CDES, a Luzancy (Seine-et-Marne) based marine specialist, has won the La Teste de Buch dredging contract. La Teste de Buch is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It is located on the south shore of Arcachon Bay, lying in the southwestern part of Gironde.
Rohde Nielsen A/S finished a beach nourishment project in North of Funen, Denmark, a few weeks ago. The work, carried out from mid-December to mid-January, included placing 80.000m3 of sand onto the beaches. “The challenging Nordic weather tested us. However, we managed to finish the project in time
A project to improve the sea defenses protecting a popular holiday destination on the Essex coast is nearing completion. The Seawick Sea Defenses project is being carried out by Mackley as the main subcontractor to Van Oord, and on behalf of the Environment Agency. The scheme is improving and extend
With the start of the Winter 2020 dredging season, Jenkins Marine kicked off early in November from their home port of Poole, headed for Southampton, River Hamble. After that, they ventured west up to Chichester Harbor and are imminently on their way to the Isle of Wight to continue on for the next
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has awarded the construction of some 2.4 kilometres of quays and earth-retaining walls in the Princess Amalia Harbour to the HOCHTIEF, Ballast Nedam and Van Oord consortium. The construction of the quays marks the start of the further development of the harbour locate
Royal IHC and Arab Potash Company recently celebrated another groundbreaking moment – launching of the customized mining cutter suction dredger Alkaramah. Following successful delivery to her owners in Jordan, the new dredger was launched into the Dead Sea last week. Now, the two companies will perf
The joint dredging works by the Federal Shipping and Waterways Administration and Hamburg Port Authority for construction of a passing box have been completed successfully, according to Port of Hamburg’s latest release. Under the project, the Elbe fairway has been widened to 385 meters along the eig
Land & Water has just released this beautiful photo of their 130 long reach excavator, loaded onto a vessel at Glasson Docks and ready to be transported to the Isle of Man for dredging works at Peel Marina. A new round of dredging work, set to remove 44,000 tonnes of silt from Peel Marina, will [&he
DEME Group’s 13,700 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Uilenspiegel’ recently underwent a drydocking in Setubal, Portugal. According to DEME, the dredger is back in peak condition. Right after dry-docking, she immediately headed off to the River Elbe to perform maintenance dredging along the fairwa
A dredging operation to remove 44,000 tonnes of silt from Peel Marina will resume in late February, following the return to work of the construction sector, Isle of Man Government reports. Following on from last year’s dredging works, the dredging process will again involve using a long reach excava
This morning Royal IHC launched the IHC Beaver® 65DDSP, called OREOLUWA, for the Nigerian customer Oretol Nigeria Ltd. The vessel, which will be delivered in combination with a booster station and discharge pipelines, will now be further outfitted at the quayside of IHC yard in Kinderdijk and it wil
Cutter suction dredger Zheng He is about to complete dredging and infilling works for the new Baleares Wharf in Spain, informs the Port of Tarragona. According to the port, the dredger Zheng He is filling the interior of the Baleares Wharf at a good pace. The work is going faster than planned and dr
Last week, a working meeting was held in the seaport of Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, under the chairmanship of the Deputy Head of Rosmorrechflot Vladislav Stavitsky regarding the implementation of the project “Complex of coastal and marine infrastructure in the seaport of Gelendzhik”. The mee
Heijmans has won a five-year contract for the maintenance of waterways in the central-eastern part of the Netherlands (Oost-Nederland). The performance contract, awarded by the Dutch Ministry of Public Works and Waterways, covers the Boven-Rijn and Waal rivers and the Maas-Waal canal and represents
