'Marieke' Launched for DEME

01 Jun 2006

Marieke, the new 5,600m³ trailing suction hopper dredger for Belgian contractor DEME was launched recently at the IHC Holland Merwede yard at Sliedrecht in the Netherlands. 

IADC/CEDA Environmental Dredging Seminar

01 Jun 2006

The IADC/CEDA Seminar on Environmental Aspects of Dredging will be presented for the second time by the Delft University of Technology Post Graduate Academic Programme (TU Delft PAO) on 6 and 7 November this year in the Netherlands. The two day international seminar is based on the successful seven part series of IADC/CEDA Guides, which will be included in the course materials. 

'Alexander von Humboldt' Keeping Busy on Two Continents

01 Jun 2006

Belgian contractor Jan De Nul NV is undertaking coastal protection works in the north of the Netherlands which involve both beach reclamation and foreshore suppletion. 

A Good Year for Van Oord

01 Jun 2006

Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord has been awarded two maintenance dredging contracts in northern Germany by clients Wasser und Schiffahrtsamt and the Hamburg Port Authority. The combined value of the projects is some 7m.