The UK government has given the go-ahead to a £1 billion project to build the world’s first tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, Wales. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has given planning consent to Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) to build the lagoon which will use the ebb and flow of the tide to genera
A major annual scheme to replenish Lincolnshire beaches has once again drawn to a successful close for 2015, reducing flood risk to thousands of homes and businesses along the coast. The Environment Agency’s flagship Lincshore scheme will reduce the risk of waves reaching and overtopping the main se
Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC has announced its plans to cut 1,100 temporary and 487 permanent jobs as a direct result of the rapidly deteriorating market. The company will close two of their four manufacturing locations, including the facility at Hardinxveld and all production work done near the comp
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is calling for abstracts to be presented at the next year’s Working in the Wet conference. This will be a great place to highlight the work undertaken in coastal/maritime/water based project to an audience of fellow maritime based professionals. The Working i
Hilal Makina, a company based in Körfez, Kocaeli (Turkey), recently completed major delivery of dredge parts to an international dredging giant. The company successfully delivered two Side Wire Guidance sets along with various spare parts and other similar equipment to be used for complex dredge sys
Mouchel’s Herne Hill & Dulwich Flood Alleviation Scheme, delivered in partnership with Southwark Council, has been shortlisted for the British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards in the Project of the Year – under £10m category. The £4.28m project involved teams from across Mouchel and was jointly de
The building of a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay has been given planning consent by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. This is the first tidal lagoon project to be examined by the Planning Inspectorate. But before the lagoon becomes a reality, it is still subject to Contract for Diff
The Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) 8th Coastal Management Conference will take place on 7-9 September 2015, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This is the first time ICE is organizing the event outside of the UK. Occurring every four years, this international conference will attract engineers, sc
At the request of the regional water board Groot Salland, an F-16 fighter aircraft of the Royal Netherlands Air Force inspected the levees of the river Vecht on 4 June. The F-16 was equipped with a RecceLite pod, using a photo camera to identify sand boils near levees as an indication of a potential
With the 2,500 m³ capacity, the Damen-built Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD), Barito Equator is the first of its kind constructed in Indonesia and also the largest Damen standard hopper dredger built to date. Last October, the launching and naming of Barito Equator took place at Indonesian shi
The latest major part of a project to improve sea defenses in Lyme Regis has been completed. Phase IV, a £19.5 million plan, has focused on protecting homes, roads and infrastructure on the eastern side of the town from coastal erosion and landslips. To mark its official opening, a ceremony will be
The long-awaited Egypt Ports and Waterways Summit, aimed to give insight into the future of the country’s maritime and trade infrastructure, began today at the Intercontinental Citystars Hotel in Cairo and will run until 11 June 2015. Sponsored by some of the leading players in dredging industry, th
The Canal and River Trust has introduced a plan to carry out a £15 million dredging scheme in the next two years as part of their £80 million 10-year dredging program. The Trust has agreed a two-year extension of the dredging contract with Land & Water to complete the increased amount of work. The p
Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes has recently been in Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Rotterdam for a scope of work which allows the vessel to operate at greater water depths in future. Stornes is a 175m long, 26.24m wide, DP2 vessel, used for subsea rock installation to protect piping. Sin
