Deltares has just announced the start of an innovative TKI pilot project – the “Meegroeidijk” (Growing Dike). According to Deltares, this initiative embodies the principles of building with nature and aims to revolutionize dike reinforcement and management. The Meegroeidijk (MGD – Growing Dike) proj
The worldwide usage of raw materials has risen to unprecedented heights in recent decades. Sand usage is no exception. It is one of the most exploited natural materials. Of course that doesn’t come without consequences. The social concern about the negative impact involved with the immense sand usag
Mavi Deniz, an Istanbul based company involved in oil spill response, weed and silt removal, dredging and ship building, has signed an important agreement with UNDP. According to the contract, Mavi Deniz will supply amphibious wetlands mobile vessels and auxiliary equipment for maintenance and clean
Vale has started commissioning the Gelado Project in Carajás, in the state of Pará (Brazil), using 100% electric dredgers that will extract tailings deposited over the last 37 years. The commissioning phase, in which performance and capacity tests with loading are being carried out, should last unti
Following on from the success of the previous online courses Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure, CEDA and IADC have decided to organise an onsite course on 13 & 14 December 2022 at the HR Wallingford Head Office in Oxfordshire (UK). Experienced lecturers will describe the latest thinking and ap
The role of modelling, its benefits and limitations, and what it needs to be used successfully on a dredging project is often poorly understood and this in turn can lead to poorer design and environmental outcomes. The latest IADC-CEDA Fact Sheet: ‘Models and Modelling for dredging’ describes the mo
Van Oord recently joined a partnership that will, over the coming years, strengthen the Dutch Lekdijk in an innovative, sustainable and efficient way. Together with stakeholders, the Sterke Lekdijk project will make a positive impact on the water safety in The Netherlands. Eddy Van Haastregt, Projec
Inspired by the work of Engineering With Nature (EWN), Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) has considered how they can dredge in a more environmentally sustainable manner. The EWN concept can be defined as the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to efficiently and sustainably delive
VolkerStevin, as part of VBA – a joint venture between VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business has been awarded the Centenary Award at the ICE Yorkshire and Humber Civil Engineering Awards 2022, for its work on the Mytholmroyd Flood Alleviation Scheme in West Yorkshire.
BAM Nuttall’s work to rebuild Marine Parade in Dawlish on behalf of Network Rail has won the ‘Project over £8 million Re-engineered’ Award at the ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards. Following devastating storms in 2014, which caused significant disruption to the railway connecting Devon and Cor
Southsea Coastal Scheme has made the top five list – out of 67 entries – as ‘People’s Choice’ in the 2021 SECBE Constructing Excellence Awards for the heritage maintenance work on Long Curtain Moat. The project scored an impressive 421 votes, and while it didn’t win the top prize at the awards cerem
Jan De Nul Group’s newest trailing suction hopper dredgers – SANDERUS, ORTELIUS, TRISTÃO DA CUHNA, AFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE, and DIOGO CÃO – are the first ships to receive the new notation of Bureau Veritas (BV) that recognizes the performance of ultra-low emission vessels (ULEVs). These JDN vessels ar
In the latest edition of the FOCUS magazine, Jan De Nul Group reported an interesting story about the Elbe River dredging project named “Paving the way to Hamburg”. At one time, the company had 4 hoppers, 2 split hoppers and 1 backhoe dredger working on the project. JDN spared no effort to make the
Controllab, specialized in the analysis and growth of control software, has developed a simulator for a hopper dredger. The simulator has a Unity 3D coupling to show a 3D view of the dredger. With the help of this simulator, the company is developing motion compensation for the drag head. In coopera
