Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) held the keel laying ceremony for new medium-class hopper dredger Donnelly at its Allanton shipyard yesterday. In 2023, ESG was contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to design and construct the new hopper dredger for the Department of Defense. “We’ve built m
Rohde Nielsen recently carried out the biennial beach nourishment at Nordfyn, Denmark for Nordfyn Coastal Protection, Dike and Pumping Association. Under the project, a total of 80,000 m³ of sand was pumped onto the beach using an underwater pipeline, distributed across four stretches around Fuglsan
Van Oord’s Spanish subsidiary, Dravo S.A., has signed a contract with the Portuguese Environment Agency (APA) for an important coastal protection and beach nourishment project along the Portuguese coastline. According to Van Oord, this initiative aims to restore and reinforce one of Portugal’s most
Dredging operations on the ‘Sea Reach to Thames Estuary’ area will begin in the following days. Port of London Authority said that “commencing on January 19, dredging and associated survey operations will be carried out within the Port of London and approaches.” The licensed dumping (spoil) grounds
NMDC Group has entered the European market for the first time after its infrastructure arm ‘NMDC infra’ agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Lantania Aguas from Spain. According to an official announcement, the Abu Dhabi-listed engineering and dredging company will take a 51% share in the desali
The 600 meter cordon around Exmouth Marina has been lifted, and dispersed residents have been able to return home, some for the first time in two nights. The unexploded Second World War bomb, dredged out of the water earlier this week, was towed at hightide this morning to a location off the coast a
A World War Two bomb dredged from Exmouth Marina was taken for detonation during high tide, at around 4:40am this morning. The device was uncovered during routine dredging operations on Wednesday and prompted an immediate, coordinated multi-agency response. Bomb disposal experts from the military to
East Devon District Council said that a temporary 400m cordon has been put in place near Exmouth Marina following the discovery of a suspected unexploded ordnance, which was dredged out of the water earlier yesterday. “Homes within the cordon are being evacuated and affected residents are being enco
VERBUND, Austria’s energy company and one of Europe’s largest hydropower producers, has selected the Watermaster Classic V eco-dredger for waterway and hydropower infrastructure maintenance work. VERBUND operates a wide network of hydropower plants, dams and water infrastructure across Austria that
Royal IHC launched the Tomaszow, an electric cutter suction dredger (CSD), for Quarzwerke GmbH yesterday. “This electric mining dredger is a tailored solution built on our proven Beaver 65 platform,” Royal IHC said. According to the Dutch company, the CSD will have two Cutterspecial® pumps in series
Jan De Nul’s 6,000 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Ortelius, measuring 111.7 meters in length and 24.6 meters in beam, is undergoing comprehensive repair and maintenance at Slipway No. II of the Argentine Naval Industrial Complex – Tandanor. According to Tandanor, this work is being carrie
DEME won a contract last month to help prepare Naples for the legendary America’s Cup sailing competition. The 2027 America’s Cup will be held in Italy for the first time. At the end of December 2025, it was announced that five founding teams have “united to unleash the potential of the America’s Cu
Santander Port Authority (APS) has kicked off the 2026 dredging campaign on the navigation channel from Punta Rabiosa to Somo. According to APS, this is the second of five interventions planned until 2030, following the initial campaign in December. The works, carried out by CIOMAR S.L. for EUR 1.68
A lengthy section of the River Parrett is about to be dredged in the following days as part of a wider maintenance program funded by the Somerset Rivers Authority. “New year, similar dredging: throughout most of January 2026, there’ll be River Parrett dredging between Burrowbridge and Northmoor, wit
