The Webuild Group strengthens its presence in Liguria with an €803 million contract awarded by Autostrade per l’Italia for the construction of the central section of the Genoa Undersea Road Tunnel. The project will be executed by Webuild (90 percent) and its subsidiary SELI Overseas (10 percent). Ac
Wasa Dredging said that their heavy-duty backhoe dredger Optimus kicked off the dredging operations on the Tornio outer fairway recently. The outer fairway in Tornio refers to the maritime shipping channel leading into the Port of Tornio (Port of Röyttä) located in the northern part of the Bothnian
Dredging works have officially started at Anaklia Deep Sea Port in Georgia, marked by the arrival of the first dredging vessel Tristao Da Cunha into the maritime aquatory of the future port. Under the development plan, the seabed in the Anaklia marine area will be deepened to 17.5m, followed by the
Rohde Nielsen has completed coastal protection works at Pogorzelica, Dzwirzyno and Międzywodzie, Poland, on behalf of the Maritime Office in Szczecin. “Within three weeks, the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Freja R dredged and transported 168,000 m³ sand from winning areas, thereby helping t
An Italdraghe SGT 200 cutter suction dredger (CSD) is currently operating in Guyana, South America. In this gold mining application, the Italdraghe SGT 200 dredges gold-bearing material from the bottom and conveys the resulting slurry through a floating pipeline and a long discharge line to the onsh
Maldon District Council said that the Maldon Harbor dredging program is moving ahead. “Dredging work will be taking place in Maldon Harbor during high tides at different locations between July 1, 2026 and April 1, 2027,” the Council said. The major dredging projects in Maldon are currently structure
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) said that the dredging operations are now underway as part of the Port Ellen Terminal Development Project. “This is an important early step in preparing the harbor for the new ferry terminal and supporting safer, more resilient ferry infrastructure for Islay
Poland has kicked off construction of a 10 billion zloty (EUR 2.3 billion) deepwater port and container terminal in Świnoujście – the largest investment in the over 75-year history of the Szczecin and Świnoujście Maritime Ports Authority and one of the largest port investments currently underway in
The Port System Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas has launched a tender for the dredging works on the Gioia Tauro Port channel, in the northern section of the port. The contract, worth over EUR 2.6 million, is part of the broader EUR 5 million port deepening project, aimed to ensu
Jan De Nul has developed a start-to-finish approach to restore oyster reefs. “With our newly developed Oyster Reef Restoration Unit, we can seed hard substrates like rocks with around one million young oysters within just a few weeks, anywhere in the world. Combined with our extensive experience in
Rohde Nielsen has completed coastal protection works at La Pineda Beach, Tarragona, Spain, supporting shoreline protection. For this project, approximately 100,000 m³ of sand was supplied, dredged offshore and transported to the beach via a sinker-line system. The material was then distributed and l
Ukrainian drones struck a Russian dredger, 21 tankers, four tugboats and two dry cargo ships in the Sea of Azov overnight on July 11, Robert Brovdi, the commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, said. “The shadow tanker fleet is noticeably shrinking,” Brovdi wrote on Telegram. “It appears traf
The Philippine News Agency (PNA) said that Belgium is looking to reinforce its relations with the Philippines and explore potential cooperation on new areas, specifically maritime, dredging, security and energy. Speaking at a joint presser recently with Foreign Affairs Secretary, Theresa Lazaro, in
As sea levels continue to rise around the world, coastal cities are searching for ways to protect their communities while preserving the qualities that make them attractive places to live, work and visit. The Hague, the Netherlands’ only major city located directly on the North Sea coast, is taking
