Finalists have recently been announced in two Riverprize categories for 2015 – the Morgan Foundation New Zealand Riverprize and the Thiess International Riverprize. Riverprize is the world’s most prestigious river award giving recognition to those who have developed and implemented outstanding, visi
The first test to be conducted in the new Delta Flume, a unique research facility in Delft that can generate the highest artificial waves in the world, was completed successfully last week. Approximately 5000 Basalton blocks (scale 1:1.6) were positioned on the 11-meter-high dike that was built in t
Jan De Nul Group, together with other members of the Challenge Consortium (NMDC, Boskalis and Van Oord), is putting final touches on the New Suez Canal project. By Friday, July 24th, the crews working on the new waterway will complete dredging works on the canal, after which the experimental oper
The Department of the Marine has awarded €1.5 million for dredging works and the removal of a slipway in Dingle Harbor. Dingle Harbor is situated on the South West Coast of Ireland on the northern shore of Dingle Bay. The harbor offers shelter from all weather and is the base for an active fishing f
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded the prestigious Veni grant to Bas Borsje’s Building with Nature research proposal ‘Soft and still safe’. Over the next four years, he will be teaming up with fellow experts from Deltares and Ecoshape to look at the stability of salt ma
Salix – specialized in spillway and shoreline protection, silt removal (lake desilting/dredging), wetland ecological enhancement and habitat creation schemes – was the lead designer and contractor behind the River Teme Restoration Project. During the project, the company undertook some extreme erosi
A Turkish-flag sand carrier sank earlier today after colliding with another sand coaster vessel west of the Bosphorus entrance. The accident happened around 2.30 a.m. near Riva, in the Turkish Black sea, when vessel AKEL hit another vessel, the SENGUL K, and sank shortly after the collision. Two uni
The Environment Agency is continuing work on a £15.3 million flood alleviation scheme that will reduce the risk of flooding from Salmons Brook in north London. The scheme has now been under construction since May 2013 and is progressing well. The prolonged wet winter of 2013 to 2014 delayed some pla
Following more than two years of consultation, and an ongoing feasibility study, Aberdeen Harbor has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PoAN) to Aberdeen City Council – the first stage of the formal planning application for a potential expansion of the current harbor into Nigg Bay. In order
The Canal & River Trust, entrusted with the care of 2,000 miles of waterways, reported a record year for the waterways across England and Wales with the publication of its Annual Report & Accounts for 2014/15. According to the report, a strong financial performance in 2014/15 saw income rise 10% to
Young CEDA will be hosting a session during CEDA Dredging Days 2015 conference and exhibition which will take place in the Conference Centre, Ahoy Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from 5-6 November 2015 under the theme “Innovative dredging solutions for Ports”. The Young CEDA session, which will take pla
JULONG DREDGER has successfully delivered two sets of cutter suction dredgers as well as one work boat to a customer in Astana, Kazakhstan. The two cutter suction dredgers have a pump capacity of 2000 m³/h each and dredging depth of 12m. The dredgers also come along with a series of optional equipme
MOSE (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico, Experimental Electromechanical Module) is a project intended to protect the city of Venice, Italy, and the Venetian Lagoon from flooding. The Consorzio Venezia Nuova is being responsible for the work on behalf of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transpor
After a lifetime of almost 100 years, the Northern lock in IJmuiden needs replacement. Rijkswaterstaat (the Dutch Highways and Waterways Agency) intends to award the construction of the new IJmuiden sea lock, which is located at the entrance to the North Sea Canal, to the Consortium OpenIJ. After co
