Canals and rivers are usually important economic lifelines. It is therefore crucial to maintain the depth and flow of these waterways by dredging accumulating sand, silt and other sediments in time. This not only allows – the ever bigger – ships to pass smoothly, it also prevents siltation and flood
Knights Brown has been awarded the contract to build Cardiff’s new coastal flood defence system in south-east Cardiff. The scheme, on the Rover Way foreshore and the banks of the River Rhymney, has been designed to protect properties from the impact of extreme weather events, and from rising sea lev
Ceredigion County Council has successfully obtained funding from the Welsh Government to proceed with the construction of the Aberaeron Coastal Defence Scheme. The £31.59m scheme will be funded through a £26.85m contribution from the Welsh Government’s Coastal Risk Management Programme, together wit
Boskalis has completed an important contribution to the realization of Canada’s first large-scale LNG export terminal. The final module for the LNG facility was recently successfully delivered to the Port of Kitimat by its heavy transport vessel Forte. For Boskalis this final transport marks the end
The Port of Rotterdam has reached another great milestone on the largest construction project currently taking place in the port—the development of the new quay walls in the Princess Amaliahaven. “Great news in at the Prinses Amaliahaven: all sections on both the Rotterdam World Gateway B.V. side as
The Szczecin and Świnoujście Seaports Authority SA and a consortium consisting of DEME Concessions N.V. and Qterminals W.L.L., have signed a preliminary agreement for a 30-year lease of land located in the outer port in Świnoujście, for the financing, building and operation of the Deep-water Contain
Lerwick Port Authority is gearing up for their next major land reclamation project, this time to accommodate future expansion by the important pelagic fish processing sector. The project, costing just over £601,000, has received £450,759 in grant from the UK Department for Environment Food & Rural A
Havenbeheer Suriname and Phoenix Development Company recently signed MOU’s with Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors B.V., Combi Lift Projekt GMBH & CO., Van Aalst Group BV, and Safeway BV. for the development of the Port of Nickerie. These partnerships aim to collaborate on the development of t
APM Terminals Poti recently completed reconstruction of Poti Port’s 150-year-old 1850-meter-long main breakwater. The contractors, BESIX and STFA Construction Group, commenced reconstruction works in April 2021 and the project took two years. It was designed and constructed using rubble mound rock,
The Newlyn Coastal Research & Development Project has been shortlisted by The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) South West Civil Engineering Awards 2023. The Newlyn Coastal Research & Development Project is trialing innovative new ways of offering better protection to coastal communities while im
Jan De Nul continues to make good progress in Poland with dredging of the Port of Gdynia now being almost halfway done. Dredging of the Port of Gdynia inner basins kicked off in late 2022, and once complete, will allow the port to handle the largest ships in the Baltic Sea. The project includes deep
Maintenance dredging has been completed in the inner basin and at the approaches to the seaport of Shakhtersk (Sakhalin Region), the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot) said. The design depth of the access canal ensured by the dredging is now 4.5 meters. The dredging operation
Infrastructure Malta recently kicked off works to develop a new 180-metre breakwater at Bugibba, in St Paul’s Bay. The new breakwater is to be longer than the existing one and will provide better protection for vessels moored in this area. Next to the breakwater, Infrastructure Malta will construct
The Belgian consortium TM EDISON, including DEME and Jan De Nul, is building the world’s first artificial energy island. The island is set to be a crucial link in Belgium’s energy supply. It will open up the future Princess Elisabeth wind zone (3.5 GW) and connect Belgium with Great Britain and Denm
