Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 23
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NewsAmphibious excavator’s dredging options
Surrey UK based Land & Water Plant is well known for developing innovative new plant that operates in sensitive environments.
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NewsDredger rides the rails to Kazahkstan
Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered from stock a CSD500 model cutter suction dredger to Kazakhstan.
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NewsWODCON brings dredging focus to Europe
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has announced that the next World Dredging Congress (WODCON) will be 3-7 June 2013 in Brussels.
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NewsLargest Dutch cutter suction dredger named
Dutch contractor Van Oord''s largest self-propelled cutter suction dredger Athena has been named and launched at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Kinderdijk.
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NewsNew dredging contract for British Waterways
After a competitive tendering process, British Waterways (BW) has awarded a national dredging contract to marine civil''s contractor Land & Water Services Ltd.
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NewsSuccessful fuel cell test on board dredger
Netherlands based specialist vessel builder IHC Merwede has used alternative fuels in the dredging process for the first time.
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NewsEnvironmental Aspects of Dredging Seminar
An international seminar on the Environmental Aspects of Dredging organized by PAO (Post Graduate Education) at the Delft University of Technology, in cooperation with the IADC and CEDA, will be held at Deltares, Delft, on 10 and 11 March 2011.
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NewsNew CSD for Antwerp dredging project
Damen Dredging Equipment has handed over ''Amoris'', a one-off stationary cutter suction dredger which has gone straight to work on the AMORAS silt dredging and treatment project in the Port of Antwerp.
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NewsKeel laying double for DEME’s growing fleet
The keel laying ceremony took place last week in the Netherlands for two new dredgers for the Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental group DEME.
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NewsFranco-Dutch dredger co-operation
Piriou Shipyards in France has delivered a 2,300 cu/m capacity trailing suction hopper dredger, fitted out with Damen dredging equipment, to the French sand mining contractor CETRA.
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NewsAggregates extraction assessment underway on Humber
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has been awarded the hydrodynamics, sediment mobility and turbid plume study elements of the Humber and Greater Wash Area Marine Aggregates Regional Environmental Assessment (REA) in the UK.
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NewsNigerian Dredging Summit addresses rapid expansion
The fourth Nigerian Dredging Summit & Exhibition was held at Calabar, located in Nigeria’s south-eastern Cross River State, last month.
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NewsCEDA Dredging Days Call for Papers
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has announced the first call for papers for CEDA Dredging Days 2011.
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NewsNew dredge pump drive extends life of ‘Maas’
Damen Dredging Equipment of Nijkerk in the Netherlands has replaced the submersed dredge pump drive of the sand mining dredger Maas.
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NewsDutch launch new CSD for Panama Canal
A new custom built cutter suction dredger destined for the Panama Canal was launched at IHC Merwede’s Sliedrecht yard in the Netherlands last week.
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NewsIADC Seminar returns to Singapore
The Netherlands based International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has announced an early registration discount to the 35th edition of its International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation.
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NewsCareful dredging for historic site
This summer saw the completion of the capital dredging works on the historic Millbay Inner Basin at Plymouth in the UK. Dredging is not often thought of being ‘precision’ work, but this latest project ‘raised a number of challenges’ said Dan Jenkins of Jenkins Marine.
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NewsPressure grows in Hamburg for Elbe fairways deepening
Port representatives demonstrated unity upon gathering in the German Port of Hamburg last month to call for deepening of the Lower and Outer Elbe fairways.
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NewsDredging optimism generated by €0.5bn in newbuild orders
Dutch specialist vessel builder IHC Merwede has recently won orders for dredging and offshore vessels and equipment to the value of more than €500m. This reinforces the group’s belief that there will be continued demand for its innovative vessels, advanced equipment and life cycle support.
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NewsScale model dredger for Panama Canal Authorities
Late last month a scale model (1:50) of the powerful self propelled ocean going rock cutter dredger D’Artagnan was formally handed over by the Belgian DEME Group’s CEO Alain Bernard to the Panama Canal Authrorities (ACP) during a ceremony in the Miraflores Locks Visitor Centre.
