Royston, a specialist in diesel power sales, repair and maintenance, has completed an extensive overhaul of diesel engines on a Britannia Aggregates’ owned and operated dredger, which extracts sand and gravel from the seabed. Under the work, engineers undertook the service work on board the 100m, 3,
FSUE Rosmorport plans to test an unmanned hopper barge in 2019, Vasily Strugov, Deputy General Director of Rosmorport, said at the 2nd Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress, organized by IAA PortNews. According to Strugov, the Rabochaya barge – with a hopper of 900m³ – is under cons
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (February 18-24, 2019). USACE Kicks Off Ocean City Inlet Navigation Improvement Project USACE, Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Worcester County signed a Project Partnership Agreement last week to star
A two-day exhibition will be held next week to show residents the progress of multi-million-pound flood schemes under construction in the East Riding. Members of the public are invited to go along to the drop-in event which will be held at East Riding Leisure Haltemprice, Springfield Way, Anlaby, on
Van Oord, working as part of Team Van Oord, has signed the contract for the Bacton to Walcott Coastal Management (Sandscaping) Scheme. The project is awarded by North Norfolk District Council and execution will start in April this year. The significant project milestones include the decommissioning
FSUE Rosmorport General Director, Andrey Lavrishchev, has delivered an interesting presentation about the company’s plans for 2019 during the recent 2nd Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging Congress in Moscow. On the first day of the congress (Feb 20), Andrei Lavrishchev gave a speech title
Jackson is currently undertaking a project to re-build a significant section of Clacton Sea Wall for Tendring District Council. This project involves stabilizing the slope to 430 meter of frontage and access ramp along the seafront of Clacton and Holland-on-Sea located on the Essex coastline. The £3
The dredging market will record a modest 2.7% CAGR between the forecast 2017 and 2022, according to a new Fact.MR study. While dredging seeks extensive application across various areas ranging from trade activity to coastal protection, revenues from dredging activities in urban development will incr
The Port of Tilbury received development consent from the Secretary of State for Transport yesterday to build Tilbury2 – a new multi million pound port terminal adjacent to the current 930 acre site in Thurrock, on the outskirts of Greater London. With construction scheduled to start in a matter of
The Dinish Wharf extension scheme, located on Dinish Island, Castletownbere and undertaken by L&M Keating Ltd., is moving forward. In addition to doubling of the Dinish Island facility through the provision of 216 meters of extra landing berth, the project will deliver approximately 2.2 acres of hig
A contract between Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld (DSHa) and Herman Sr. BV for the building of the first diesel-electric Damen Shoalbuster 3514 SD DP2 was inked on January 25, 2019. According to Damen, “the Shoalbuster 3514 SD (shallow draft) DP2 (dynamic positioning 2) will be the first of a new Shoal
Everyone who is interested or curious about a career in the maritime, offshore and energy sector can register for free as of February 19th to visit the Navingo Career Event on 23 May 2019. At the Navingo Career Event career and development in this innovative sector come together. Visitors meet leadi
International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is hosting its annual Young Management Program this week in Madrid, Spain. The Young Management Program is held for the thirteenth time in cooperation with the The London School of Economics and Political Science – LSE. A group of 30 participant
Royal Smals, a Dutch company involved in hydraulic and civil-engineering works, has just released a video about their work in the Lichtenau area in Germany. The project, undertaken for the client Joos Umwelttechnik GmbH, included dredging of a significant amount of sand, gravel and clay from a forme
