Royal IHC recently released a new blog post in which Stefan Groenheide talks about tailings dams and explains why one would want to re-mine this ‘waste’ and how IHC dredging knowledge fits in perfectly. Creating and storing tailings has long been an integral part of mining operations. Tailings recei
The 20,000 TEU containership Ever Given is finally leaving the Suez Canal. A formal settlement was agreed earlier this week and the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said that the vessel would be allowed to sail today. The vessel, one of the world’s largest container ships, had become wedged diagonally acr
WODCON XXIII, the twenty-third World Dredging Congress, will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 16th to 20th May 2022. The organising committee is inviting abstract submissions for the papers, presentations and panel sessions, that will make up the main body of the technical and business programme
Royal IHC has just released these amazing photos of TAM’s Beaver 45, taken during the dredging works at DSW Israel’s carnelian pools. The IHC-build cutter suction dredger performs completion work for DSW’s carnalite harvesting work and transports them to a place where DSW harvesters can easily take
Sustainability means acting in a way that is not harmful to the planet, preserving natural resources, and thus supporting long-term ecological balance. By adhering to principles of sustainability for dredging and dredged material management by using natural systems to integrate these actions, the dr
H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Crown Prince of Fujairah, officially opened Fujairah Terminals’ expansion programme yesterday. Fujairah Terminals is one of the Middle East’s most important economic, commercial, and logistics hubs, according to Emirates News Agency. Founded in
A new agreement was signed recently between Hutchison Ports and The Royal Commission in Jubail and Yanbu for development of terminals for general cargo, dry bulk and containers. This project is just a part of a broader logistics development plan by the Jazan City for Primary and Downstream Industrie
The latest edition of IADC’s Terra et Aqua introduced this very interesting article ‘Adverse Physical Conditions: Legal development and changes in risk profiles’. The author is David Kinlan (Kinlan Consulting Pty Ltd). Over the past 10 years, there have been noteworthy advances in case law with resp
Dredge Yard today released a video of its new DrillCutter testing that ensures less spillage, less turbidity, and environment-friendly cutting while increasing the productivity of the dredger. The DrillCutter prototype was tested on a CSD500 dredger in the coastal waters of the Arabian Gulf. Compact
With the aim to reduce spillage and turbidity in cutter suction dredging, Dredge Yard developed and tested a new Dredge Cutter System called DrillCutter. The prototype of a full-scale model is launched in Mid-January 2021 and ongoing testing to demonstrate the full potential of the new cutter. The n
In the upcoming months, IADC will organise several interactive live webinars with experts from the dredging sector. All topics such as the importance of survey and site investigations or managing financial risks, are based of high-profile dredging projects. For each webinar that is free of charge, I
IADC – International Association of Dredging Companies will host a webinar next month on the importance of managing financial risks in a dredging project. In this webinar – set for May 4 – the topic of managing financial risks will be linked to the Brisbane Airport dredging and reclamation project.
