Young CEDA Commission’s first meeting in the year was hosted by CEDA Corporate Member DHI in Copenhagen. Members of the Commission were welcomed by Ida Broker, Member of the CEDA Board, Klavs Bundgaard, member of the CEDA Environment Commission and Anders Jensen former CEDA President. With four new
Dredging Today brings you an overview of the most popular stories from the past week (April 18-24, 2016). Boskalis’ Shoalway Busy in Aberdeen Aberdeen Harbor Board’s annual maintenance dredging campaign started last week. Boskalis Expands Dredging Fleet with Magnor The largest and most efficient
Damen recently equipped Van den Herik’s new 3,200 m³ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Charlock with its two dredge pumps. One semi-axial dredge pump is fitted on the trailing pipe, the other dredge pump is mounted inboard. Both dredge pumps work in series, enabling a highly efficient dredging
A new Rohr floating bucket ladder dredge was installed on a greenfield site of an existing sand and gravel operation for a European customer. The KS 225 is an electric dredge with a digging depth of 40 ft (12 m) and production capacity up to 620 tph (432 m³/hr) utilizing 225 liter buckets. The dredg
With more than $300 billion paid out by insurers for coastal storm damage in just the past 10 years, losses from natural disasters are reaching all-time highs, according to The Nature Conservancy. As coastal communities seek to maximize the cost-effectiveness of their infrastructure solutions, The W
Seatools, a Dutch subsea engineering company, has launched its latest product, named Pile Dredge Tool (PDT). Jan Frumau, Managing Director, said: “Based on strong market demand related to pile dredging and cleaning, we have developed and reviewed several concepts for a pile dredge tool and we have n
The largest and most efficient backhoe dredger in the world, Magnor, has docked at the Boskalis’ main office in Papendrecht, the Netherlands. The vessel, built by Ravestein, includes all the necessary equipment such as a large deck workshop, stores, machinery and an accommodation fully outfitted to
UniSite Group, a Chinese company involved in dredging, land reclamation, offshore projects, marine, mechanical engineering and green remediation projects, took an active part in many project all over the world in the first quarter of 2016. In this time frame, UniSite supplied a significant amount of
A seven-day bauma 2016 show has come to an end, bringing more than 580,000 visitors from 200 countries to Munich, Germany. The show gathered a total of 3,423 exhibitors—1,263 from Germany and 2,160 from abroad—from 58 countries who presented their products, developments and innovations on some 605,0
The maintenance dredging operations at the Port of Foynes are scheduled to begin today, according to the Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC). The dredging works will be undertaken by the SFPC’s multicat Shannon 1. Operations will be conducted by using a plough, and will be located within the Port of
The fallpipe vessel Flintstone has departed from Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm), following a six-week program of maintenance and repairs. The Flintstone underwent a comprehensive program of maintenance, surveys and testing in the run-up to her Special Survey, spending a total of 28 days in drydoc
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is presenting an extensive range of 33 construction equipment including 10 excavators and 5 wheel loaders meeting EU Stage IV emission regulations at Bauma 2016 in Munich, Germany from April 11-17. The construction equipment being displayed at the event has versatile a
Saudi Border Guard has acquired two Damen cutter suction dredgers (CSD 450) for harbor maintenance duties. Two CSDs 450, with a maximum dredging depth of -12 m and a mixture production of 3,000 m³/h, were to be fitted out with an extensive list of options, including an accommodation unit and positio
Komatsu Europe International is presenting the new HB365LC-3, a 36 tonnes hydraulic hybrid excavator, at the bauma 2016 international fair in Munich. Compared to a standard PC360LC-11 excavator, the new Komatsu Hybrid excavator was designed to provide 20% fuel savings to customers. The HB365LC-3 has
