Astilleros Puerto de Balboa (ASTIBAL) completed intense repair and maintenance works on the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Bartolomeu Dias last week. ASTIBAL has just released these amazing photos of the vessel just before its departure from their facilities. “We extend our gratitude to our
Jenkins Marine has been busy lately in Great Yarmouth assisting BAM Nuttall/Farrans JV in dredging of the high spots in the river channel at Herring Bridge around the new third river crossing. The ambitious new bridge will ease traffic congestion on the town’s roads and shorten journey times, as wel
A team performing the widening of the Kiel Canal in Germany is making steady progress, with dry earth and revetment works in full swing, DEME Group said. As part of a joint venture, DEME is carrying out the works to widen a 4.2-kilometre stretch of this strategic waterway, connecting the North Sea p
Harwich Haven Authority has awarded its latest maintenance dredging contract to Boskalis Westminster. The contract will run for one year, from December 2023 to December 2024. According to the Authority, maintenance dredging is carried out approximately five times a year, to ensure that Harwich Harbo
Boskalis’ dredging crew was very busy recently in the north-west of Scotland, helping the Port of Stornoway to accelerate its port development. “An important aspect of almost all our dredging projects is that the region in which they take place seeks economic growth,” said Boskalis. An example of th
Over the years, Boskalis has been involved in maintaining and reinforcing much of the Dutch coast with a significant number of trailing suction hopper dredgers. The North Sea beaches of the Netherlands are maintained with some 12 million cubic meters of sand every year. Other countries bordering the
A consortium of Saudi Archirodon and DEME has won the second phase of transformation work for the Port of NEOM, the primary seaport of entry to northwest Saudi Arabia. Based in Oxagon, Port of NEOM is strategically located along the coast of the Red Sea and is adjacent to the nearby Suez Canal, thro
With preliminary studies, risk analyses, simulations, environmental permits and other types of preparatory work already completed, the final obstacle has now been overcome to kick-start the Skandia Gateway project. This is via approval from the EU Commission, which confirms that state funding for a
From electric cranes, bulldozers, trucks and mobile battery containers to diesel-electric inland vessels and hydrogen-powered dredging with the crane pontoon Medusa 2: in 2023, Boskalis is involved in a large number of sustainability innovations for its equipment in the Netherlands. Around the Nethe
Jan De Nul Group is working on another historic project in Brazil – deepening of the Port of Suape. According to the Ministério de Portos e Aeroportos, the last stage of dredging works for the Complexo Industrial Portuário de Suape has begun and the work is being carried out by one of the world’s la
Boskalis launched the tenth issue of its Creating New HORIZONS magazine today. The magazine features articles and videos on groundbreaking projects and activities through which Boskalis fulfils its purpose: creating and protecting prosperity and advancing the energy transition. In the magazine are t
Jenkins Marine is gearing up for another busy winter season with their dredging vessels, including backhoe dredger ‘Doreen Dorward‘ and split hopper barges ’Nab’ and ‘Needles’, already booked for the coming months. This season, the company will be performing maintenance dredging works in Poole, Sout
Envisan, the environmental subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group, has received the ‘End of Waste’ certificate from the Service Public de Wallonie (SPW-ARNE). This certificate has been granted for the physicochemical washing plant for contaminated soils at Envisan’s site in the port of Liège. The washing pl
Cosmos Van Oord, a joint venture of Cosmos Shipping and Van Oord, has won a dredging contract for the development of Port of Burgas, the biggest port in Bulgaria. According to Van Oord, the Bulgarian Port Authorities have chosen the joint venture for the combination of local maritime know-how and th
