Boskalis, in a joint venture with Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V. – Dutch Dredging, has been awarded the contract to further deepen a 68-kilometer-long stretch of the Suriname River. According to Boskalis, one of the main goals of this capital dredging project is keeping the waterway at the required dept
Together with representatives from B Capital Partners and Swiss Re, the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and Vital Ports explored what is needed in order to improve the connection between green-labelled funds and sustainable waterborne infra
Second phase of £21M Clifton Ings Flood Alleviation scheme to better protect 135 homes in York area from flooding is underway. Led by the Environment Agency, the project covers the Clifton and Rawcliffe areas of York and will better protect 135 homes from flooding and reduce the risk of flood water
Every year, the KNVTS (Royal Dutch Association of Maritime Technicians) organises the Ship of the Year competition. A prestigious prize awarded to an innovative ship designed and built in the Netherlands. The jury of this award has announced that the SPARTACUS, world’s most powerful cutter suction d
The handover from construction to operations for Dunnottar, Crathes and Castlegate (East) Quays was completed last week. More than 60% of Port of Aberdeen’s £400 million South Harbour development is now operational, marking the penultimate construction milestone in this transformational project. The
Earlier this year, Rohde Nielsen won a contract by the client NCC, related to the transport of wastewater from the island of Hanö to the sewage treatment facility in Nogersund, Sweden. The contract scope comprised dredging a 6 km long trench, at water depths from -3m to -30m. The backhoe dredger, Mj
Following the mass deaths of shellfish, an urgent review of dredging in the River Tees is needed, a cross-party parliamentary committee said. The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee also called for more research into the die-offs in 2021. The MPs want an expert panel to examine conflicting
DEME Group highlighted importance of the Hedwige Prosper area on the Dutch-Belgian border today. On behalf of De Vlaamse Waterweg nv (the Flemish Waterways Authority), DEME and partners worked together on the five-year polder project, whereby 465 hectares of land have been given back to nature by cr
Van Oord is about to begin the dredging works in the inner shipping channel of the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda. Under the contract, part of the inner harbour will be deepened to 15.5 metres, the port’s authority said in a press release on Wednesday. The main goal of this EUR 45.8 million project is
Morocco remains strategically committed to the development of its regions. Jan De Nul is also participating in the ongoing development of the north-east region by realising an integrated industrial port platform on the Mediterranean coast called Nador West-Med (NWM). The NWM project will be built in
FSUE Rosmorport is seeking a contractor for the implementation of maintenance dredging on the Volga-Caspian Shipping Canal (between 130,0 and 188 km) in 2023. According to the official portal for public procurement, initial (maximum) price of the contract is RUB 1,594,437,643.72 ($26 million). Biddi
Rohde Nielsen has completed a small port development project in the Port of Mukran in Rügen, Germany, for the client Deutsch Dänische Wasserbau Gmbh. The reclamation work comprised dredging 25.789 m3 of fine and compacted sand in the turning circle in the harbor, where the sand afterward was transp
Dredging operations are about to kick off at the Port of Waterford with a maintenance dredging campaign to be carried out by a Dutch company. According to the Port, Baggerbedrijf De Boer’s trailing suction hopper dredger Amazone will be in the area, ready to conduct activities in the vicinity of Bel
An Italian consortium – led by Webuild – has won the contract to build a new breakwater for the Port of Genoa. The consortium also includes partners Fincantieri Infrastructure Opere Marittime, Fincosit and Sidra in a project valued in the client budget at a combined €928 million. Webuild has a 40% s
