Living near a body of water has always appealed to many, yet some of these areas may require maintenance operations – such as dredging – to keep up with the ever-changing environment. To achieve this, an amphibious excavator or some other suitable dredging equipment is used to remove the underwater
Construction of a new tunnel that will supply northern Hamburg, Germany, with heat from industrial waste started on August 4. According to Implenia, work kicked off when a large diaphragm wall excavator began the first dredging to construct the tunnel shaft on the south bank of the Elbe. The company
Breedon Group has entered the marine aggregates business with the acquisition of Severn Sands Limited. Severn Sands is a family-run marine dredging business operating in the Bristol Channel. It has licences to dredge 500,000 tonnes of sand a year, using its 60-metre suction dredger, The MV Penfret.
The Dutch maritime design and engineering company, Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam B.V. is embarking on a new project to design a large Cutter Suction Dredge (CSD) for a client in the US. As reported, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has contracted Vuyk Engineering to design a large CSD for p
With approximately 24 million m3 of dredged material, the Świnoujście-Szczecin Fairway has been deepened by 2 metres to a total of -12.5 metres. As a result of this work, the Port of Szczecin will now be able to welcome the next generation of vessels. Check out this amazing video about this impressi
A dredging project on the Izmail and Reni Ports is set to increase Danube River traffic several times. According to Ukraine Business News, the dredging works are currently being carried out in the waters surrounding the Izmail Port and soon will begin in the Port of Reni. After these operations ar
Conwy County Borough Council said that the next phase of coastal defence work will begin this summer, following further funding from Welsh Government. The current work, which began in May 2021, has seen a 370m long rock barricade built on the beach to protect the Victorian seawall from severe storms
DEME confirmed a sizable contract for dredging and reclamation works in the Port of Gdańsk this morning. According to the Belgian giant, this represents the second major dredging contract for DEME in Poland. The new contract was signed with DCT Gdańsk, the operator of the largest container terminal
DCT Gdańsk has signed a contract for the construction of the third deep-water terminal known as T3 with a consortium of Budimex S.A. and Dredging International NV. The works are to start in September. T3 project will include a deep-water quay of 717m long and 17.5m deep, and a yard area of 36.5ha. I
A launching ceremony of the new self-propelled dredger of Project 93.159 – ordered by State Transport Leasing Company (GTLK) – took place yesterday at Arkhangelsk Region based Lotos Shipyard. According to the company’s official press release, the ceremony was attended by GTLK General Director Yevgen
At a meeting on 21 June 2022, the EU member states approved the European Commission’s proposal for the allocation of funding for European infrastructure projects. The construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Denmark and Germany will receive EUR 540 million (DKK 4 billion) from the fund. During
The Port Authority of Castellon, Spain, has awarded Siport21 the impact evaluation study of the “Delphinidae” project. With a budget of 325.000 euros and six-month execution period, this is one of the major entity real-time ship manoeuvring studies requested by a Spanish Port Authority. The study wi
DEME Group got listed today on Euronext Brussels. On this important occasion, an iconic bell ringing ceremony will be held at Euronext Brussels to mark DEME’s first day of trading on the stock exchange. Commenting the latest news, Luc Vandenbulcke, CEO DEME Group, said: “The listing on Euronext Brus
A new white paper from Wetlands International, released on June 21, 2022, reveals the critical need to restore wetlands – with urgency and at scale. The report, developed in cooperation with Witteveen+Bos and Deltares, outlines a simplified methodology for quantifying the ecosystem-based carbon foo
