At the beginning of June, the Budgetary Committee of the German Federal Parliament allocated EUR 265 million for the widening of the Eastern section of the Kiel Canal. In April, the committee had already approved EUR 485 million for construction of a fifth lock in Brunsbüttel. To speed up the remain
Van Oord, a leading international contractor specialising in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects, has reached an agreement in principle on the acquisition of UK specialist marine civil contractor J.T. Mackley & Co Ltd. This acquisition will strengthen Van Oord’s leading position on th
The future of delta cities such as Jakarta, Bangkok and Tokio is threatened by sea-level rise, but even more by land subsidence of up to several metres a century. Raising dikes fails to solve the underlying problem: falling groundwater levels. The only sustainable remedy is to combine urban function
Decom North Sea (DNS), the oil and gas decommissioning forum, will host a lunch and learn event to give supply chain companies the opportunity to learn more about a variety of pertinent topics; from crisis communications, to the new developments at Aberdeen harbour. The event will take place on Tues
UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, has visited the construction site of the major expansion project currently underway at the Port of Liverpool, which is being developed by Peel Ports, one of the UK’s largest port groups. The £300 million Liverpool2 investment program will create the most central dee
Rohr Sand und Kies, based in Waldsee near Speyer in Germany, received their second fully electric driven ISD300 from IDRECO BV. Two years ago Rohr bought their first deep dredger from IDRECO for their plant in Bensheim. After one year of working with the new IDRECO deep suction dredger, the decision
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. said that 75.12 percent of the shareholders have elected a stock dividend distributed in the form of ordinary shares. As a result, 2,672,757 new ordinary shares will be issued today. The admission of these shares to trading on Euronext Amsterdam is required under the
The Netherlands and Myanmar are making good progress in cooperation in the field of water management, Dutch minister Schultz van Haegen of Infrastructure and the Environment said during her visit to Myanmar. Dutch minister Schultz van Haegen and Myanmar’s Vice President U Nyan Tunthe, attended the s
The body of the woman who fell from a yacht when it collided with a dredger has been found. A dive team from Norfolk Fire Service has been diving approximately 5 nautical miles out to sea in the location where a yacht sank. The woman’s body has been taken ashore and a post mortem examination [&helli
PROGROUPE sediment removal company has introduced new animation to explain how their technology works in practice. The short video shows dredging process using a floating suctions dredger and dewatering process of dredged sediment through a decanter centrifuge. This technology is designed for small
A public meeting about the River Thames will take place at Erith Yacht Club, Anchor Bay Wharf, Manor Road, Erith, Kent, DA8 2AD on Wednesday 18 June 2014 at 6.30pm. This meeting will be an opportunity to put questions and issues about the Thames direct to senior staff from the Port of London Authori
The coastguard is searching for a missing person after a yacht and dredger collided one mile off Felixstowe, announced MCA Press Office. One person on board was pulled to safety but another person is unaccounted for. The Felixstowe Coastguard Rescue Team, two lifeboats from Harwich, two pilot boats,
HR Wallingford, Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) scheduled their training course named “Environmental Aspects of Dredging” for 18-19 June 2014, in Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. This two day training course will cover the sco
Boskalis Bags USD 95 Mln Worth of Contracts in UK and Sweden Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired two contracts in the United Kingdom and Sweden. Brazil Needs Assistance for $1.5 Bln Dredging and Seaport Improvements Brazil asked for assistance from U.S. and foreign companies to
