'Environmental Aspects of Dredging' in One Volume

16 Dec 2007

The Dutch based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has published a new edition of  'Environmental Aspects of Dredging' in cooperation with the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC).  

Dredging Systems Readied in Mozambique

16 Dec 2007

Swindon UK based hydrographic survey systems supplier Del Norte Technology Ltd has completed its contribution to the handover of the single pipe trailing suction hopper dredger ‘M S Alacantara Santos’ from the Japanese shipbuilders Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to the Mozambique government's dredging company, Emodraga.  

'Pearl River' Heads Marseilles Expansion

16 Dec 2007

Dredging is underway in the first phase of construction work on the Port of Marseilles Authority’s Fos 2XL container terminal project. Due in service by 2010, two new terminals are being developed in partnership with private operators Port Synergy and MSC, increasing annual capacity at Fos from 600,000 to 2.1m teu. The dredging operation is part of a two year contract that also involves the construction of 1,200m of quay 

Newbuild Boom Continues for Renamed IHC

16 Dec 2007

Having gained new orders to the value of €650m during the summer, Dutch dredger builder IHC Holland Merwede (which announced a name change to IHC Merwede at Europort Maritime last month) has purchased the largest covered slipway in Europe at Krimpen aan den Ijssel, where it will build the world’s largest trailing suction hopper dredger. 

Dredging Gears Up to Expansive Opportunities

17 Dec 2007

When MJ's founding editor Peter Moth and colleague Ian Cardwell took the first issue of Maritime Journal to the Europort exhibition in Amsterdam in 1987 the dredging industry was not enjoying one of its better moments. Recessionary forces were at play and many of the dredgers belonging to the large Dutch and Belgian contractors were inactive. Overcapacity was a topic of the day. 

Remediating Pipelines in Shifting Sands

17 Dec 2007

The Waterweg division of Dutch shipping company Acta Marine has recently completed the remedial lowering of a 48" diameter live gas pipeline across some 5.5km across the IJsselmeer in Northern Holland. Den Helder based Acta Marine Watereg, which can access a fleet of more than 60 workboats, conducted the operation from its 38m LOA multi-purpose offshore support vessel 'Coastal Worker' with support from an anchor handling workboat.