The five day course will strive to provide understanding through lectures by experts in their fields as well as workshops. Subjects to be covered include the development of new ports and the maintenance of existing ports; project phasing, including identification, investigation, feasibility studies, design, construction, and maintenance; descriptions of the types of dredging equipment and boundary conditions for their use; environmentally sound dredging techniques; pre-dredging and soil investigations; designing and estimating from the contractor's point of view; the costing of projects and types of contracts.

A highlight of the seminar is a trip on a trailing suction hopper dredger or a cutter suction dredger to visit a dredging project. A visit to a dredging yard is also included.

The seminar costs €1,350, which includes all tuition, seminar proceedings and workshops as well as a special participants' dinner during the week but is exclusive of travel costs and accommodation.

Further information is available from Frans-Herman Cammel at the IADC Secretariat on Tel: +31 70 352 3334 or Email: cammel@iadc-dredging.com.