The Mumbai Maersk has set a new record for the deepest draft vessel to call at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe – just four weeks after the UK’s largest container port announced the completion of a £130 million dredging project. The deepening project increased the depth of the approach channel fro
The autumn issue of IADC’s Terra et Aqua magazine is now available online. As always, Terra et Aqua talks about the dredging projects as well as the topics of safety, socio-economics, technical innovations and the environment. The autumn issue #171 includes the article ‘Integrating dredging in susta
The Port of Rotterdam Authority is working on a project that will turn part of the De Slufter dredging depot into a floating solar park. On 27 November 2023, the Port of Rotterdam Authority, Rijkswaterstaat and the Central Government Real Estate Agency will organize a market information day for part
Van Oord has been awarded three new contracts to reinforce the Romanian coast, with a combined value of approximately EUR 200 million. This time the Administratia Bazinala de Apa Dobrogea-Litoral (ABA-DL) awarded Van Oord to design and construct 6.7 km of resilient coastline for the Romanian seaside
The Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Pieter Leenknegt, presented his letter of credence to Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on October 31, 2023. At the meeting, they exchanged views on the potential dredging of the Calabar Port for more viability and revenue generation. “Ambassador Pieter Leenknegt, who
Jan De Nul Group has just released this amazing video named ‘Gdynia, improving the port’s accessibility with an diverse dredging fleet’. In northern Poland along the Baltic Sea lies Gdynia. Historically a small fishing village, but this changed in the 1920s. Eager to take the region to a higher econ
DEME has announced the winning of several capital and maintenance dredging contracts in India, the Maldives and Malaysia. At Kakinada Port in India, where DEME has frequently been performing dredging works, the newly awarded scope includes deepening of the existing berths, turning circle and the inn
The first of Damen new Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) series – a CSD600 – is currently in the final testing and optimization phase. Released at the start of the century, the original CSD series brought the Damen philosophy of standardization to dredging. The CSDs enjoyed enormous success in the market
Earlier this year, Damen Shipyards received an order for four complete dredge packages to be installed in trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) currently under construction in Mexico. The identical TSHDs will be fitted out with dredge packages including the trailing pipe, a dredge pump, and vario
During this week, the Port of Waterford will conduct a maintenance dredging campaign. The work is set to be carried out at three locations along Waterford estuary. The Cypriot flagged trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Freeway, will conduct dredging operations in the vicinity of Belview – which
In a prior information notice (PIN) published on 31 October, Associated British Ports (ABP) said that they are looking to appoint a lead contractor or consortium to undertake the construction of the Immingham Green Energy Terminal (IGET) and associated marine infrastructure works. The estimated valu
Royal IHC has just released the annual report for 2022 providing an overview of the past activities and achievements undertaken throughout the year. According to the company, IHC is, and remains, an important player in the Dutch maritime manufacturing industry through its expertise of complex custom
Pentair Fairbanks Nijhuis supplied a Split Case pump type Venus1-300,410 (1100 m3/h @ 85 mlc and 2200 m3/h @ 43 mlc) for a dredging company in Cameroon recently. The pump housing is cast iron and the impeller is aluminum bronze. According to Pentair, the pump was inspected and approved by an externa
Boskalis has just announced the completion of the dredging works for the new inland harbor along the Upper Rhine near Spijk in the Netherlands. For this project, Boskalis dredged 2.3 million cubic meters of sand, utilizing an electric suction dredger and crane barges. Unique to the project is not on
