Van Oord unveiled the latest addition to its dredging fleet today. The Vox Ariane, Van Oord’s first trailing suction hopper dredger equipped with an LNG fuel system, was christened by its CFO and member of the Executive Committee Ms. Jolanda Poots-Bijl. The TSHD has a hopper capacity of approximatel
Siport21 has presented at the 16th Spanish Coastal and Port Engineering Conference an applied methodology based on massive simulations for the dimensioning of navigation channels, risk assessment, and maritime accidents analysis. This methodology has been used to analyze the access of a larger vesse
Blue Forest has entered into a partnership with Van Oord, a Dutch maritime services specialist, to develop mangrove based engineering solutions that enhance coastal resilience. Phase 1 involves designing coastal defense systems for two coastal communities in Mozambique. “The project will showcase ho
The special jubilee issue of IADC’s Terra et Aqua, which was celebrated at the WODCON XXIII conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, included an interesting article about the Young Author Award winners. The article presented the winner of IADC’s Young Author Award 2021, as well as some of the past winners
Dredge Yard and Lagersmit have signed a deal for the supply of the Liquidyne pump shaft seals for the dredge pumps. Also, they inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for further integration of Lagersmit’s sealing solutions into the cutter suction dredgers series of Dredge Yard. “Dredge Yard deliv
Bakker Sliedrecht has upgraded Boskalis’ cutter suction dredger (CSD) Taurus II by increasing the vessel’s booster capacity. According to Bakker, by increasing capacity of the dredge pumps from 6000 to 7400 kilowatts, the Taurus II now can pump dredge material over greater distances from the station
River deltas are drowning in the face of rapidly rising sea-levels. To keep up with sea-level rise, delta land needs to be raised with sand and mud from rivers. But sand and mud supply from rivers is decreasing globally, and doesn’t make it to deltas anymore which causes flooding and land loss. Utre
IADC bestowed the Young Author Award 2022 to Suman Sapkota, Research, Development and Innovation Engineer at Damen Dredging Equipment. The Young Author Award is given annually to “stimulate the promotion of new ideas and encourage younger men and women in the dredging industry”. The award is granted
Italdraghe has just launched a new concept of Dredging Head: Italdraghe Rock Dredging Head. This new piece of dredging equipment will be sent to Vietnam this week. “Our customer from Vietnam was involved in a dredging work on a seabed with corals and rocks.Italdraghe team worked hard to meet their c
Damen has just introduced a brand-new vessel concept for inland and coastal operations: the Damen RIVERBUSTER 1909. According to Damen, this is a versatile, strong and future-proof pusher vessel, available in several configurations to accommodate a variety of jobs, from towing, pushing and marine co
Royal IHC’s Bram Visser presented his very first paper at WODCON XXIII conference in Copenhagen yesterday. “Titled ‘The data driven Digital Twin: a framework and method for transforming operational dredger data into improved diagnostics’, it explores how we are using machine learning to improve diag
Geologia Regione Emilia-Romagna has just released this very interesting video named “Soft Engineering against coastal erosion – The 4th Beach Nourishment Project – Emilia-Romagna”. The coastal towns of Emilia-Romagna are the soul of the maritime tradition of the region and of the North Adriatic Sea.
Nature Based Solutions have proved their worth in the past decade. Their use and even necessity is acknowledged by the UN (Climate adaptation Summit January 25-26 2021), the EU (European Environment Agency) and the US (USACE Engineering with Nature books), just to name a few. Question is how to main
Boskalis is committed to the target of being climate neutral across its global operations by 2050, said the company CEO, Peter Berdowski. “As such, we aim to further reduce emissions and drive our competitive advantage through our ability to offer accessible, low-carbon solutions to our clients. The
