ECOncrete and Etermar have announced a successful deployment of the first ‘blue’ Tetrapods at the Port of Leixões in Portugal. According to their official statement, Etermar S.A. used ECOncrete technology to take these classic concrete coastal protection units to the next level. As part of a pilot p
Damen Shipyards has delivered a complete equipment package for the multipurpose vessel ENDAM. Owned by the Korean Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM), the newbuild combines emergency oil spill recovery activities with maintenance dredging tasks. With a 4,100 m3 hopper hold, the vessel w
Arctic Canadian Diamond Company and IHC Mining have reached the next important milestone in the development of the underwater remote mining (URM) system for the extraction of diamond-bearing kimberlite ore from deep open pits at the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Arctic C
The USACE Galveston District and non-federal partners Texas General Land Office, together with Gulf Coast Protection District hosted some very special visitors last week. The USACE Southwestern Division Commander, Col. Kenneth Reed, and Galveston District Commander, Col. Rhett Blackmon, gave a short
Royal Smals dredging crews are currently busy in Portugal. In cooperation with professional partners and authorities, Smals Dredging is executing challenging maintenance dredging works at ‘North of Porto’. “The entrance of a shallow tidal harbour with heavy currents is being desilted and with the se
Improving the maritime infrastructure – that is exactly what Van Oord crews do at the river Elbe in Germany. Maritime transport is the backbone of international trade and the global economy. To keep the German waterway at the right depth, Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Vax Ariane
Portland Port is embarking on its largest and most ambitious improvement project to date, investing £26 million in a major berth development. The port has applied for, and had approved, all the necessary permissions to carry out the project. The development will see the existing Deep Water Berth (DW
Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled a comprehensive new design for its Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) range. First introduced in 2004, more than 250 of the current range have been sold to customers around the world and over that time the designs have been continuously improved. However, last year the d
Infrastructure Malta has officially started a cleanup project next to Ghassara Wharf in Marsa with an investment of €7 million. This work is part of dredging work in several areas of the port to clean mooring facilities and even remove contaminated material from the bottom of the sea. As a result of
Jan De Nul Group has become the latest fleet to select Iridium’s Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) solution. “Jan De Nul plans to roll out Iridium GMDSS in all retrofits and newly built vessels,” said Nils Crabeel, Communication & Network Officer, Jan De Nul Group. “Having LRIT and
Mohamed Abaseery, Surveyor at DEME Group, has just released these beautiful photos from the largest ever dredging and land reclamation project in DEME’s history – the Abu Qir Port in Egypt. According to DEME, this project includes the reclamation of 1,000 hectares of new land. It also involves deepe
Rohde Nielsen’s split hopper dredger Trud R has recently completed a project in Erquy, France. This work was part of the construction of the new St. Brieuc for the client RTE. The project was particularly difficult because of its restricted working area and shallow depths. The works involved various
Nonius Engineering has succeeded in phasing out of imported equipment in the segment of dredging, the company representative Vladimir Khamidulin said. He revealed this info at the conference “Ensuring safe navigation and up-to-date methods of RF IWW operation” held in Khanty-Mansyisk recently. Accor
Living near a body of water has always appealed to many, yet some of these areas may require maintenance operations – such as dredging – to keep up with the ever-changing environment. To achieve this, an amphibious excavator or some other suitable dredging equipment is used to remove the underwater
