Today, the Flemish Minister-President Geert Bourgeois laid the foundation stone of the new DEME office building in Zwijndrecht. He also put into operation the brand-new high-tech dredging simulator. The new office building is going to be built on the premises of DEME’s head office, located on Scheld
The Freeway, Boskalis’ newest hopper dredger with a capacity of 4,500 m³, is about to be presented to the fleet in a naming ceremony set for Friday 16 January. “The Freeway sailed past our offices in Papendrecht towards the Ketelhaven and off course all the colleagues waved to the crew,” announced B
Dublin Port Company yesterday published trade statistics for 2014 which show a record year for trade at Dublin Port, with growth year-on-year of 7.0%. Total throughput for 2014 was 31 million gross tonnes with 7,108 ship arrivals in the year, bringing the port’s activity back to the record levels of
Jan de Nul Group, an industry leading expert in dredging and marine construction activities, has confirmed an order with SMD for a Quasar MkII 150hp 3000m rated work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The high specification system including Tophat Tether Management System, A-Frame, Umbilical Win
At the General Assembly Meeting of North Adriatic Ports Association (NAPA), held on 12th January in Trieste, the presidents, taking stock of the results achieved so far, reaffirmed the intention to continue common activities focused mainly on promotional and institutional field. During the general a
Related to the stated information in the news-update dated the 9th of January 2015, NOVEK has introduced the following announcement: “NOVEK acts as sub-supplier for Damen Dredging Equipment. NOVEK recently has been awarded the sub-delivery of the construction of a spud carriage pontoon. The CSD650 i
Lymington Yacht Haven is due to start their annual dredging program in the first half of January. As part of a five-year dredging plan and following a bathymetric survey in late 2014, pontoons M and N at Lymington Yacht Haven are to be dredged in January and February 2015. The dredging will restore
The biggest science and technology museum in Italy, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, has released a video about the “Draga Cavafango” (Mud Dredger). Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mud Dredger is just one in a range of water crafts that were designed by one of the greatest min
Van Oord has ordered a new cutter suction dredger and a crew vessel from Damen Shipyards Group in the Netherlands. The dredger, named Ural River, is a customized Damen CSD 650 with additional safety and environmental features according to specific Van Oord requirements. In April 2015, the vessel wil
APM Terminals has placed an order for 16 new advanced Rubber-Tire Gantry cranes (RTGs) as part of an ongoing program of upgrading and expanding container handling capabilities and capacities throughout the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network. Twelve of the high-performance RTGs are scheduled for d
ECTMarine, an engineering and project management company specialized in the dredging vessels design and construction, has presented the ‘2015 Core dredge line’. This design provides high operational performance in terms of dredging depth, pumping distance and overall production, for limited required
HR Wallingford is supporting the Natural Environment Research Council’s (NERC) new strategic innovation initiative to help protect some of Britain’s most important national infrastructure from environmental hazards. The five-year, £5m Environmental Risks to Infrastructure Innovation Programme (ERIIP
Royal Boskalis Westminster has received an honorable prize at the Dutch IR Awards 2015. Martijn Schuttevaer, Director Investor Relations at Boskalis has been chosen as best IR professional within the AEX-Index. Martijn also won this prize in 2013. The Dutch IR Awards is an annual event organized by
With Central Government funding (via the Environment Agency) of up to £100,000 in place, East Devon District Council has begun coastal defense beach recycling work at Sidmouth’s main beach. As scheduled, work on East Devon District Council’s six-week beach recycling project started on Monday, 5 Janu
