A new section of the River Parrett is to be dredged in the following days, Somerset Rivers Authority reports. Large quantities of silt will be removed from 1.37miles (2.2km) of the river between the village of Moorland and the M5, to increase its capacity to carry flood water. Dredging is due to sta
It’s good to see product innovation taking shape in real life. Last month, Royal IHC production team aligned and welded the adapters to the single-cast body of the new 70CT cutter head currently under construction at their facilities in Kinderdijk. An accurate alignment of the teeth is required to i
Arab Potash Company (APC) and Royal IHC successfully launched the cutter suction dredger (CSD) Alyarmouk at IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen a/d IJssel today. The custom-built vessel is a 3,557kW CSD and a further developed copy of the dredger Jarash, which IHC delivered to APC in 2018. As part of its long
Kiasma Group, with the patronage of ICE – Italian Trade & Investment Agency in Cairo – and the Italian Embassy – Cairo, took part in TransMEA, Cairo, last month. TransMEA is a trade fair and conference bringing together leaders, innovators, influencers and visionaries of the transport and logistics
Royal IHC has recently passed the final factory acceptance test (FAT) of National Marine Dredging Company’s (NMDC) TSHD training simulator with flying colors. “Together with the technical and training staff of NMDC we thoroughly tested the generic and customized functionalities of the simulator,” sa
The dredging market still puts up with certain challenges when it comes to gate valves. Take, for example, the high level of wear and tear. During an operation, material (such as sand) flows through this section of the vessel continuously. There is also the issue of space onboard. In current desig
WEDA’s webinar on Engineering with Nature (EWN) Initiative will take place Friday, November 11, 2020 from 1 to 2 PM EST. This webinar will be presented by Dr. Burton Suedel, a Research Biologist at U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. Engineering With Nature is the intentional alignme
The 4th International Congress “Hydraulic Engineering Structures and Dredging” will take place on 25-26 February 2021, in Moscow. The Congress will include the 8th International Dredging Forum and the 4th Technical Conference “Modern Solutions for Hydraulic Engineering”. Infrastructure development i
Millions of cubic meters of seabed material is dredged and pushed around every year for various purposes. Disturbing the seabed constitutes a source of pollution and while dredging supports fundamental needs of societies, tough legislation is in place to protect the marine environment and keep pollu
Hansel marine, a Chinese company involved in the production of dredgers and dredging equipment, has reported a very busy 2020, filled with lots of activities, challenges and also great accomplishments. Enough reasons for Dredging Today to catch up with Mr. Alex Tong, Dredging and Shipbuilding Specia
Western Dredging Association’s next webinar will taka place on Monday, November 23, 2020 from 1 to 3 PM EST, and will be presented by and feature Dr.ir. Sape A. Miedema’s paper, “Dominating Factors in Slurry Transport in Inclined Pipes”. In deep-sea mining, the valuable materials will often be trans
Italdraghe SpA announced today that they are taking part in a project alongside LEMAC srl to dredge the Port of Fertilia, Sardinia, Italy. LEMAC is in charge of the dredging works to restore the seabed of the port of Fertilia where a significant amount of material has sedimented at the bottom of the
As a technology innovator, Royal IHC is constantly looking to improve its own products. “We are researching, among other things, the future way of interaction between man and machine. Important principles for this are: user-friendliness, learning curve and cognitive load,” the company said. By using
MJR Power & Automation has successfully completed the life extension project of the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Heortnesse, owned and operated by PD Ports. Under the project, MJR delivered the complete electrical power, propulsion, dredging & integrated control, automation & monitoring sy
