Wilson Sons, one of the largest integrated port and maritime logistics operators in Brazil, has acquired a minority stake in Israeli startup Docktech along with a commercial exclusivity agreement to use the company’s maritime technology to monitor berth and waterway depth in Brazilian ports. With th
Nicola Offshore GmbH, a new company specializing in services for the marine survey campaigns and on-demand missions in and around Europe, started operations from its HQ in Hamburg today. Working from an agile logistics and technology platform, Nicola Offshore was established to service the more comp
Van Oord – a global marine contractor that focuses on dredging, land infrastructure in the Netherlands, offshore wind and oil & gas industtries – is taking a next step in the energy transition of its fleet. An advanced combustion conditioning system with hydrogen and methanol will be installed on su
Wartsila has expanded its partnership with Van Oord with the signing of a 9-year renewal and extension to its Optimized Maintenance agreement. The contract covers the Wartsila engines installed on the cutter suction dredger ‘Athena’ and was signed in January 2021. The new agreement also expands on t
Morgan & Eklund, Inc (M&E) – a hydrographic survey company specializing in nearshore and specialized surveys for ports, harbors, and infrastructure – has announced the successful deployment of its new Autonomous Survey Vessel (ASV) service to obtain high resolution multibeam bathymetric data to map
The Fairfax County Government has just released this very interesting video about the Lake Accotink dredging project. A review of the lake and watershed data is underway. Detailed field condition assessments will take place through spring of 2021. A project alternatives analysis will be developed by
NCCOS scientists have released the results of a three-year monitoring effort designed to evaluate the success of recent restoration efforts involving the use of dredged sediments to create intertidal habitat at Mordecai Island, New Jersey. The report documents implications of the restoration activit
First part of Jan De Nul’s 100% sustainable beach replenishment work along the Belgian coast has been completed ahead of schedule. “Our Pedro Álvares Cabral, sailing on biofuel, successfully restored the beaches of Ostend. We’ve moved up north today, to Knokke where we started the reclamation of 900
Komatsu has signed a collaboration agreement with Proterra to receive the supply of Proterra’s battery systems with the aim of having Komatsu electrify its small and medium-sized hydraulic excavators. Komatsu plans to advance the PoC (Proof of Concept) tests starting in 2021 and enter commercial pro
Siport21, a maritime and port engineering consultancy company, is developing Siflow21 – a new analysis and simulation maritime traffic software. This system compares different layout alternatives of waterways or port areas to select the optimized option and the resources needed for achieving the ma
DEMCON unmanned systems and Van Oord have signed a contract for another DEMCON unmanned systems USV vessel. With this piece of equipment, Van Oord will expand their unmanned fleet with a second DUS V2500 type USV platform for hydrographic surveying applications. Their first vessel, named VO:X Metiri
Alewijnse and Jan De Nul Group have inked a long-term service level agreement covering the entire Jan De Nul dredging and offshore fleet. The contract, involving the works on the electrical and automation systems on board the Jan De Nul’s fleet, got underway in 2020 and will run for three years. Acc
Subsea, trenching and excavation pioneer, Rotech Subsea, has completed a dock entrance silt clearance and pile de-burial scope at one of the north of Scotland’s most strategic ports. Rotech Subsea mobilized its next generation RS2 Controlled Flow Excavation (CFE) and Suspended Jet Trenching tool to
At Deltares in the Netherlands, a research team is developing a portfolio of technologies dedicated to the management of the finest and most challenging fraction of soft sediments. These technologies may unambiguously be called nature based because they make use of natural processes to enhance dewat
