DEME and The Oyster Restoration Company have joined forces to deliver EuroReefs, a large-scale offshore project to restore native European flat oyster reefs in the Belgian North Sea. Last week, 1,800 natural and biodegradable clay bricks, carrying more than one million European flat oyster spat, wer
The U.S. Embassy in Georgia said today that the U.S. Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has signed a second loan agreement worth $25 million with PACE Group for a port development program. According to their official announcement, the financing will be used to complete the construction of the sec
Dredge Yard has just introduced a pair of their latest Drag Heads DN1100. “Engineered to withstand abrasive conditions with strength, precision, and reliability, it is built to deliver efficient performance from the very first contact with the seabed,” the company said. Dredge Yard manufactures heav
The Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan said that the dredging operations at Aktau Port will be completed by the end of 2026. According to the Ministry, the general contractor – China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) – has already completed geodetic surveys and processed the data re
Benefiting from the current good weather conditions, offshore works on the Princess Elisabeth Island are steadily progressing – the 17th caisson has been installed in the North Sea. “Each caisson installed brings us closer to completing this pioneering artificial energy island, located 45 km off the
Near Ghent, Jan De Nul is renovating a drinking water reservoir with a capacity of 6.4 billion liters. The company is carrying out this project on behalf of De Watergroep, together with its partners Aertssen Group, DEME Group and Boskalis. After 50 years, the reservoir needed a thorough renovation.
For the dike reinforcement works between Tiel and Waardenburg, Van Oord is developing a fully emission‑free construction site. The project is part of the Flood Protection Program and is considered one of the first large‑scale infrastructure projects in the Netherlands to be executed almost entirely
Waterking B.V. said that an another shipment of new pontoons is on its way to England. “This time, it’s a variant that we don’t build very often. The customer wanted a platform with the advantages of bow pieces, without having to disconnect them every time after moving the platform on the water,” th
This summer, the Tiel-Waardenburg dyke reinforcement project achieved an impressive milestone: more than 100,000 operating hours with electric equipment. From trucks and cranes to shovels and sheet piles, an average of 45 electric machines are operating on the construction site daily. This has alrea
In the Canadian Northwest Territories, a large-scale sediment clean-up project has started. The project aims to remove contaminated sediment from Mill Lake and its surroundings which were polluted by mining activities in the middle of the last century. The contractor, Sanexen Environmental Services
Weir – ESCO Division – has successfully completed and delivered two GeoVor 9G cutterheads. Two of the largest and strongest ESCO GeoVor cutterheads were successfully handed over to one of the company’s European key customers. These cutters, designed to dredge the toughest materials, will be deployed
Brisvegas Machinery, QLD, Australia, recently delivered a highly specialized Kobelco SK200-10 excavator, fitted with a Remu E22 amphibious track set, to long-standing partner Ezyquip Hire. Manufactured in Finland, the Remu E22 undercarriage transforms the Kobelco SK200-10 into a purpose-built, versa
Dragflow has just announced the newest addition to their range of electric submersible pumps — the EL30. This new model was developed in direct response to the market’s need for a pump that can maximize flow rate and head, delivering superior performance in a wide range of applications. Built with h
On the River Deben in Suffolk, in England’s East Anglia, a thriving marina called “Tidemill Yacht Harbour” provides berths to over 200 locals and visitors. The independent marina requires regular dredging as the sea and shifting shingle banks nearby continuously bring fine sediment into the port. To
