Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 15

  • The Port of Hamburg handles more than 9m TEU annually
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    Further delay for Elbe dredging

    2014-10-09T10:14:00Z

    A German court decided earlier this month to delay the deepening and widening of the navigation channel of the Lower and Outer Elbe into the Port of Hamburg.

  • Lelystad is seen in drydock
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    Major works for 'Lelystad' in Gibraltar

    2014-09-26T12:47:00Z

    Van Oord’s 137m long, 10,329m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger, Lelystad, is working in Brazil following an extensive programme of works at Gibdock in Gibraltar.

  • CEDA Dredging Days 2015 will cover best practice relating to maintenance and capital dredging in ports and access channels
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    CEDA Dredging Days 2015

    2014-09-22T15:33:00Z

    The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has explained the areas for focus of papers to be given at CEDA Dredging Days 2015.

  • Early works at Sabetta Port on the Yamal Peninsula
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    Yamal dredging gets 'Environmental Captain'

    2014-09-17T10:44:00Z

    Environmental management is key to dredging works for Russia''s Sabetta Port Project which commenced last year.

  • Works began with the demolition of existing groynes
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    Dredging delivers for coastal protection

    2014-09-17T10:03:00Z

    A £36m coastal defence scheme from Clacton Pier to Holland Haven on the UK''s east coast is underway.

  • The new floating gantry clamshell dredge
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    Dredge equipment for France

    2014-08-20T11:32:00Z

    The Rohr division of Rohr-Idreco Dredge Systems has announced the successful start-up of another new Floating Gantry 8m3 Clamshell deep digging dredge in France.

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    French acquisition

    2014-08-12T15:15:00Z

    Rohr International Dredge Holdings, Inc. has acquired Eurl Rohr France, including its current backlog, inventory and all associated intellectual property (IPR). Rohr France, which is based in Betting, France, was a Rohr licensee and will continue at the same location, operating as a subsidiary of Rohr Bagger GmbH, a subsidiary ...

  • One of Dredge Yard Turkey's new CNC lathes
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    Dredge Yard expansion

    2014-08-08T13:26:00Z

    Dredge Yard has recently invested in additional new machines in its workshop in Turkey including CNC vertical lathes and a CNC Pattern Maker in order to increase its capacity in the machining and assembly shop to bring these functions up to the capacity of the casting and fettling shops.

  • Italdraghe cutter suction dredgers are often deployed for inland dredging and mining activities
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    Dredging heads in the spotlight at SMM

    2014-07-30T11:07:00Z

    Italy based dredger and dredging equipment manufacturer Italdraghe will be showcasing its BDC dredging head for excavators and a BDC 200 on its stand at SMM in Hamburg next month.

  • Dredging works will ease access to Ho Chi Minh City’s Hiep Phuoc Port
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    DEME's healthy €660m order book

    2014-07-30T10:58:00Z

    Belgium based DEME Group is maintaining a healthy order book of some €3bn thanks to new orders, well spread worldwide across dredging, energy related and environmental activities. The total value of these new orders represents approximately €660m.

  • The proposed Isle of Grain airport (Photo: A Foster and Partners)
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    Airport proposal puts Thames habitat at risk

    2014-07-29T17:54:00Z

    HR Wallingford has submitted an independent response to a call for evidence from the UK Airports Commission. It called for evidence to inform study outputs for feasibility work on an inner Thames Estuary airport proposal.

  • ‘Italeni’ will provide maintenance dredging for TNPA ports, with spare capacity to be sold on to neighbouring ports
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    Grab dredger delivery for South Africa

    2014-07-29T17:42:00Z

    The South African company Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has named its 750m3 grab hopper dredger, ‘Italeni’, during a special ceremony hosted by the shipbuilder IHC Merwede in the shipyard of IHC Merwede''s partner, MTG Dolphin, in Varna, Bulgaria.

  • Students and young professionals at the Young CEDA Careers Day at Hamburg Port Authority
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    Young CEDA events in Delft and Hamburg

    2014-07-29T17:35:00Z

    The Dutch Section of Young CEDA hosted an event recently at the Delft University of Technology to give students and young professional an insight into working in the dredging industry.

  • Boskalis is in a consortium which will lower the summer bed of the Lower IJssel river
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    Dutch dredging at home and abroad

    2014-07-29T17:25:00Z

    Dutch dredging majors Boskalis and Van Oord are in a consortium which been awarded work associated with the expansion of the Singapore Tuas Mega Port development.

  • The Dredging International vessel Artevelde is working on the Fishing for Litter pilot project in the North Sea
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    Dredging addresses sea bottom waste

    2014-07-01T16:41:00Z

    The Belgium based DEME Group subsidiary Dredging International has deployed its trailing suction hopper dredger ''Artevelde'' to participate in the Belgian Fishing for Litter (FFL) project.

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    Van Oord takes over Dravo S.A.

    2014-07-01T16:28:00Z

    Dutch dredging and marine construction major Van Oord has acquired all the shares of its Spanish subsidiary Dravo S.A.

  • The Damen DOP submersible dredge pump is a versatile tool
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    Targeting dredging at Seawork

    2014-07-01T12:16:00Z

    International piling equipment expert, Watson & Hillhouse, exhibited at Seawork International for the first time this year, specifically to demonstrate the Damen DOP Pump to the dredging industry.

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    Robust handover to UK Dredging

    2014-07-01T12:16:00Z

    The handover of Robust Boats new aluminium survey craft for UK Dredging took place at this year’s Seawork International.

  • The ‘GPS Battler’ is currently at work in the Port of Mahon
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    Taking on the might of the Dutch

    2014-07-01T12:16:00Z

    GPS Marine Contractors Ltd used Seawork International this year to drum up new global dredging contracts with the aim of taking some business back from the Dutch.

  • The Boskalis Westminster trailer 'Causeway' is at work in the Port of Felixstowe
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    Felixstowe extension

    2014-06-20T14:36:00Z

    Work has started at the Port of Felixstowe on the latest expansion of the UK’s largest container port. VSBW Joint Venture, a consortium of VolkerStevin and Boskalis Westminster, has been appointed as the lead contractor to extend the port’s Berth 9 by 190m.