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Van Oord: Spotlight on more sustainable fuels
Van Oord recently christened two new dual fuel trailing suction hopper dredgers, which are built to ...

Jan De Nul’s giant TSHD pumps sand onto Knokke beach
Over the past five weeks, Jan De Nul dredged as much as 500,000 m³ of sand to elevate the beach of K...

Harwich Haven Authority launches new dredging technology Tiamat
Following robust development and trials, Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) is bringing Tiamat, a new and...

Combined innovations improve dredging efficiency
Two series of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHD’s) introduced by Damen Shipyards incorporate a ...

Italdraghe and Torqeedo announce new emission-free electric drives for commercial and working marine vessels
San Giovanni in Marignano, Italy (2nd November 2021) – Torqeedo and Italdraghe todayannounced the jo...

Nesting season begins at dredge material containment areas
Mary Richards and Robin Armetta, two biologists from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah Dist...

Royal IHC in India: Spotlight on sustainability in dredging
Earlier this week, Royal IHC was part of the Water and Maritime trade mission to India – led b...

Fort Sint-Filips – the largest ever rehabilitation project in Port of Antwerp
In the largest rehabilitation project in the Port of Antwerp ever undertaken, the transformation of ...

NORBIT NORdredge system for real time dredge monitoring
By: Pawel Pocwiardowski, Product Director, Sonar Systems, NORBIT 1. Summary When discussing water tr...

Reconstruction of Poti breakwater wraps up
BESIX and STFA Construction Group have successfully installed the last of nearly 7,200 Xbloc for the...

Protecting the Netherlands from floods by DEME – safety and sustainability
The Netherlands vulnerability to climate change and extreme weather events has led the country to em...

Royal IHC making slurry pumps more and more efficient
The performance of any dredger is highly dependent on the efficiency of the slurry pump. That’s why ...

The First Eco & Hybrid Pipeline for Dredging in the World – With Wireless Remote Control
Kiasma Group, an Italian EPS (Engineering Procurement Services), Leader in Sediment Transport System...

Exclusive interview with John Xiang: Relong is on the rise
Finding the balance between dredging, protecting coastline structures and conserving the environment...

TU Delft: Climate-proof coastal protection with living dikes
Dikes protect the Netherlands from flooding. To keep the Netherlands safe in the future, several dik...

Boskalis installing artificial reefs in the River Meuse
Rijkswaterstaat, the Municipality of Rotterdam, Boskalis and Reefy are testing the Reefy artificial ...

DEME, Jan De Nul introduce SEAVOLT
Dredging giants DEME and Jan De Nul, together with Tractebel, have introduced SEAVOLT© – a new...

Green light for extensive research into Nature-based Solutions
The Dutch government announced recently that it will invest 110 million euros in the NL2120 consorti...