Dutch Dredgers BV has just delivered a new Eureka Silentworker 700 to one of its customers. According to the company, this marks another step forward in zero-emission support vessels for the dredging and marine sector. “Our Silentworker series is fully electric – offering powerful performance, minim
Haventus said that the dredging operations are in full swing at Ardersier Energy Transition Facility on the approach channel and inner harbor. This project is set to provide the depth of water at 12.4m CD and width of harbor needed by the vessels supporting the offshore wind industry. “Our quayside
Foyle & Marine Dredging has successfully wrapped up capital dredging works for Dawson Wam at Campbeltown, Scotland. Foyle crew was tasked with the precise and efficient removal of material to deepen the harbor basin, enabling improved access and functionality for marine traffic. Using their dredger
DEME Environnement marked 35 years of pioneering soil remediation and brownfield redevelopment in Belgium and France with a celebration in Farciennes earlier this week. The event was joined by Hugues Bayet, Olivier Vanderijst, Yves Coppieters, Thibaut de Villenfagne and Luc Vandenbulcke. “Their pres
Rick van de Wetering, Research Engineer at Royal IHC and Ph.D. candidate at Delft University of Technology, has won the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Young Author Award 2025. The Young Author Award is granted at industry-leading conferences, with 2025’s winning young authors
A crew from Groupe Merceron is dredging the access channel to the Port of Audierne. This annual campaign is essential to maintain navigability for marine traffic in the area, the Group said. The main goal of this dredging program is to mechanically remove 28,500 m³ of sand, restoring the waterway’s
In close cooperation with Royal IHC, MaraSoft has won a contract to equip a newly built dredger for an Indian client with its Marad Fleet Management system. “Last time, we shared a project from our hometown. This time, it’s one from much farther away,” said Pieter van Urk, MaraSoft owner. Marad is a
A medieval sword, found during a dredging work on a river in the Netherlands, has gone on display at a museum in Leiden. The sword was found during routine maintenance dredging at the Linschoten Estate and has been donated to the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities), according t
Royal IHC has stated that the 2024 was a significant ‘turning point’ for the company after years of financial uncertainty. The positive results of the strategic review and restructuring in 2023 have created the foundation for further growth, IHC said in the release. Revenue increased with 40% in 202
Damen has successfully delivered a new Shoalbuster 2711 WID (Water Injection Dredger) to UK Dredging, a subsidiary of Associated British Ports. The Shoalbuster 2711 WID was designed specifically for UK Dredging as a multipurpose dredging and support vessel. It will be used for surveys, buoy handling
Royal IHC recently presented the new American Beaver Standard 24/27” cutter suction dredge (CSD). With a proven track record, the Beaver dredger is well known for its construction, reliability and performance, resulting in the best value for money. Key enhancements of the new American Beaver: With t
Russia’s Ust-Luga Port has completed another infrastructure project – reconstruction of the Ultramar marine terminal (phase 3.2). During the works, the seafloor near berth No. 1b was deepened up to -17.2 meters. FSUE Rosmorport, acting as the client for the terminal water area reconstruction, oversa
The CEDA Technical Papers Committee is inviting interested parties to contribute to the Dredging Days conference programme and submit abstracts for presentations. The CEDA Dredging Days 2026 conference, taking place from 11-13 May at A Room with a ZOO, in the splendidly charming Antwerp ZOO, founded
Boskalis Nederland’s grab dredger Kreeft has recently concluded a very important job in Germany. Near the City of Mainz, the dredger has removed about 50,000 cubic meters of sediment that had accumulated over the past years in the Rhine. In the lower Rijn route Rheingau, sediment accumulation regula
