On February 19, 2015 the PortNews Media Group, dedicated to maritime transport issues, hosted at one of its best facility in Moscow, the 2nd International Forum of Dredging Companies. Hereby we are bringing you an exclusive interview with the PortNews Media Group General Director, Ms Elena Snitko, t
The WODA workshop on underwater sound in relation to dredging, will be held on Thursday 26 March 2015, in Paris, France. The effects of underwater sound are an important environmental issue and this is clearly reflected by main policy developments such as the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive o
The Workshop on Modelling Mixed-Sediment, River Morphodynamics, will take place from May 27-29, 2015, in Delft, the Netherlands. “In the workshop we will discuss topics that deal with modelling mixed-sediment fluvial processes, covering a wide range of scales. In setting up the workshop program we h
Royal IHC (IHC) and IHC IQIP exhibited at the EWEA Offshore 2015, world’s largest offshore wind energy conference and exhibition, in Copenhagen last week. The company took the opportunity to showcase its experience and services in the market. Earlier in March, IHC integrated four of its business uni
Hosted and co-organized by the Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University of Science and Technology, the 9th International SedNet conference will be held on 23-26 September 2015, in Kraków, Poland. At the core of this SedNet conference will be the link between sedime
The effects of underwater sound are an important environmental issue. This is clearly reflected by main policy developments in Europe and elsewhere in the World. Increasingly, developers and operators working underwater are being required to consider and manage underwater sound. The forthcoming WODA
Active Communications International (ACI) will be the organizer of the upcoming European Dredging Summit which will take place on 7th-8th of October 2015 in Antwerp, Belgium. The event will be focused on discussing the essential dredging strategies and environmental monitoring in order to gain proje
Italdraghe, the long-standing Italian dredger builder, is presenting its BD excavator dredging head at this week’s Europort Show in Istanbul (11-14th March). The dredging head can be used with all types of hydraulic excavators, either land-based or floating ones. It is especially suited to work in n
At the initiative of the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), shipowners and shipping industry leaders have joined forces to launch the inaugural European Shipping Week (ESW) in the first week of March 2015. Centered around a Flagship conference, Europe’s main shipping organisations a
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is organizing the International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation that will be held from Monday, June 22-26th 2015, at UNESCO-IHE, Delft, The Netherlands. Since 1993 IADC, often in co-operation with local technical universities, has been p
Bell Dredging Pumps BV, a Dutch company highly specialized in manufacturing and engineering of dredging equipment, will participate for the first time in the INTERMAT exhibition in Paris. INTERMAT, one of the biggest international shows for the construction equipment, machinery, technology and mater
Following a 2-day colloquium on Ecosystem Services ‒ Challenges and opportunities in managing flowing waters of the German Federal Institute of Hydrology, PIANC will organize a Seminar on Ecosystem Goods and Services with the theme: “Identification, Assessment and Benefits for Navigation Infrastruct
The Port of Rotterdam will host the 20 meters under water! international symposium on the 5th and 6th of March 2015. The Symposium will present the results of recent interdisciplinary research (geological, archaeological, palaeobotanical, archaeozoological and paleontological) carried out in relatio
This year’s IAPH World Ports Conference will be held in Hamburg. From June 1st – 5th, international representatives from business, politics and science will gather to debate changing demands of globalization and climate change. The conference will focus on the smartPORT concept developed by the host
