The Salisbury River Park construction scheme – a project aimed to better protect homes and businesses in the city from flooding – is underway. This £27 million transformational scheme is set to reduce flood risk to over 350 homes and businesses in Salisbury. It will also create 2 hectares of enhance
Conwy County Borough Council has announced that the next phase of coastal defence work will begin this summer, following further funding from Welsh Government. The current work, which began in May 2021, has seen a 370m long rock barricade built on the beach to protect the Victorian seawall from seve
More than 20,000 tonnes of rock armour boulders for strengthened sea defences are being unloaded at the Port of Sunderland. They have been shipped from Norway on the Stema Barge II and are now being unloaded at Greenwells Quay. The boulders are for a continuing programme of works to help protect the
Jan De Nul’s largest and newest cutter suction dredger, the Willem van Rubroeck has been busy lately working on a dredging project in Bari, Italy. The Port of Bari is an important ferry line port, cruise boat terminal and cargo transport hub to South East Europe. In order to facilitate the growth of
The reinforcement works on the Broad Green Dike project are in full swing now, Van Oord reports. Jos van Uden, Project Manager at Van Oord, is one of the key leaders of this project. Commenting the latest news, he said: “??? ????? ?????? ???? ?? ??? ????? ?? ??? ??? ???? ???? ??? ?? ??? […]
Argyll and Bute Council has appointed Dawson WAM as the Principal Contractor for the Campbeltown Flood Protection Scheme (FPS). This is part of the £15.215 million work that will see a range of improvement works carried out to reduce the risk of flooding in the town. As well as the overall improveme
Environment Agency and VolkerStevin are about to begin work on two new locations and have completed part of the multi-million-pound Kendal flood scheme. Construction work at Busher Walk and Benson and Sandes has now been completed on a section of earth embankment and flood walls which will provide i
The Port of Aberdeen welcomed the first commercial vessel to the new South Harbour on Saturday 2 July, as construction of the £400 million port expansion continues at pace. Subsea 7’s Seven Atlantic dive support vessel berthed at Dunnottar Quay to change over the crew, offload project equipment and
Van Oord’s latest addition to the fleet, trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Ariane is undergoing final trials before she goes into operational service. At the moment the vessel is located off the Dutch coast, carrying out dredging and rainbowing work for the first time. The Vox Ariane is the first
Works have been progressing well to dredge Lyme Regis harbour and replenish the sand beach, with no further plans to close the beach, Lyme Regis Town Council said. “Dorset Council has been carrying out essential annual dredging works, which are expected to continue into early next week,” according t
Systems integrator Alewijnse recently completed the comprehensive electrical and automation installation on board the new build trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Krakesandt. The Krakesandt is the second advanced dredging project that Alewijnse has undertaken for Thecla Bodewes Shipyards for its
Nordic marine contractor, Rederiet Høj A/S recently expanded its fleet with two grab dredgers that will be used for construction activities in Northern Europe. As the international construction activities require additional capacity, the company from Horsens, Denmark, decided to buy two more vessels
De Hoop Terneuzen has taken delivery of the company’s newest trailing suction hopper dredger, the Krakesandt. According to the company, the Krakesandt got through the locks of Terneuzen in early June. The dredger stayed there for a few days before heading for its first assignment the North Sea. This
Archaeologists have discovered what they believe to be the remains of a 14th century watermill complex at Blenheim ahead of major dredging work being undertaken to Queen Pool by the wet civil engineering firm Land & Water. The stone structures were uncovered at the UNESCO World Heritage Site by Wess
