Portland Port is embarking on its largest and most ambitious improvement project to date, investing £26 million in a major berth development. The port has applied for, and had approved, all the necessary permissions to carry out the project. The development will see the existing Deep Water Berth (DW
Infrastructure Malta has officially started a cleanup project next to Ghassara Wharf in Marsa with an investment of €7 million. This work is part of dredging work in several areas of the port to clean mooring facilities and even remove contaminated material from the bottom of the sea. As a result of
In April 2022, Blenheim Palace began the first dredge of Queen Pool in over 100 years, removing enough silt over nine months to fill Wembley Stadium to the top. Dredging is the removal of silt from bodies of water. Silt is fine grains of rock, smaller than sand, that build up over time. This usually
Conwy County Borough Council recently announced that work is underway on Rhos on Sea’s new coastal defences which include a new rock groyne structure and adding sand to the beach. According to the Council, the beach height will be increased by about 5 metres at the seawall with approximately 1 milli
Dredging works will begin in Parkgate this week, which will include the installation of a new pond and drainage maintenance, Cheshire West and Chester Council said. The Parkgate Marshes on the Dee Estuary are a known flood risk and require constant maintenance. High tides on the Dee Estuary are also
Living near a body of water has always appealed to many, yet some of these areas may require maintenance operations – such as dredging – to keep up with the ever-changing environment. To achieve this, an amphibious excavator or some other suitable dredging equipment is used to remove the underwater
A milestone worth celebrating has been reached in the Afsluitdijk project in the Netherlands, Van Oord announced today. “?????? ???, ??? ???? ?? ??? ??,??? ??????-????? ???? ????????? ?? ??? ????’? ????? ??????? ?????,” said the company. Levvel-blocs, another name for the innovative XblocPlus blocks
Van Oord has just posted a very interesting photo from the Lincolnshire coastal protection work. The project involves beach nourishment across a distance of 20 kilometres and requires around 400,000 cubic metres of sand annually over the four years of the project. “Together with the UK’s Environment
Rohde Nielsen’s TSHD Trud R has recently finished this year’s campaign at La Pineda Beach in Spain. This project was part of the 4-year beach nourishment contract that Rohde Nielsen was awarded in 2020 for the client AP TARRAGONA. The volume completed this year was 110.000 m3. Climate change and the
The Dutch maritime design and engineering company, Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam B.V. is embarking on a new project to design a large Cutter Suction Dredge (CSD) for a client in the US. As reported, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (GLDD) has contracted Vuyk Engineering to design a large CSD for p
Royal HaskoningDHV together with their local partner Abkons recently presented plans for the new port of Durrës at Porto Romano, Albania. The development of the new Porto Romano and a Dry Port in Pristina, Kosovo, will deliver a positive impact on the economy of the entire Balkans region, along with
Funding of €81,000 has been approved for proposed works to reinforce the sea wall in Kilkee in West Clare. Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Mr. Patrick O’Donovan, T.D., has announced the approval of Clare County Council’s application for funding under the Office
The Salisbury River Park project has started construction to better protect homes and businesses in the city from flooding along with making improvements to the environment. This £27 million transformational scheme aims to reduce flood risk to over 350 homes and businesses in Salisbury. Also, the pr
Better access to the Polish port complex Szczecin-Swinoujscie will soon become a fact with dredging operations underway in the Debica Canal. According to the port officials, the program to improve access to the port of Szczecin in the area of the Debica Canal has entered the most important phase –
