The Lincshore beach renourishment works, undertaken by Team Van Oord in 2015 and 2016 on behalf of the Environment Agency, were showcased recently at an annual gathering of Europe’s coastal engineers. Around 80 delegates who attended ‘KRING 2016’ made a site visit to Project Lincshore as part of the
The Marine Group has recently increased their marine service offering with the purchase of a Water Injection Dredger. New vessel is particularly versatile and is capable of dredging in areas out of reach for many larger dredgers. The purchase of the dredger is part of the company’s ongoing investmen
An oil spill occurred yesterday morning, October 6th, at the coast of Hanhikivi Headland while Terramare Ltd. was conducting hydraulic construction work. The company was performing dredging operations in the area when the bottom of the barge hit the ocean floor causing the oil spill. Approximately 3
Fiqran International Trading Ltd, a private sector joint venture between the UAE and Bangladesh, plans to purchase three dredgers from the Dutch dredger builder Royal IHC, according to The Financial Express (FE). Two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) earlier this week in Chittagon
The Environment Agency is inviting local residents and businesses to discuss plans to help reduce the risk of flooding in Leekbrook area. The area is at risk of flooding from the River Churnet and Leek Brook which responds very quickly to heavy or excessive rainfall, often without warning. EA is in
A series of public drop in sessions are to be held to update communities on the development of the River Medway flood alleviation schemes, a multi-million pound project to reduce the risk of flooding. The project is being delivered in partnership between the Environment Agency, Kent County Council,
Data buoy manufacturers Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) have recently supplied 8 buoy platforms to Jan De Nul Group. The robust 1.2m buoys will be used on different dredging or renewables projects as platforms for environmental monitoring. Each buoy incorporates a variety of sensors from d
CEDA’s next event on the Iberian Peninsula, a one-and-a-half-day conference, will take place on 27-28 October 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal. Co-organizer, the Portuguese Engineers Association (OE), will host the event at its premises in the center of Lisbon. Within the central theme ‘Dredging for Sustain
Keller, a German manufacturer of special gearboxes, recently delivered their gearing systems for 2 inboard pumps and an underwater pump to Tianjin Dredging Corporation (TDC). In addition to these gearing systems, the contract also involved a cutter-head gearbox with a nominal engine power of 5,000 k
Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard together with the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Rosmorport” today held a launching ceremony for the third 1000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Kadosh, reports IAA PortNews. The ship was named after the cape in the Black Sea, near Tuapse. The Kadosh is the last ship in
The Sunset Beach Town Council has canceled its planned community meeting to discuss shoreline management because of the threat of Hurricane Matthew, according to the Coastal Review Online. The meeting was scheduled for Saturday, October 8, and an alternate date has not been scheduled. Moffatt & Nich
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has just published their “Annual Report”, in which they present an overview of the state of affairs of the IADC and its activities in 2015. The report highlights various projects that the Association has undertaken for the year. Highlights o
WASA Dredging, a Finnish marine offshore and inland water construction company, yesterday signed a contract with the Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) – Kystverket for blasting and dredging works in Grøtøyleden, Norway. Under the contract, WASA will be deepening six different areas in the fairw
The Anaklia Development Consortium LLC and the Government of Georgia signed an investment agreement for the Anaklia Deep Sea Port Project last week. A statement released by the Prime Minister’s press office revealed that this capital port development scheme will start before the end of 2016. Accordi
