VolkerWessels UK group businesses VolkerFitzpatrick, VolkerStevin and VolkerGround Engineering have been named finalists in three categories of the Ground Engineering Awards 2015. Established to recognize excellence in the ground engineering industry, the Ground Engineering Awards assess technical a
With extensive experience and knowledge in dredge construction and operation, ECTMarine has developed a dredge technology that makes high performance dredging transportable and quickly operational in any situation. The dredge comes in two sizes the Quick dredge 25/170 and the Quick dredge 25/230. Th
Italdraghe, the long-standing Italian dredger builder, has posted on their official facebook page a very interesting photo album. In this photo collection, named ‘Italdraghe – building dredgers for over sixty years’, they showed some remarkable moments from their history. The photo below is the olde
Environmental Sediments Treatment (EST), one of the winners of the Crisalide 2014 Innovation Competition, has developed a new dredging process. They have invented the first dredging robot, which can meet the dredging needs of lakes, ponds and dams. Environmental Sediments Treatment has also released
The EU’s TEN-T Programme will invest nearly €550,000 in a design and safety study to welcome ultra-large container ships in the Port of Dunkirk in northern France. Ultra-large (about 400m long) container ships, becoming increasingly popular for goods transportation, often require adaptation of the m
The Broads Authority has taken charge of a second new mud wherry as part of a ten year strategy to replace old equipment. Named Gleaner after an old timber sailing wherry that carried cargo into Norwich, the new wherry has been built to a bespoke design by local naval architect Andrew Wolstenholme t
Nautilus Minerals Inc. has announced that the commissioning and Factory Acceptance Testing of its third and final Seafloor Production Tool, the Auxiliary Cutter, has started at Soil Machine Dynamics’ facility at Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Nautilus’ CEO, Mike Johnston said: “We are very excited that th
Damen Dredging Equipment (DDE), the specialist in highly efficient dredging tools within the Damen Shipyards Group, has delivered and installed a new main engine for the stationary dredger “Rezoug Youcef”. The cutter suction dredger, built by De Groot Nijkerk in 1988, has worked in an Algerian reser
Dragflow, a world player in solid pumping solutions with over 25 years of experience in manufacturing heavy duty pumps and complete dredging equipment, is continuing the development of new products addressing the changing needs of dredging industry. Just a few days ago, we interviewed one of the com
The Russian state-owned port services company, FSUE Rosmorport, will expand its dredging fleet with four new dredging vessels in the 2016-2017 period, according to Executive Director of Rosmorport Andrey Lavrischev. The CEO revealed this information today at the II International Forum of Dredging Co
Van Oord, one of the world’s leading contractors for dredging, marine engineering and offshore energy sectors, is considering the possibility of dredging the Russian rivers. The company’s branch manager for Russia, Anko Bos said today at the II International Forum of Dredging Companies that Van Oord
The City Council and the Port Authority of Trondheim in Norway have awarded its port basin rehabilitation project to Envisan, the environmental subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group. With this contract Trondheim wants to restore the port basin to its desired depth and aims at stopping the further spread of
DEME, the Belgian dredging, hydraulic engineering and environmental solutions group, has secured a number of new contracts worldwide. The total value of these orders is approximately 1.6 billion EUR. Foremost important is a Letter of Award received in Singapore. The Maritime and Port Authority of Si
It is too easy to conclude that the closure of the Haringvliet inlet is the only factor explaining the erosion pits in the Old Meuse and Dordtse Kil rivers, said Kees Sloff, a river morphologist with Deltares, at the ‘Deltawater now and later’ conference. “It would have happened anyway, albeit sligh
