The Port of Gothenburg fairway deepening project is moving forward. According to the Gothenburg Port Authority, Monday became an important milestone in the history of the Port of Gothenburg as the ground was broken for the Skandia Gateway project. The quay reinforcement and fairway deepening project
The last decade witnessed an increasing level of attention to sustainability and sustainable development across all sectors all over the world, including the dredging industry. Also, the dredging industry has vital roles in the global sustainability transition and the dredging community has to work
On Friday, 29 March 2024, the Administrative Court in Rouen dismissed a summary motion to suspend work on the river access channel in Le Havre. This means that HAROPA PORT can continue the preparatory work for the embankment to secure and expand river barge access to Port 2000. In the ruling issued,
The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has opened bids for the construction of a new container quay – the North Terminal. According to the company, APV has received four offers for the awarding competition for the execution of the container dock works in the northern expansion of the Port of Valencia.
Belgium’s V.H.F.R. Group completed repair work on Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Causeway in February this year. In March, the Boskalis’ TSHD Strandway underwent a 2.5-week drydocking project at the Damen Harlingen shipyard. Throughout the project, overseen by the V.H.F.R. Group, t
The Port of Turku, Finland, is gearing up for the next dredging campaign during which the fairway will be improved all the way to the tip of the Ruissalo Island. As reported by the Port of Turku, the dredging of the port fairways, including the Pansio fairway and the inner harbour, will commence whe
Working on behalf of Louth County Council and together with Anthony D Bates Partnership LLP, O’Connor Sutton Cronin is undertaking the design, tender and supervision of maintenance dredging at the Annagassan Harbour, Ireland. The harbour comprises an approach channel, quay walls, vessel berths, slip
Royal IHC has signed a contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. for the construction of a medium class hopper dredger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). “We’re very pleased to be working with Eastern Shipbuilding Group to build a highly automated, state-of-the-art hopper dredger tha
Boskalis’ backhoe dredger Magnor has successfully wrapped up a major navigation channel widening project in Port of Southampton. Dredging of the Western Docks will enable the largest container vessels to pass the biggest cruise ships berthed in the Port. The first significant channel-widening projec
The works on the Forton Coastal Defense Scheme, being delivered on behalf of Gosport Borough Council are underway, Coastal Partners said. The updated defenses will include: The project is set to cover around 240m of coastal frontage, giving protection to 211 residential and 16 commercial properties.
Van Oord’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Biesbosch and trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Apolonia are teaming up to dredge the Prinses Amaliahaven located on Maasvlakte in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. A consortium of Van Oord, HOCHTIEF and Ballast Nedam has constructed 2.4 kilometres of new q
The Netherlands and Turkmenistan will cooperate in the field of localization, joint construction and design of the dredging vessels on the territory of Turkmenistan, “Türkmendeňizderýaýollary” Agency said. Turkmenistan’s shipbuilding industry established a series of partnerships during last month’s
