One of Royal HaskoningDHV’s leading experts on ports and dredging will speak at this week’s conference, ‘Port Strategy: Maximising Your Port’s Potential Through Infrastructure Solutions’. The event will explore how to upgrade existing port infrastructure and deliver new developments to maximize a po
The Second International Forum of Dredging Companies was held with great success last Thursday, February 19th 2015, at the St. Regis Moscow, Russia. The II Moscow Dredging Forum was organized by the “PortNews” Media-Group with FSUE Rosmorport as a General Partner and Van Oord as a General Sponsor. M
Italdraghe, the long-standing Italian dredger builder, has posted on their official facebook page a very interesting photo album. In this photo collection, named ‘Italdraghe – building dredgers for over sixty years’, they showed some remarkable moments from their history. The photo below is the olde
Utilizing the national capability of the Water and Environment Management (WEM) Framework, the Environment Agency have appointed VBA (an alliance of VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins) to deliver a program of works at the Albert Dock along the Humber in Hull. The project forms part of the
Environmental Sediments Treatment (EST), one of the winners of the Crisalide 2014 Innovation Competition, has developed a new dredging process. They have invented the first dredging robot, which can meet the dredging needs of lakes, ponds and dams. Environmental Sediments Treatment has also released
The EU’s TEN-T Programme will invest nearly €550,000 in a design and safety study to welcome ultra-large container ships in the Port of Dunkirk in northern France. Ultra-large (about 400m long) container ships, becoming increasingly popular for goods transportation, often require adaptation of the m
The Broads Authority has taken charge of a second new mud wherry as part of a ten year strategy to replace old equipment. Named Gleaner after an old timber sailing wherry that carried cargo into Norwich, the new wherry has been built to a bespoke design by local naval architect Andrew Wolstenholme t
Nearly 70 people attended a local event on Thursday, 19 February 2015, at Saffron Walden Town Hall to find out about work being undertaken by the Environment Agency and the risks of flooding in Saffron Walden. Liz Taylor, Flood Risk Advisor for the Environment Agency, said: “We were really pleased t
The all-conquering Medmerry Managed Realignment Scheme has begun 2015 in the same vein as it ended 2014 – in the frame for a clutch of prestigious industry awards. During 2014, the scheme, which was delivered by Team Van Oord on behalf of the Environment Agency, scooped no fewer than a remarkable 13
The Environment Agency together with its contractors today began working on annual maintenance of the shingle embankment and beach between Snettisham and Hunstanton. The work, which helps protect people and 2,935 properties from tidal flooding, is expected to take 3 weeks. The embankment is a ‘soft’
Nautilus Minerals Inc. has announced that the commissioning and Factory Acceptance Testing of its third and final Seafloor Production Tool, the Auxiliary Cutter, has started at Soil Machine Dynamics’ facility at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Nautilus’ CEO, Mike Johnston said: “We are very excited that th
ACI’s European Dredging Summit 2015 (7th and 8th October, Antwerp, Belgium) will be focused on discussing the essential dredging strategies and environmental monitoring for project approval. This meeting will provide a global analysis of dredging projects, environmental regulation and essential reco
Last Thursday, after a year and half of construction, Dutch – Danish consortium Ballast Nedam – Rohde Nielsen completed reinforcement project along the Dutch coast in Katwijk. The Netherlands is situated largely below sea level. Protection against water is therefore important. Part of Katwijk’s coas
Coastal development pressures are seen as the major threat to Mediterranean coastal zones, according to a survey conducted by the EU-funded Mare Nostrum Project among 43 environmental organizations in 11 countries. Of the NGOs participating in the survey, 93 percent cited development pressures as th
