Fugro has successfully completed a nearshore geotechnical investigation for the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, the world’s longest immersed tunnel that will connect Denmark and Germany by road and rail. The client was Femern Link Contractors, the consortium building the 18 km tunnel that will reduce travel tim
The 20,000 TEU MV Ever Given, a Panama-flagged ship that carries cargo between Asia and Europe, is still grounded in Suez Canal, according to Canal service provider Leth Agencies. The colossal ship, spanning 400 meters in length and 59 meters in width, ran aground on March 23, at 6 nautical miles fr
The LIFE MARINAPLAN PLUS project is the first-of-a-kind demonstration plant at industrial scale of an innovative solution for the sustainable management of sediment in marine infrastructures. In June 2019, the research team of the LIFE MARINAPLAN PLUS project began operating the plant installation a
Earlier this month, Lt. Gen. Scott A. Spellmon, commanding general of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 55th U.S. Army Chief of Engineers, signed the Elim Subsistence Harbor Chief’s Report. The signing progresses the proposed project to Congress for authorization. Located on the northwest shore o
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) North West has recognized the Fairhaven to Church Scar scheme as Sustainability Project of the year. The project, to protect over 2,400 properties from coastal erosion began work on site in 2018 after some years of project development and stretches from Fairh
The first phase of dredging on the River Steeping has come to an end two days ago, informs the Water Management Consortium. The main aim of the dredging operation was to remove sediment from targeted locations across 5.5km of waterway, between Thorpe Culvert and Dovecotes Farm, and 650m of the easte
Coastal Partners as part of Fareham Borough Council has secured £556,000 from Defra Grant in Aid to commence a two-year study focusing on the future management of Hook Lake (part of the Hook with Warsash Nature Reserve) and opportunities to create new habitat at the site. The Solent coastline is fac
In the Rotterdam area, a new motorway tunnel is under construction. Due to the challenging geological situation, the job has been done in various stages, using different equipment. One of the contractors on the project, Verboon Maasland, used Damen DOP submersible dredge pump for this tunneling proj
During the recent Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress in Moscow, FSUE Rosmorport shared the company’s dredging plans for 2021. According to the forecast, FSUE Rosmorport will dredge 28.3 million cbm of material in 2021 including 20 million cbm of capital dredging and 8.3 million c
After the successful placement of spud towers on board the Suez Canal Authority’s new cutter suction dredger Hussein Tantawy, Royal IHC has completed another construction milestone with the installation of both spuds. “The sun was shining down on our team when they installed the deep-blue spuds on t
Following construction of the first five islands of the Marker Wadden, Boskalis will expand this nature reserve with two new islands on behalf of Dutch Society for the Preservation of Nature (Natuurmonumenten) and the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat).
During his visit to the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore yesterday, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan saw firsthand the ongoing dredging works at Seagirt Marine Terminal. The main goal of this project is to create a second 50-foot-deep container berth, which will allow the Port to accommodate two
Rohde Nielsen A/S has just released this amazing photo of the hopper dredger Thor R, taken during their recently completed project in Germany. During October and November 2020, Rohde Nielsen A/S performed a maintenance dredging project in the 7-kilometre-long entrance channel to Ladebow. The works w
The U.S. EPA has officially kicked off dredging of contaminated sediment from a 7-mile stretch of Otter Creek which extends through Toledo and Oregon, Ohio, before flowing into Maumee Bay. The Maumee Area of Concern was identified by the United States and Canada in the mid-1980s as one of the most e
