Pronomar has announced an order from Van Oord, a leading international contractor in dredging, marine engineering and offshore projects with respect to oil, gas and wind. Van Oord asked Pronomar to supply and install their innovative Pronomar-MERUS rings on-board their Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge
People and vessels. These are the driving forces behind Jan De Nul Group. Thanks to skilled employees and the ultramodern fleet, Jan De Nul Group ranks at the top of the international dredging industry as well as being one of the largest civil engineering and environmental contractors. https://www.y
Work has recently been completed on a pre-dredge multibeam survey onbehalf of BAM Nuttall in Stromness Harbour, Orkney. The £9.2m Copland’s Dock development will see construction of a new 100-metre pier and associated access road in Stromness. Due to the shoaling nature of the site the survey equipm
Deep sea and high depth dredging: that’s the new emerging trend in the dredging market and Dragflow is a world leader in this field, thanks to its decennal experience, combined with a never ending Research&Development. In order to answer to the most demanding customers requests, Dragflow extends its
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XX, in a ceremony on 2 February 2013 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. It is building the innovative vessel for Dredging Corporation of India Ltd (DCI). The ceremony was pe
The Komatsu Hybrid HB215LC-1 hydraulic excavator will be showcased at Bauma 2013. It is now available in Europe and worldwide, with more than 1900 Komatsu hybrid excavators owned by customers and millions hours of field operation logged in. With an operating weight of 21.220 kg and bucket sizes rang
In July 2011, DEME’s new trailing suction hopper dredger “Congo River” was christened in Zwijndrecht (Belgium). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J89adoBGQCo This is the official video for the name giving ceremony. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, February 1, 2013
In November 2012, DEME’s new cutter suction dredger “Amazone” was christened in Singapore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4aoI_uY8Q0 This is the official video for the name giving ceremony. [mappress] Dredging Today Staff, January 31, 2013
IHC Beaver Dredgers, the world’s market leader for standard cutter suction dredgers, is continuing to deliver workboats to complement its dredging vessels. Now for instance, the company has supplied another Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1050 to support an IHC Beaver® 1200 for its operations in Nigeria. Th
At the Bauma show in Munich from 15 to 21 April 2013, Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH will be presenting engines fit for future emissions regulations EU Stage IV and U.S. EPA Tier 4 final. On display at booth 211/310 in Hall A4 of the world’s biggest trade show for construction machinery,
In the first half of January 2013, a joint venture between Koole and Roegiers, removed the 82 metre long steamship Henri Durré from the river Scheldt in the harbour of Antwerp. Having both, the necessary equipment and experience in wreck-removal the companies Koole and Roegiers combined forces to ca
Employees of PusAir, the Indonesian knowledge and research institute for water management, paid a visit to Deltares between 14 and 18 January in order to learn more about Dutch coastal modelling methods and examine the opportunities for exchanging knowledge. PusAir is keen to find out more about coa
Associated British Ports (ABP) has recently awarded Boskalis Westminster the contract to widen and deepen a critical part of the access channel to the container terminal operated by DP World Southampton. This follows the announcement in December 2012 that the Marine Management Organisation had issue
The DEME Group presents an overview of the most important projects it was involved in 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ScUzos_1JA The DEME has managed to keep a finger on the pulse in numerous projects and activities all over the world, from dredging and land reclamation to renewable energy an
