For the 36th time Rotterdam opens the doors to Europe’s largest port during the annual World Port Days with a wide range of impressive vessels to visit and spectacular stunts on the water. On 6, 7 and 8 September 2013 Van Oord is present with a stand and one of the state-of-the art vessels, Artemis,
After successful commissioning and sea-trials in June, the backhoe dredger “Bucephalus” has recently commenced dredging works in Sardegna, Italy. With the commissioning of this dredger, Italian based civil contractor SOMIT s.r.l. has further strengthened its position as a versatile maritime contract
The extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of Ackermans & van Haaren NV has on 25 November 2011 renewed the powers delegated to the board of directors to redeem shares for a period of 5 years. In the framework of these powers, Ackermans & van Haaren has concluded a liquidity contract with Kepler Cheuvr
HKND Technical Team Conducts Field Inspections in Nicaragua HKND Group recently announced that it has engaged two leading global firms to provide specialized advice and expertise as the company continues its work on the technical feasibility study and route determination. Abducted Dredging Workers
Reef Subsea has taken the step to restructure its business into two divisions – one being a new division focused on integrated subsea projects and the second a restructure of the Dredging & Excavation division. In the restructure, Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical and Reef Subsea Norway has merged to fo
Dredge Yard delivered two bows coupling for the size of 600mm for European dredging company. Those bow couplings will be used on two existing dredgers for the quick coupling and dis-coupling. They were designed, produced and tested for working pressure of 10 bars in Dredge Yard’s facilities in Dubai
The Rohr division of Rohr-Idreco has announced the successful startup of another new Floating Bucketladder, the KS 225 dredger, in France. This dredger is being used to replace an older dredger and increase the digging depth in an existing Sand & Gravel operation. The customer chose this type of dre
On September 4, IHC Merwede and its Training Institute for Dredging (TID) will organise the India Dredging Experience. This event will be held in the build-up to the 4th Annual Conference on Dredging in India, and offers visitors the opportunity to get acquainted with TID’s Cutter Simulator Training
Three of Shorflo’s 6” Super diesel pumps have enabled specialist contractor Ebsford Environmental clean-up over 2km of the Cromford Canal near Matlock for Derbyshire County Council. The task required Ebsford Environmental to dredge the canal clear of accumulated silt to allow the use of horse-drawn
The Lithuanian Coastal Research and Planning Institute (CORPI) has recently completed the first ever 100% coverage survey of Klaipeda Harbour using the Kongsberg GeoAcoustics GeoSwath Plus COMPACT multibeam echo sounder system. This EU funded project was carried out during the implementation of the
The remediation program of the “Leijsenven” (the project presented in this video) was part of an integral maintenance dredging contract for the City of Boxtel and the Water Board “De Dommel.” The Leijsenven is situated in the City of Boxtel and has an area of approx. 3 ha. Due to its former use as a
The Central Dredging Association webinar, named Climate Change Adaptation as it Affects the Dredging Community, is scheduled for 2 October 2013, 2:00 pm Europe D.T (GMT +02:00). The webinar will be presented by Pol Hakstege, Technical Manager at Rijkswaterstaat, Ministry of Infrastructure and Enviro
PROGROUPE announced that they equipped “DredgeKing“ dredging machine from Senwatec with Dredgepack®. This dredger was equipped with Dredgepack® from HYPACK, Inc: – version 2013 realtime dredge monitoring system with one hard lock key which all owsusers to monitor and recorddigging operations for hop
Prepared by the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) from data exclusively collected for this purpose, Cost Standards for Dredging Equipment Indexation 2013 gives the replacement value for ex-works, yard or importer, exclusive of VAT, for the most important types of dredging equipm
