal at th
VIDEO: Land Reclamation in Singapore from 1984 to 2012 A large-scale of land reclamation has been undertaken in different parts of Singapore since the 1960s. Indofin Group Acquires Majority Stake in IHC Merwede (The Netherlands) Indofin Group, the investment company, owned by the De Bruin family,
The Broads Authority has transformed its dockyard on the River Yare with a new state-of-the art workshop and offices which will help maintain the Broads for generations of visitors to come. The £680,000 development, which was opened by Eastern Daily Press editor Nigel Pickover, is now the hub of the
Under Secretary of State for Transport, Stephen Hammond, has visited Teesport the North East based port, owned and operated by PD Ports. As well as visiting the operations on the ground, Mr Hammond took a harbour launch trip to see the port from the River Tees. PD Ports has invested almost £17m in i
