The Marine NL division of Atlas Professionals recently attended the customized introduction into Dredging & Offshore training, organized by Royal IHC in Kinderdijk. Atlas Operational Teams from both Capelle and Urk offices attended the training. During this education session, the teams dived further
DEME Group’s Dredging & Infra segment today reported a turnover of 1.6 billion euro, 5% higher than a year ago. Orderbook increased 33% – compared to a year ago. DEME said that the segment finished the works on a container terminal in Sri Lanka and continued working on several projects in West Afric
Haven Dredging recently conducted several trials on their innovative agitation dredging machine – the Tiamat. According to the company, the comparisons with traditional dredging methods have revealed staggering cost savings with Tiamat. The cost of using Tiamat stands at less than a £1.00/m3, compar
The Netherlands is working on the largest dyke reinforcement operation ever since the Delta Works: the Flood Protection Programme (HWBP). More than 1,500 kilometres of dykes will be reinforced over the next 30 years with high ambitions for sustainability and innovation. To meet this challenge, marke
Technosub Group and DRAGFLOW have joined forces to launch Dragflow USA, elevating pumping and dredging solutions across the United States. The President and CEO of the Technosub Group, Mr. Eric Beaupre, is delighted with this strategic alliance: “The launch of Dragflow USA underscores our commitment
Jenkins Marine has just released this amazing night photo of their backhoe dredger Doreen Dorward, working with the new 50t long reach excavator and 3D GPS guidance system and split hopper barge NAB at Sparkes Marina on Hayling Island. “Working in Chichester Harbour presents an additional challenge
Belgium’s V.H.F.R. Group completed some repair work on Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Causeway last week. For this project, V.H.F.R. team undertook several essential tasks, including: “Throughout this small but intensive project, V.H.F.R. Group team received valuable support from t
Over the next 18 months, HR Wallingford will be carrying out a study for The World Bank to assess how water levels in the Caspian Sea are likely to change under a range of future climate change scenarios and how this will affect the Port of Aktau in Kazakhstan. Aktau is the largest port in […
The Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, visited Van Oord’s Rotterdam office yesterday. The visit was part of her working visit to The Netherlands. As an island state, Barbados is particularly susceptible to the impacts of climate change, including coastal inundation and sea level rise. Pri
After one year of works, Jones Bros Civil Engineering has completed the construction of a £7.5 million Penrhyn Bay coastal defence scheme in North Wales. Following consultation in 2021 and planning permission granted in 2022, work on this scheme started in late January 2023. The project included usa
DEME Group has just released this amazing video named ‘From dredged material to thriving natural habitat’. The fairway between the ports of Szczecin and Świnoujście, Poland, recently underwent a modernisation that goes beyond just improved maritime access. DEME and its joint venture partner Van Oord
Port Hedland maintenance dredging campaign 2024 is well underway with trailing suction hopper dredger Juan Sebastián de Elcano removing silt and other materials to maintain the navigability of the port. The annual Port Hedland dredging works commenced in early February and are expected to be ongoing
