Part of the beauty of the IADC Seminar is getting out of the classroom and into the field. “We are delighted that Boskalis, one of the world’s largest dredging companies, has invited us to visit their dredging site at the Porto do Açu. Most likely the cutter Cyrus II and the hopper Barent Zanen will
The Eureka suction dredgers are used for sand mining purposes. This cutter dredger has a 40ft High Cube Container as body and this body is built above the water table. The 40ft container is used as a engine room, above the engine room is the control room situated. This content is available after acc
To optimise the chances of the successful completion of a dredging or reclamation project, all contracting parties should – from the start – fully understand the requirements of the project. With this mission in mind, the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) launched its now well-
Certain low-risk, small-scale developments in the marine area will soon be exempted from licensing under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order 2013 comes into force from 6 April 2013 so activities including sediment and other scientific
Infrastructural bottlenecks in port hinterland traffic are becoming increasingly acute, irrespective of the mode of transport, and are fuelling growing alarm among all the players involved. Such was the universal feeling at the parliamentary evening in Berlin organized by Port of Hamburg Marketing a
Several projects have been awarded to Jan De Nul Group: a reclamation project in Indonesia, a capital dredging project in Russia and an offshore project in Australia. In Indonesia an offshore island will be reclaimed. These works are a part of a large scale reclamation development north of Jakarta,
DeepOcean UK, Ltd, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, today announced that the Company has entered into a long term charter of the Havila Phoenix. The vessel, equipped with 250 Tonne Crane, will be lengthened by 15 metres prior to delivery in Q1 2014 to 125m length by 23m beam. Two state of
This video shows the newly developed Monitor Gun, designed by HollandMT Dredge Parts BV, operating on the TSHD “St. Pierre”. This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Youtube. Holland Marine Technologies BV is an engineering & supply company serving intern
Software users, developers and modellers in the field of water quality and ecology were given access last week to the source code of the Deltares software module DELWAQ. This was another major step forward with the Deltares open source policy, two years after it opened up the Delft3D package (for th
Red7Marine were recently contracted by Centrica to trial SeaVex Excavation equipment on certain areas of Lincs Wind farm, charetring and operating from the DP2 Loch Roag vessel. The project was to initially gauge what areas could be trenched to certain depths in extreme soil conditions ranging from
USA: Officials Introduce Dredging Plan for Rockaway Beach The US Army Corps of Engineers, New York District intends to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for dredging of Rockaway Beach and Coney Island. Boskalis Wins Dredging Contracts in Australia and Vietnam Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Bosk
Having reviewed the State Audit Office report, the FPRA have come to the conclusion that previous FPRA objections highlighting three main aspects, defined as incompliant with the legal enactments by the report, were not taken into account. According to the State Audit Office report, the FPRA impleme
Indian companies will begin to use HDPE pipes and Rubber Hose OD 560, producted by KIASMA SRL, an Italian company. During the dredging operations, with the KFC Turbulent motion inside the pipes, this technology is sparing 7% of diesel pump discharge, saving energy by 7%, saving the cost of maintenan
The winter seems has extended its departure day from Brussels, and so did the WODCON early bird rate. The organisers are seeing a very positive response from delegates registering for the Congress and they have decided to give the opportunity to more delegates to join this major event at the early b
