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IADC’s “Facts About Environmental Monitoring” Released (The Netherlands)
This is the latest in the IADC series of concise, easy-to-read “management summaries”, which give ov...
University of Western Australia Organizes Public Forum About Fremantle Port Dredging
The spill resulting from the dredging of Fremantle Port is the subject of a free public forum tomorr...
USA: Silt Suspension System Reduces Demands for Maintenance Dredging at Port of Savannah
Georgia Ports Authority’s silt suspension system in place at the Port of Savannah has not only reduc...
Presentation Now Available from Workshop on Dredged Material and Implementation of New EU Waste Directive (Belgium)
This one-day workshop was jointly organised by CEDA, EuDA and ESPO. It took place on 29 April 2010 a...
UK: IHC Engineering Business J-Lay System Ready for Installation
Next week will see a major milestone reached by IHC Engineering Business (EB), when their largest pr...
IHC Merwede and Wartsila Join Forces to Extend the Life of Ships With Bolnes and Smit Bolnes Engines (The Netherlands)
IHC Parts & Services, part of IHC Merwede, and Wärtsilä Netherlands (WNL) have teamed up to prov...
Dredging Paper Award Goes To ‘Building with Nature’ (UK)
Stefan Aarninkhof (Royal Boskalis Westminster) and his colleagues at EcosShape | Building with Natur...
GeoAcoustics Releases GeoSwath Plus Compact for Simultaneous Swath Bathymetry and Side Scan Seabed Mapping
Leading manufacturer of sonar seabed survey equipment, GeoAcoustics Ltd, recently released the GeoSw...
IADC Announces Guide to Cost Standards for Dredging Equipment 2009 (The Netherlands)
A guide to cost standards for dredging equipment 2009 gives the replacement value for ex-works, yard...
Australia: Dredging stirs harbour toxins
Toxin tests on live mussels put in bags in the Swan River and Fremantle Harbour for the first six we...
USA: Environmental roadblock for dredges at Florida beaches
A tiny marine bristle worm has stopped dredges from pumping sand along Satellite Beach and Indian Ha...
Coastal Erosion Threatens Evolutionary Hotspots In Gulf Region
Projects like Dubai’s “The World” will cause untold damage of shoreline erosion and habitat loss. So...
EU: New insights into the impact of dredging on the environment
New insights into the impact of dredging on the environment highlight the distinction between small,...
Finland: dredging stirs up sea bottom along coast more than planned gas pipeline
Dredging work at Finnish harbours and along shipping routes are stirring up sediments on the sea bot...
UK: Ground-breaking study of river-tidal zones launched
A university scientist has been appointed chief investigator in a £607,000 research project aimed at...
EIVA (Denmark) presents new NaviModel 3D software
NaviModel software for ocean mapping, data analysis and interpretation provides intuitive 3D visuali...
Sedimentation Estimation from ADCP Measurements
Many harbours in tide-dominated areas silt up as a consequence of asymmetric tides. To understand th...
The Netherlands: CT Systems unveils the all new Viking Dredge software
The Netherlands — CT Systems unveils the all new Viking Dredge software. Viking Dredge is spec...