BAM Nuttall, part of the Royal BAM Group, has just announced the completion of Broadland Flood Alleviation Project. A host of environmental benefits and flood defences for towns and villages around the Norfolk Broads are the result of a 20 year project reaching its conclusion, reported the company.
The Rivierenland Water Board will award the Tiel-Waardenburg dyke reinforcement project to the Mekante Diek consortium, a collaboration between Ploegam, Van Oord and Dura Vermeer. The Waal dyke between Tiel and Waardenburg is to be reinforced over a length of more than 19 kilometres to meet the curr
FSUE “Rosmorport” recently released a tender for the Bechevinskaya Bay dredging project, one of the largest capital dredging projects in Russia. Last August, the first tender for the dredging contractor needed for the Kamchatka LNG terminal project was announced as invalid with only one bid received
FSUE “Rosmorport” is making final preparations for the signing of the state contract for the Bechevinskaya Bay dredging project. The construction of NOVATEK’s LNG terminal in the Bechevinskaya Bay, Kamchatka Territory, is one of the largest capital dredging projects in Russia. The project is include
Peter Madsen Marine Contractors A/S recently won a contract for dredging and rock installation in connection with the construction of two new breakwaters for the new Vistula Spit Shipping Channel in Poland. According to the company, the first vessel has already been mobilised for the project and has
FSUE Rosmorport is continuing work on one of the biggest capital dredging projects in Russia – the construction of Muchke Bay coal handling facility in the Khabarovsk Territory. The project – initiated by VaninoTransUgol, a company of the Kolmar GC – aims to increase the volume of exports of high-qu
The contours of the world’s largest sea lock in IJmuiden are now clearly visible, meaning that the final phase of construction has begun. As reported in the last update, OpenIJ – a consortium of construction companies building the sea lock – will continue with the construction of the Loswal (quay) o
Following construction of the first five islands of the Marker Wadden, Boskalis will expand this nature reserve with two new islands on behalf of Dutch Society for the Preservation of Nature (Natuurmonumenten) and the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat).
The Mediterranean Maritime Hub Malta (MMH) has invested more than €20 million to turn Valletta into a bustling hub for the Maritime and Oil & Gas sectors. The first investment of €8 million went towards the preparation of the site, starting with the dredging of the seabed to a depth of 10.5 meters.
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has completed land reclamation project related to the North Manama Causeway in the Kingdom of Bahrain. With 8.2 million cubic meters of sand brought in by hopper dredgers Causeway and Coastway and 340,000 tons of rock installed to protect the banks, Boskali
Following the approval of the design deepening and feasibility reports, the upgrade projects of two rivers in Shenzhen, China is expected to begin this April, informs the Dutch water sector. In Shenzhen, the ambitious Blueway program aims to recover 1000 kilometres of existing rivers, riverfronts, a
DEME has secured a major contract for the Abu Qir port project in Egypt – the largest ever dredging and land reclamation contract in its history. The project will see the deployment of DEME’s giant new cutter suction dredger ‘Spartacus’. According to DEME, this vast project includes the reclamation
Agrimin Limited, a Western Australian based minerals company, recently awarded Royal IHC the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for automated wet harvesting equipment for the Mackay Potash Project. Wet harvesting is currently used at the world’s largest sulphate of potash (SOP) operati
Etermar, one of the largest Portuguese companies specialised in marine construction, has won another tender for a port-development project. A year ago, hurricane Lorenzo destroyed the most western port in Europe. Now, the consortium led by Etermar – Engenharia e Construção, S.A., together with SACYR
