The Freeport of Riga ambitious Krievu Island project will be officially commissioned today, November 16 at 14:00 EET, in Latvia. Built under the framework of “Development of Infrastructure on Krievu Island for the Transfer of Port Activities from the City Centre” – the €133.65 million project repres
The Environment Agency, Exeter City Council and Devon County Council are working together to design and build a scheme which will reduce flood risk for the city of Exeter. The £30 million worth flood defense project has been split in two phases with the phase 1 now substantially complete. Phase 2 of
As part of the Water and Environment Management (WEM) Framework, the Environment Agency has appointed VBA, the joint venture between VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins, to work on a £21 m flood defense scheme. Work to the tidal barrier scheme, which runs along the River Orwell in Ipswich,
General Director of FSUE Rosmorport, Andrey Tarasenko, recently made a visit to JSC “Krasnoye Sormovo” shipyard in Nizhniy Novgorod to inspect construction of the company’s three trailing suction hopper dredgers. At the moment, the shipyard is working on three 1000 m³ TSHDs that will be stationed at
The Environment Agency and partner Teignbridge District Council are holding a public exhibition, 26 November 2015, to provide more information about the Dawlish Warren beach management scheme. A range of information will be available about the scheme including its objectives and the approximate time
As part of a consenting strategy, approved principally by Transport Scotland, Aberdeen Harbor has submitted applications for consent in support of their potential expansion plans into Nigg Bay. The applications seek to gain statutory approvals for the project as part of three consenting regimes: fro
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis), has just released a video about the Açu Port Project in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, one of the largest port-industry projects in Latin America. The new port consists of two terminals: T1, an offshore terminal for handling iron ore and oil; and T2, an onshore t
The Eastern Solent Coastal Partnership for Havant Borough Council successfully carried out a beach nourishment campaign along Hayling Island from the 31st October 2015 to 1st November 2015. The campaign involved dredging approximately 6,200m³ of shingle from the approach channel to Chichester Harbor
CEDA’s trademark event, the Dredging Days 2015 conference, has just begun at the Ahoy Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The conference, scheduled for 5-6 November, is taking place in conjunction with the Europort 2015 maritime trade show. This two-day show will address innovative dredging solutions for po
A 1,840m³ capacity twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) MAHURY – built by Royal IHC at MTG Dolphin – was named last week in Varna, Bulgaria. The new TSHD is Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging’s fourth IHC-built vessel. Dutch Dredging named the vessel after its tradition of reusing t
Boskalis Westminster dredger Sospan Dau has just completed maintenance dredging of the approach channel to Chichester Harbor and beach nourishment at Hayling Island. The approach channel to the harbor was dredged, targeting areas where the shingle material has naturally built up which could otherwis
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is working on a dredging project in Africa related to maintaining the access channel and turning basins of the Soyo LNG port. Works on the project, awarded to Boskalis by Angola LNG Ltd., started few months ago and will be completed by the end of 2017. The project wil
Boskalis Westminster has just completed the installation of rock armor layers to the new detached Cowes Breakwater. The final handover of the breakwater to CHC will to take place next month. As agreed by Cowes Harbor Commissioners following the July 2015 project review, CHC has prioritized the compl
Team Van Oord has been awarded a silver award in the ‘Innovation’ category for the Medmerry Managed Realignment Scheme, delivered on behalf of the Environment Agency. The company is listed as a Green World Award winner alongside governments and organizations from countries including South Korea, Pol
