The upcoming project timeline for works on the Bude Canal has been confirmed by Cornwall Council. The local authority said that they plan to start its program to dredge the canal on Monday, November 6. The overall dredging operation is expected to complete by the end of January 24, however the exact
The Canal & River Trust has recommenced the program of dredging at Gloucester’s historic docks to increase the depth of the water and improve access for boaters at the UK’s most inland port. This year two dredging projects have already removed 20,000 cubic meters of silt from the docks. The silt bui
Boskalis and Royal IHC have signed a contract for the construction of a state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredger. The award of the contract follows an extensive design phase. The vessel will have a hopper capacity of 31,000 m3 and will be built at the IHC yard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the
Jan De Nul’s cutter suction dredger (CSD) Fernão de Magalhães is currently very busy in Morocco, deepening the Port of Safi. The expansion of the Safi industrial port is a major infrastructure project in Morocco and part of the national port strategy for 2030. This project aims to support the develo
ML (UK) Dredging Ltd is about to begin another maintenance dredging project in the Portsmouth Harbor area. The company will dredge northern area of Royal Clarence Yard on the western side of the Harbor on behalf of the Portsmouth Off Shore Group. The ML vessel conducting this task will be IHC delta
The Port of Hamburg Authority has just released a video that shows the work it has to do to keep the port dredged enough to maintain operations. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the hopper dredger Kaishuu is on the move to permanently remove excess sediment from the Port of Hamburg.
A dredging program at the WD Close Carville Port facility was completed recently by UK Dredging and the Orca. The process of dredging involves clearing the bed of a quay, or any other body of water in order to prepare the area for underwater construction projects. “The Orca cleared the quay of debri
The dredging operations at Deganwy Marina are set to begin on November 1, North Wales Cruising Club said. This dredging program will be underway for two months. Deganwy is situated on the North Wales coast, at the mouth of the River Conwy where siltation is a major problem. The marina is inundated e
The DEME Group’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Nile River is currently working on the greenfield FSRU-based LNG terminal project in the Port of Ravenna. The dredging program aims to develop the necessary port infrastructure to handle larger vessels of 75,000 dwt and containerships of up to
The 2022 edition of Dredging in Figures, an annual review of the global open dredging market by the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is now available. After two challenging years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the working environment returned more or less to business as usual. W
Off the coast of Dubai in the United Arabic Emirates Royal HaskoningDHV has helped create 300 artificial islands varying in size from 2.3 to 8.4 hectares. The key challenge is reshaping the Dubai Coastline and creating new islands from first sketch up to build, construct and realization – all while
MT Højgaard Danmark, a business unit of MT Højgaard Holding, has won a turnkey contract for the continued expansion of the Port of Rønne. The contract includes the two next phases of the work to future-proof the harbor, allowing the Port of Rønne to increasingly fulfil its obligations as Bornholm’s
Another multifunctional dredger from the Italdraghe fleet was commissioned and launched in Italy recently. “The self-propelled multipurpose dredger was specifically designed by our highly-qualified technical team for Montecorice City Council for the protection of the marine environment and for the m
The last decade witnessed an increasing level of attention to sustainability and sustainable development across all sectors all over the world, including the dredging industry. Also, the dredging industry has vital roles in the global sustainability transition and the dredging community has to work
