From the collaboration between Dragflow (an Italian manufacturer of dredging equipment) and Gerotto Federico S.R.L. (a company specializing in the design and production of Mini Excavator robots and in work with suction excavators) a new dredging tool is born: The Bull – ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle)
The Environment Agency has just released a new economic assessment to aid planning for flooding and coastal risk management over the next 50 years. The study uses new climate change, population and mapping data to set out potential future scenarios, assessing how funding could be best allocated to m
OHL, through its specialized subsidiary SATO, has obtained a new contract for the construction of a new sea wall in the Port of Arrecife in Lanzarote, Spain. In particular, the company was awarded the €8.1 million contract for the construction of the southern outer sea wall of Naos in the Port of Ar
Work is well underway on the latest CEDA information paper on guidelines for assessing and evaluating environmental turbidity limits for dredging. The main aim of the paper is to facilitate knowledge exchange on the topic, along with an assessment of which parameters should be included in the evalua
Royal IHC said in its latest announcement that their first IHC Beaver ever built in the Middle East was officially launched today. “We are proud of our local project team in Dubai, who did a great job, together with colleagues in the Netherlands,” the Dutch based supplier of equipment, vessels and s
More than year and a half after the contract was awarded, Europe’s first conversion of a dredger to dual-fuel capability combining LNG and MGO is close to completion. Yesterday, February 26, a technical presentation on the Samuel de Champlain project took place at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque to an in
Neptune Marine has won an order from Danish salvage and towage company DBB Salvage for two multi-purpose workboats. Neptune Marine will construct the boats at its facility in Aalst, the Netherlands, to its in-house EuroCarrier 2495 design. Delivery is scheduled for June and July 2019 and the vessels
DEME, an international group of specialized companies involved in complex marine engineering works, said in the latest release that sea trails of their newbuild 15,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Bonny River has officially started near Dawanshan Island in the South China Sea. “The techn
Van Oord has ordered the construction of two water injection dredgers (WID) at Kooiman Marine Group. “The new vessels will be multifunctional and will include systems that ensure optimal deployment. The first vessel will be commissioned in late 2020,” said Van Oord. This new generation of vessels is
FSUE Rosmorport plans to order four dredgers by 2030, Vasily Strugov, Deputy General Director of Rosmorport, said at the 2nd Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress in Moscow, organized by IAA PortNews. According to Strugov, among the vessels will be a non-self-propelled cutter suctio
Erik van der Blom, Manager Development & Innovation at Royal IHC, gave a lecture last week about the 8.400m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Scheldt River at the Dutch maritime association KNVTS’ Zeeland department. During this lecture, Erik highlighted some of the innovations on this vessel.
The participants of the 2nd Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress in Moscow – organized by PortNews Media Group – have suggested establishment of a working group for improvement of the Dredging and Health, Environment and Safety (HES) regulations. When speaking at the Congress, Andr
The Portsmouth City Council is currently conducting the repair works on the Bandstand sea defense scheme. This primary coastal defense protects historic buildings and recreational land from flooding and erosion. Norse Commercial Services Ltd. was appointed by the city council to undertake the repair
Wasa Dredging, a Finnish marine offshore and inland water construction contractor, is currently executing a small but demanding project in Sandnessjøen, Norway. For the works, Wasa has mobilized combined dredging/blasting pontoon Hector, two barges (Miika II and Dana II) and two tugboats. The scope
