Syndicat Mixte du Port de Dieppe has invited bidders for the Dieppe area dredging projects. This development program will include maintenance dredging of quay approaches and river channels in order to maintain the depths of the Ports of Dieppe, Tréport, Fécamp, Caen and Ouistreham, with depositing o
By Government of Russia Decree dated 04. 07. 2013 No. 1128-r the seaport of Sabetta located in the Yamal and Nenets Autonomous District on the coast of the Ob Mouth of Kara Sea was opened for foreign vessels. Sabetta is the seaport, where FSUE “Rosmorport” is implementing a project for the construct
Stone Harbor Beach Project Passes Halfway Mark (USA) Stone Harbor’s massive reconstruction of its entire beachfront is more than 50 percent complete and could finish at the end of July. Layer of Stones to Protect Connection Cables at Danish Offshore Wind Farm On Wednesday 19 June 2013 around noon,
VIDEO: Land Reclamation in Singapore from 1984 to 2012 A large-scale of land reclamation has been undertaken in different parts of Singapore since the 1960s. Indofin Group Acquires Majority Stake in IHC Merwede (The Netherlands) Indofin Group, the investment company, owned by the De Bruin family,
The Broads Authority has transformed its dockyard on the River Yare with a new state-of-the art workshop and offices which will help maintain the Broads for generations of visitors to come. The £680,000 development, which was opened by Eastern Daily Press editor Nigel Pickover, is now the hub of the
Under Secretary of State for Transport, Stephen Hammond, has visited Teesport the North East based port, owned and operated by PD Ports. As well as visiting the operations on the ground, Mr Hammond took a harbour launch trip to see the port from the River Tees. PD Ports has invested almost £17m in i
In the last two weeks the TOC ship delivery crew has prepared the trailing suction hopper dredger Pays de Loire for a ship delivery voyage. The crew started the preparations for the departure from a ‘hot lay-up’. The captain and crew took care of all the technical and nautical issues and prepared th
The European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association (SEA Europe) has announced that IHC Merwede’s President, Govert Hamers, will succeed Lars Gorvell-Dahll as Chairman in October 2013. Mr Gorvell-Dahll’s will step down midway through his tenure to become the Managing Director of the maritime arm o
Cornwall Council has been asked by the Department for Transport to submit plans for the development of proposals at both St Marys, Scilly and Penzance harbours to preserve and enhance the sea link between the two ports. The schemes involve the development and extension of the quay at St Marys and ca
Waterford County Council has invited bidders to submit their offers for the Dungarvan Harbour dredging project. The works include dredging and disposal of approx. 8,000 m3 of non-rock material (deposited silts, sands, gravels and cobbles) from the mentioned area. This deepening program has been init
MMT has in cooperation with Kongsberg Maritime AS, developed a new EM2040 Multibeam model for high-resolution surveys. This new model is specially designed for mapping in high speed and will deliver higher resolution and accurate survey data to the market. The new model enhances the already leading
CEDA has added online seminars to its palette of platforms to exchange knowledge and best practice experience. The first CEDA Webinar took place on 23rd of April at 3:00 pm, Europe Summer Time (Brussels). The impacts of underwater sound on aquatic life have become a very important environmental issu
The contractors wrapped up the Seahouses Harbour dredging program last week. This very important cleanup project, funded by North Sunderland Harbour Commissioners, will ensure that this area remains navigable for fishing and leisure boats, reports berwick-advertiser.co.uk. Regarding the Seahouses dr
Rene Kolman, IADC’s Secretary General, held a presentation named “Greener Dredging” at the IAPH Conference, which was held on 21-24 May 2012, in Jerusalem, Israel. “Dredging is green and is getting greener and greener. In this presentation I will emphasise the fact that my member companies are alrea
