Minister Schultz van Haegen of Infrastructure and the Environment accompanied Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh on a tour of the Delta Works and the Maasvlakte II project last week. The two officials also discussed a declaration of intent aimed at assisting Bangladesh in its port developmen
DEME Group, a Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering company, has secured several international dredging contracts with a total contract value of 150 million euros. It concerns projects that will strongly improve the accessibility of various world ports for international shipping. Th
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. said that they have realized a good third quarter. Quarterly revenue slightly exceeded the average quarterly revenue in the first half of the year. Cumulative revenue for the past three quarters was stable compared to the same period last year when adjusted for (de)co
The Angus Council has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Arbroath Harbor Maintenance Dredging 2016. This cleanup scheme will involve removal of 12,000m³ of material from the inner and outer harbor and navigation channel. The dredged material from each activity is to be deposited at sea a
The 3rd Coastal & Maritime Mediterranean Conference, organized by Pôle Mer Méditerranée (Sea Innovation and Business Cluster) and the Centre Français du Littoral, will take place on November 25-27, in Ferrara, Italy. This three-day Mediterranean Conference comprises two days of conference work inclu
Central Dredging Association (CEDA) will be the organizer of the UK technical seminar: Delivering Connectivity – the role of dredging in major infrastructure projects. To seminar will be held at the Institution of Civil Engineers London office on Tuesday, December 1st 2015. For the technical seminar
As part of the Water and Environment Management (WEM) Framework, the Environment Agency has appointed VBA, the joint venture between VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins, to work on a £21 m flood defense scheme. Work to the tidal barrier scheme, which runs along the River Orwell in Ipswich,
The Kiasma Group, an Italian dredging pipeline manufacturer, has added a range of solar panels to its HDPE pipelines. This means that photovoltaic energy can be generated by panels fixed to the discharge lines used in the dredging industry. Kiasma describes the photovoltaic panels as flexibile and l
The knowledge development scheme – Hondsbossche Dunes project – officially started yesterday. The contract for this project was signed during the conference ‘Building the Future‘ in Utrecht by Ecoshape, the Flood Protection Program and Water Board Hollands Noorderkwartier. The aim of the project is
Delegation of the Dhaka Water Supply & Sewerage Authority (DWASA) was in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, last week to see how the Dutch are performing similar mechanical dredging methods to the ones that are used in Dhaka. The delegation, including Mr Abul Kashem, Chief Engineer DWASA, Md Nurul Islam, P
Russian mining and metallurgical company, Norilsk Nickel, is beginning reconstruction of its Murmansk Transport Division mooring facilities. According to the company, reconstruction of the second berth (over 300 meters in length) together with dredging will double the cargo flow of the facility. The
The Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation in Bogor, Indonesia, held for a week at the end of October, was organized by the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) in conjunction with Indonesian Port Corporation (IPC) Corporate University. The event was aimed to provide key staff and dec
General Director of FSUE Rosmorport, Andrey Tarasenko, recently made a visit to JSC “Krasnoye Sormovo” shipyard in Nizhniy Novgorod to inspect construction of the company’s three trailing suction hopper dredgers. At the moment, the shipyard is working on three 1000 m³ TSHDs that will be stationed at
The construction of Maasvlakte 2 has been recognized by the award of the prof. dr. ir. J.F. Agema prize, which is awarded every five years to an innovative marine engineering work that was designed or constructed by a Dutch party. This prize, the initiative of the KIVI (Royal Institute of Engineers)
