More than 30,000 tonnes of silt will be removed from Weston’s Marine Lake this week with a summer reopening on the horizon, said the North Somerset Council. The Council was given the go-ahead to begin dredging the lake on Thursday, March 17. “Dredging work will start this week and will take about tw
HAL Holding has announced an intended all-cash voluntary public offer of €32.50 per ordinary share for all issued ordinary shares in the capital of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. HAL has been a shareholder of Boskalis since 1989 and currently holds 46.2 per cent of the issued Boskalis shares. The o
Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has broken its own record for the most containers handled on a single ship for the third time in two months. The latest benchmark was set when a total of 27,961 TEU (standard containers) were handled on the MSC AMELIA which sailed from the port on March 8, 2022. Co
Van Oord’s newest trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vox Amalia is currently working on the Fehmarn Belt project. It is constructing what will become the world’s longest immersed road and rail tunnel, running between Denmark and Germany. The project involves dredging an 18-kilometre-long tunnel
Despite COVID-19-related restrictions, Boskalis concluded 2021 with a strong increase in revenue. Net profit was EUR 151 million, where a year ago there was a net loss of EUR 97 million. There were no exceptional gains or losses in 2021, said the company. In the Dredging & Inland Infra segment, reve
In close collaboration with IADC, the Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) recently published the second edition of the Form of Contract for Dredging and Reclamation Works – also known as the FIDIC Blue Book. Currently available in eight languages, the FIDIC Blue Book has a simp
Ahmed Abd El Hameed, Project Engineer at DEME Group, yesterday released this beautiful photo from the largest ever dredging and land reclamation project in DEME’s history – the Abu Qir Port in Egypt. According to DEME, this project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land. It also invo
Drilling work as part of investigations to develop proposals for a ‘Pool Marina’ in St Peter Port harbour is due to start this week and will continue for the next 23 days assuming no weather delays. The tug support vessel and jack-up barge arrived at St Peter Port on March 3, 2022. The jack up [&hel
The Port of Thessaloniki plans to increase its container handling capabilities through the €150 million “Expansion of the Marine Works Infrastructure of Pier 6” contract. This capital development project was awarded to a joint venture of the companies Mytilineos SA, Rover Maritime SL and HDK SA. The
A couple of days ago, Land & Water CEO James Maclean visited the Land & Water team currently working on the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal. On behalf of the Canal & River Trust, Land & Water is undertaking dredging works to maintain and enhance the waterway for years to come. “The project team ha
A consortium led by Etermar – Engenharia e Construção, S.A. has won a contract for repairing the breakwater and adjacent infrastructure of the commercial Port of Ponta Delgada in the Azores. The joint venture also involves their partners Tecnovia Açores, Marques S.A. and Teixeira Duarte – Engenharia
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) recently published new edition of Terra et Aqua magazine covering the latest trends and developments in the sector. The winter issue includes the winners of IADC’s Safety Awards 2021, as well as articles on the responsible project: a view on
The coastal reinforcement works at the Romanian seaside resort of Eforie are in full swing now, Van Oord said. “We are searching for an effective way to rehabilitate seagrass in Eforie,” the company said in their latest announcement. Together with the University of Groningen and The Fieldwork Compan
The Southend-on-Sea Borough Council cabinet is discussing the submission of an outline business case for the innovative Catchment to Coast project. The business case is due to be submitted to DEFRA by the Catchment to Coast Partnership, and seeks to confirm a further £5.464m of funding up to March 2
