A moored dredger in Stranraer has caused serious damage to the harbour walls, according to gallowaygazette.co.uk. The boat, which was tied to the west wall, has pulled at the structure in front of the new harbour master’s office, lading to cracks in the wall and pulling at the pontoons. A council sp
The East Cowes Marina dredging program has officially begun last week. This dredging operations will be carried out by two split hopper barges called ‘Nab’ and ‘Needles’, which will regularly transit the fairway (inbound and outbound), and a dredge pontoon called ‘Doreen Dorward’. The dredging progr
Lemac Corporation has released a video showing Lemac Amphibious Excavator working on a river dredging project. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. Lemac Amphibious Excavator applications include dredging, landscaping, erosion control & preve
Water Injection Dredging is a hydrodynamic dredging technique that should be taken into consideration as a cost-effective, environmentally sound solution to some specific dredging operations. Dredging works can be complex and costly, accounting for a substantial proportion of the budget of a maritim
Oceana has made a formal complaint to UNESCO today, against a project that aims to dump waste materials from the dredging of Maó harbour into a Biosphere Reserve off the island of Minorca. The material displays high levels of mercury as well as lead and copper, and so Oceana believes that the projec
After 3.5 years of hard work, this project reached a major milestone: closing seawall of Maasvlakte 2. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. Maasvlakte 2 is the western expansion of the Rotterdam port area in the North Sea. [mappress] Dredging
There are many landscapes in this World: economic, social, physical. DEME’s work affects them all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3knTO67yuE DEME provides strong foundations for future developments on land, water and anywhere in between. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, March 4, 2013
Ireland’s largest bulk port company Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC) has unveiled plans to double its trade in the next three decades with the publication of an ambitious masterplan, Vision 2041. The plan was launched by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar, TD, and is the first
Minister Schultz van Haegen (Infrastructure and the Environment) will be on a working visit to Washington and New York from 4 to 6 March to see how the Netherlands and the United States can work together more closely on water defences. A number of companies will be joining the minister during part o
Giant cranes taller than the London Eye sailed into the Thames Estuary last week and berthed at the UK’s new global shipping port, DP World’s London Gateway, at the end of a two-month sea voyage from China. The London Eye could be rolled underneath the three new cranes, which measure 138 metres tall
Ackermans & van Haaren: Annual Results 2012 (Belgium) The board of directors of Ackermans & van Haaren NV announces that the consolidated net result (group share) for the year 2012 amounts to 167.5 million euros (compared to 177.5 million euros in 2011). Nigeria: Eko Atlantic Celebrates Land Recla
Fife Council Transportation & Environmental Services has unveiled a plan for the development works at Pettycur Harbour. This project includes remediation works for the stabilization of the rock faces at Pettycur Harbour. The proposed remediation works are to comprise the following: – Installation of
