The concept of a test facility for innovative temporary flood defence barriers has proven so successful that within its first year the location of Flood Proof Holland in Delft, the Netherlands had to be expanded. The test facility was officially reopened on 3 July and now accommodates six stand-alon
Borets, a global leader in the engineering, manufacturing, sales and service of electric submersible pump (ESP) systems, has added several sales and marketing professionals to its Texas and Oklahoma offices. Cheri Vetter has been named business development manager in Houston; Stan Herl, U.S. sales m
Dredging work is well underway at Eyemouth Harbour with the hopper barge ‘MV Shearwater’ and dredging unit ‘Forth Reclaimer’ busy within the harbour. Mariners are advised that temporary restrictions to vessel movements may occur and they should navigate with caution in the vicinity. In particular th
Letter of Intent (LOI) for the construction of the Lomonosovskaya electrical substation project was signed on July 5, 2014 at the territory of the Bronka multifunctional sea transshipment complex. The Agreement was signed by General Director of FSUE “Rosmorport” Andrey Tarasenko, Minister of Transpo
Few days ago, on July 4th, a meeting was organised at the Delft University of Technology to mark the completion of the doctoral research conducted by Timo Schweckendiek (Deltares/Delft University of Technology), who studied ways of reducing uncertainties associated with piping. This is a process in
The Port of Tyne has appointed Paul Foster to a new post as Director of Projects with a remit to drive forward its ambitious development plans. Before joining the Port, Paul was project director for an international renewable energy business based in Manchester. His career began with 15 years’ servi
DEME’s trailing suction hopper dredger Artevelde has started its participation in the Belgian Fishing for Litter (FFL) project. The Foundation for the Development of Sustainable Fisheries SDVO, Waste Free Oceans WFO, DAB Vloot, DEME, the Directorate-General for the Environment, Ecodivers and Healthy
According to the latest announcement from Royal BAM Group, the company is expecting project losses totaling approximately €75 million. The main reasons for the losses are: Deterioration of a large civil engineering project in Germany which is one of the handful of lossmaking projects reported last y
Minister of State for Transport Baroness Kramer was in Gloucestershire, Friday 4 July, to find out how the county is rising to the challenge of recovering from winter flooding and see how government funding is helping it to be better prepared for severe weather. The minister visited the Severnside v
Royal IHC Sells Its Stake in IHC Sealing Solutions Royal IHC (IHC), the global leader in shipbuilding for the dredging and offshore industries, has reached an agreement to sell 100% of its shares in its subsidiary IHC Sealing Solutions. Sheriff Investigates Vehicle Dredged from Duluth-Superior Har
Fugro has taken delivery of the first of three Fugro Offshore Coastal Survey Vessels (FOCSV) being built by Damen. The first of a new class, the Fugro Proteus is a compact, survey ship capable of undertaking a wide range of survey, monitoring and inspection operations. The vessel is designed for a v
APSS (Port Authority of Setubal and Sesimbra) has issued a tender invitation for maintenance dredging works. The work will consist of dredging of the navigation channels and basins at the Port of Setubal. The Port of Setubal is a natural port located on the Sado Estuary that possesses natural condit
Many developing countries have no adequate tools for an efficient flood risk management. With the increasing availability of large scale datasets, and new generations of weather and flood forecasting models, tools for assessing floods risk at the large scale are currently being developed. Recently,
After taking part in a competitive tender process, CARIS announces that Le Havre in France has chosen to implement CARIS Bathy DataBASE and Spatial Fusion Enterprise for the management and distribution of their bathymetric data. The harbour of Le Havre, or Grand Port Maritime du Havre, is located in
