Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Fernão de Magalhães is currently very busy working in the Port of Rostock. Herman Senior b.v. has just released this beautiful photo of its multicat Panda, assisting the large cutter section dredger. Awarded by the Federal Waterways and Shipping Administrati
Boskalis published its 2023 financial results today. The company said that they have concluded a historic 2023 with both revenue and earnings reaching a record level. Revenue increased by 20% to EUR 4.28 billion, EBITDA increased 68% to EUR 1 billion and EBIT increased 135% to EUR 701 million. Net p
Following the successful delivery of Phase 1A, VolkerStevin has also won the second phase (Phase 1B) of the Rochdale and Littleborough Flood Risk Management Scheme. Phase 1B will involve the construction of a storage reservoir at Gale, sheet piled flood walls, and a programme of measures to improve
UK Dredging have been hired to conduct maintenance dredging of the ESSO Fawley and BP Hamble facilities in Southampton. The trailing suction hopper dredger UKD BLUEFIN will be engaged in dredging operations in the vicinity of Esso Fawley and BP Hamble for a period of approximately 10 days, the Port
Van Oord’s subsidiary Paans Van Oord has successfully completed work on the second emergency dam in the river Meuse, Maastricht, the Netherlands. As a result of high water, the spillway dam was damaged in early January 2024. Part of the lining of the spillway dam had been loosened and washed away by
Boskalis Westminster Ltd recently commenced work on a capital dredging project within the Port of Southampton. The project, being undertaken on behalf of Associated British Ports (ABP), will widen a section of the existing navigation channel within the port’s Western Docks by up to 46m over a length
A delegation from the Embassy of Vietnam toured Royal IHC shipyard in Kinderdijk earlier this week. Among the guests were Ambassador, Ngo Huong Nam, Second Secretary, Hoang Duc Nam, and Business Development Manager, Emma Nga Nguyen, from FPT Software. “We were delighted to have fruitful discussions
Recent heavy rainfall created a significant challenge for the Canal and River Trust at Dunhampstead Tunnel on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, where the towpath at the tunnel approach had slipped into the canal causing a footpath and navigations closure. Land & Water were contracted at short noti
A Damen crew is busy working on a new customized CSD500 in Nijkerk this morning. The new CSD has been designed for dredging compacted soils. “Its powerful cutter unit and dredge pump ensure a continuously high dredged mixture production. The robustly constructed dismountable dredger can be transport
C-Job Naval Architects recently presented a dredge design which could be built on stock, with the ability to be tailored to the customer’s needs during the building process. The standardized design, a 3000 cubic meter TSHD, has customizable aspects which customers are free to change in line with the
A significant milestone has been reached for the Millport Coastal Flood Protection Scheme, Van Oord said. In less than 5 months, Van Oord has successfully positioned more than 140,000 tonnes of rock to create breakwaters and revetments to critically reduce coastal floodings due to storms. North Ayrs
Havant Borough Council will be carrying out the next beach recycling campaign along the Eastoke frontage in the following weeks to help reduce the risk of coastal flooding and erosion to properties and infrastructure. According to the Council, the works will start w/c 4th March 2024 and will be comp
