The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) bestowed the Young Author Award 2024 to Juan Andrini, Hydraulic and Civil Engineer at Hidrovía S.A. in Argentina. IADC’s Young Author Award is given annually to “stimulate the promotion of new ideas and encourage younger men and women in the
Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Gateway was dredging ‘Down Under’ at the Port of Melbourne in Australia a couple of months ago. At the moment, the giant dredger is busy working some 10,000 nautical miles away in the North Sea. Along the Dutch coast, the Gateway is conducting pre-swe
New dredger Hydromer was successfully commissioned and tested along the south-coast of France earlier this week. The 1500 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) was built by Chantier-Piriou from Concarneau. For this project, HollandMT supplied the complete dredging system, including: Dredging tri
The christening ceremonies of two new Van Oord’s hybrid water injection dredgers (WIDs), Rijn and Rhône, and an unmanned survey vessel VO:X Barentsz took place at the company’s head office jetty in Rotterdam yesterday. The new WIDs are sister vessels of the Maas and Mersey – successfully commission
A large part of the outer, temporary dike has been removed at Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, Femern A/S said. Shortly after the tunnel portal was covered by water, Fehmarn Belt Contractors started digging away the outer, temporary dike. The temporary dike has until now shielded the construction site at the tun
Boskalis has successfully completed massive dredging and reclamation operation at K. Gulhifalhu in the Maldives. According to the Ministry of Construction and Infrastructure, Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredger Prins der Nederlanden delivered the last cubic meter of sand to complete the reclam
World Dredgers BV introduced its pioneering autonomous suction dredger in Ophhoven, Germany, earlier this week. This project is nearing completion and is expected to be finalized by the end of May 2024. Reading the maritime and dredging news, our readers may have noticed that autonomy is starting to
The first Damen Cutter Suction Dredger CSD600 departed the company’s dredging yard in Nijkerk, the Netherlands, and is now being shipped to her new owner, PT. Dua Samudera Perkasa. The new dredger was towed to the Port of Rotterdam, where it was loaded aboard a heavy lift vessel that set sail for In
The dredging operations required for the construction of the new Scheldt tunnel for the Oosterweel Connection started in the Scheldt off the Antwerp port area earlier this week. According to oosterweelverbinding.be, this involves creating a temporary navigation channel so that the vessels can safely
Ocean Scientific International Limited (OSIL) has delivered a network of 1.2m data buoys to Van Oord to monitor turbidity and dissolved oxygen levels in the location of dredging operations. A total of 9 data acquisition systems have been produced for Van Oord, and the fully integrated multi-discipli
DEME has won two contracts from Prysmian for the engineering and installation works for the IJmuiden Ver Alpha and Nederwiek 1 offshore grid systems in the Netherlands. According to DEME, this is the most extensive cabling award in the company’s history and marks their first project involving Prysmi
The classroom is ready for the Royal IHC Pumps and Slurry Transportation course, taking place April 22-25, 2024 at the IHC shipyard in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands. Next week, IHC will welcome 14 participants representing 5 companies located in 4 countries: United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Australia
A joint venture between Boskalis and Van Oord – Fehmarn Belt Contractors (FBC) – has completed the dredging work for the tunnel trench of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel between Denmark and Germany. Boskalis’ trailing suction hopper dredgers Crestway and Shoalway together with Van Oord’s trailing suction hop
Cemex Marine recently conducted an essential maintenance dredging campaign at the Port of Tilbury, keeping the berths deep enough to accommodate vessels of up to 100,000 tonnes. The Port of Tilbury is one of the UK’s largest ports and is located on the River Thames just 22 nautical miles east of cen
