Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced the successful completion of the Lowestoft Eastern Energy Facility (LEEF) project. The transformative £35 million infrastructure project, supported by the Town’s Fund, has officially been handed over by contractors McLaughlin & Harvey, marking a new era f
X i’an, the historic capital in the northwest of China, has been a city with abundant water resources and its development has been closely related to the superior water environment. While the city’s scale expanded, the population boomed and industrialization advanced, the flowrate of rivers and lake
The representative of the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) from the European Commission, Mr. Julian Espina, visited Italy recently to verify the completion of the works carried out under the project “Ravenna Port Hub: infrastructural works”. The works under t
MDL Marinas has just announced an extraordinary investment of £13.6 million (€16.3 million) for the 2024/25 season. “In addition to this season’s investment, we are committed to allocating a further £4.1 million by the end of March 2025. This forms part of our ambitious £40 million investment plan t
Boskalis has presented a short video of the land reclamation work being carried out in the Port of Rotterdam. Last year, the Port of Rotterdam Authority signed a contract with Boskalis for the construction of around 40 hectares of new land in the northwest corner of Prinses Alexiahaven. Beside this,
DEME has won a contract for the construction of a new offshore wind terminal at the Port of Cuxhaven in Germany. As part of a consortium, including Depenbrock Bau GmbH & Co. KG and TAGU, DEME will carry out the dredging and land reclamation operations for the new terminal, operated by Niedersachsen
Working towards the new year in relative calm is not an option for Boskalis Terramare. Two projects were recently awarded to the company’s Finland-based subsidiary. One of these projects will be carried out in Finland itself. In southern Turku, Boskalis is working on the development and construction
KSR Marine Services Private Limited has just announced the latest addition to its dredging fleet – the Royal IHC Beaver® 65 DDSP. “We have proudly named this powerful vessel KSR-X as it marks our tenth dredger, symbolizing a significant milestone in our journey,” the company said. KSR-X boasts impre
Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales, has completed a six-week dredging program on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal to improve the navigation for boaters. Taking place between 23 September and 5 November, the work saw in the region of 300 tons of sediment removed from four different locat
Finding the right Energy Management System (EMS) to support on-board electrification is one of the key challenges in the transition to electric power on dredging vessels. Demanding dredging operations present unique challenges for integrating an EMS. Royal IHC is conducting a thorough exploration of
HR Wallingford’s two-day dredging management course will take place next week on 26-27 November 2024 at their offices in Oxfordshire. The course provides an introduction to the subject of dredging and will assist those who are responsible for commissioning and managing dredging contractors, and thos
The Dutch shipbuilding company Damen and JSC Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Plant Balkan from Turkmenistan discussed a cooperation in the production of dredging vessels earlier this week. According to News Central Asia, the meeting took place on November 19 during the visit of the delegation headed by
The regional government of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia in Italy is to spend €5.8 million for dredging project in Porto Nogaro. According to Fabio Scoccimarro, the Regional Councilor for Environmental Protection, the government has allocated the sum of 5.8 million euros to restore both the access canal
In what is a first for Irish ports, Port of Waterford and Boskalis are partnering with Certa Ireland to undertake a maintenance dredging campaign using Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO).The campaign is expected to take approximately two weeks and utilising HVO, instead of Marine Gas Oil will prevent
