Mott MacDonald to Lead ALWC Effort

01 Nov 2006

Mott MacDonald is to act as lead partner for a research and development project supported by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the UK which it is hoped will produce a cost effective treatment for Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC). The project, ‘Enhancing the performance of pulsed current applied coatings in corrosive environments’, will see Mott MacDonald and its partners develop a novel treatment for ALWC, the process of enhanced corrosion of steel in seawater which currently costs the maritime industry millions of pounds, causing particular damage to structures such as steel pilings.  

£100,000 Dredging Fund Extension for the Norfolk Broads

01 Nov 2006

At the Broads Authority Navigation Committee on October 26th members and officers recommended that a further £100,000 should be spent on dredging the rivers and broads and the creation of suitable disposal sites for the sediment.  

Second PCA Contract for De Nul

01 Nov 2006

Belgian dredging company Jan de Nul has announced that on October 24th the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) awarded a one year contract to a subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group for the excavation of rock alongside the Gaillard Cut.  

UK's Climate Change Minister Formally Opens New Sea Defences

01 Nov 2006

The UK’s Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Ian Pearson, formally opened a completed coastal defence scheme between Whitstable Harbour and Preston Parade on October 3^rd. The ceremony marked the completion of an 11 month project to build new groynes and totally recharge the beach at West Beach.  

Largest Flood Storage Scheme in Europe Opened

01 Nov 2006

The largest flood storage project in Europe, the Alkborough Flats Tidal Defence Scheme in Lincolnshire in the UK, which will reduce the risk of flooding for 300,000 people and become a haven for wildfowl and wading birds, has been formally opened by the Environment Agency. The scheme, which will involve breaching the existing flood defences, will help lower high tide levels by allowing water from the estuary to run over the Alkborough Flats to create a massive flood storage area.  

EA Supports Rivers Investment

01 Nov 2006

The Environment Agency in the UK has confirmed that it will increase boat registration fees on the rivers it manages by 12% per year for three years from 2007 to help pay for essential repairs and improvements and the rising cost of construction work.  

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Project Bids

01 Nov 2006

Four international dredging companies have been shortlisted by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in India to execute a project to dredge the harbour entrance channel.