Up to 60,000 cubic metres of shingle is moved to maintain protection to homes and businesses around Seaford, the Environment Agency said. The twice-yearly maintenance work on the beaches in the area maintains protection for the town from coastal flooding. The beach provides a soft-engineered flood d
At the beginning of the month, together with Royal IHC’s partner Frontline Engineering, the Kinderdijk based supplier of maritime technology organised a dredging simulator training in Bangkok for the Royal Irrigation Department. The training focused on many of the basics of CSD dredging: start-up dr
Damen Shipyards and Van Stee Offshore have signed a contract for delivery of the first Multibuster 8020 – a new class of 80-metre, ultra-shallow draught, multi-purpose workboats. Kommer Damen, Chairman of Damen Shipyards Group, and Arjan van Stee of Van Stee Offshore inked the deal during the Offsho
The Canal & River Trust has started its biggest ever programme of dredging at Gloucester’s historic docks. The four-month dredging programme will remove 15,000 cubic metres of silt, enough to fill six Olympic swimming pools, using a powerful ‘suction dredger. This excess silt entered the docks from
A successful keel laying ceremony for the first of two water injection dredgers (WIJs) for the Kooiman Marine Group took place last week at Vahali Zasavica. In July 2022, Van Oord ordered the construction of two additional state-of-the-art water injection vessels from Kooiman Marine Group after the
X-Machines has just released this very interested video named ‘Top 3 most effective modern methods of dredging the seabed’. In the video: dredging for the New Suez Canal, how the cutter suction dredgers work, all about trailing suction hopper dredgers, backhoe dredgers, shipyard with the largest cov
A new monument to commemorate the successful completion of the modernisation of the Świnoujście-Szczecin fairway in Poland was unveiled recently. DEME and its joint venture partner Van Oord worked closely together to achieve this flagship project – one of the most important investments of the Szczec
Hitachi introduced a new next-generation model from its Stage V-compliant wheel loader range recently at Bauma. The ZW160-7 has been designed to put operators in complete control of their workspace with industry-leading safety features and unrivalled comfort in the cab. To protect the operator and
Jan De Nul has just released this amazing video named ‘Facing the Calcare di Bari limestone in Italy’. The Port of Bari is one of the main economic focal points of Southern Italy. To make the region ready to receive both more and larger vessels, Jan De Nul helped construct an extension to the port.
In response to the growing need for emission-free equipment, Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) unveiled a prototype battery-powered mini excavator at Bauma. The ZX23U-6EB epitomises the company’s aim to accelerate innovation to address the challenges of climate change and reduce gree
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV (HCME) introduced a new Zaxis-7 model with clamshell telescopic arm at Bauma last month. “The ZX350LC-7 is available with 30m reach and is ideal for removing soil from below ground. Assembled at HCME’s factory in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, this special app
Boskalis, in a joint venture with Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V. – Dutch Dredging, has been awarded the contract to further deepen a 68-kilometer-long stretch of the Suriname River. According to Boskalis, one of the main goals of this capital dredging project is keeping the waterway at the required dept
For more than a century, Boskalis has been active in providing protection against the forces of nature. Today, they help protect populations and the natural environment from the consequences of climate change, such as rising sea levels and extreme weather conditions through the coastal defense and r
Beach work at Eastoke on Hayling Island started today. The work will help protect homes and businesses against coastal flooding over winter. With securing funding from the Environment Agency, Havant Borough Council will be carrying out this very important nourishment program in this area. Material f
