Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 26
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NewsDredging's future learns the ropes
A gathering of young professionals from Albania, Bahrain, Cameroon, China, Denmark, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, U.A.E. and Vietnam spent a week in the Netherlands last month learning about the intricacies and challenges of dredging and marine construction.
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NewsDredging partnership picks up good vibrations
Dutch dredger builders IHC Merwede and the Belgian company Pruftechnik signed a partnership agreement last month for vibration measurements with the aim of safeguarding uninterrupted dredging operations.
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NewsCSDs in demand in Azerbeidzjan
Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered two cutter suction dredgers to Caspian Marine Services (CMS), which chose a CSD450 as it was available for immediate shipping and a CSD500 because the side pontoons could be made locally.
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NewsSoftware supports dredge monitoring at UK port project
Software from SeaZone is being used to monitor the impact of dredging activities taking place as part of a major new port development project in the UK.
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Van Oord wins contract to construct revetments in Zeeland
Van Oord in The Netherlands has won a contract to design and construct revetments along the channels of the eastern and western arms of the river Scheldt in the Dutch province of Zeeland. The work will mainly involve depositing steel and phosphorous slag and quarry stone.
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NewsDEME provides details of Middle East contract
DEME in Belgium says that, amongst several new assignments in the Middle East, an important contract has been awarded to Dredging International, a DEME Group company, for site preparation dredging and reclamation at Ruwais, 275km from the city of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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NewsSinking dredger salved off UK coast
The Netherlands based salvage specialist Multraship Salvage successfully salved a sinking dredger off the coast of Kent in the UK last month.
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NewsItalian dredger builder returns to Seawork
Italian dredger builder Italdraghe SpA returns for Seawork 2009 via Andrew Scott’ s Cloudburst, which it met when exhibiting at Seawork 2007.
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NewsIHC launches largest ever Dutch built dredger
Dutch dredging major Van Oord’ s latest trailing suction hopper dredger, Vox Maxima, was named and launched at the IHC Merwede yard at Kinderdijk in the Netherlands. Her Royal Highness Princess Má xima of the Netherlands officiated during the naming and launching accompanied by dignitaries including Dutch Minister of Transport, ...
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NewsDredger in boxes transforms Lake Tanganyika
A Damen field service engineer has recently returned from his site visit to Kigoma, Tanzania where he presided over the assembly of a dredger of type DOP CSD350 and put it into operation. The dredger was able to start its job in the heart of Africa immediately, as it had ...
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NewsAggregates demand prompts excavator monitoring sales
Dutch company Martens en Van Oord has awarded Reson the contract to deliver and install two excavator monitoring systems.
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NewsRepower gives dredger upstream boost
The US Army Corps of Engineers operates two hopper dredgers on the west coast of the USA to keep shipping channels open. The largest and most modern of them is the ‘ Essayons’ . Built in 1982, its aging power plant has recently been replaced by eight Cat marine engines ...
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NewsNew CIRIA Guide on cost standards for dredging
The new CIRIA Guide to Cost Standards for Dredging Equipment 2009 offers a standard method to establish the capital and related costs of a wide range of dredging equipment.
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Van Oord to build quaywall at Moerdijk
Van Oord has been awarded a contract to construct a quay wall and a dock in Moerdijk in the Rotterdam area of the Netherlands.
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Boskalis and Van Oord to extend harbour at Gijón
Dutch dredging majors Boskalis and Van Oord have secured a contract for the expansion of the harbour at Gijón in Spain. The project will be executed by Boskalis and Van Oord working together in a partnership. The client is Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón. The value of the contract is approximately ...
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Al Marjan reclamation completed
Rakeen, a leading property developer and master planner, and the real estate development arm of the Ras Al Khaimah Government, has announced that it has completed reclamation work for the US$1bn Al Marjan Island. The first man made island in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah effectively expands the emirate' ...
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Durban harbour widening on track for 2010 completion
The Port of Durban’ s 300 million rand harbour entrance widening project, which started in the third quarter of 2007, is due for completion in April 2010, according to Allan Wijnberg, the director of design consultancy Prestedge Retief Dresner Wijnberg.
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Jan de Nul secures Australian contract
Belgium’ s Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a € 200m contract for work to expand facilities at BHP Billiton’ s Western Australia Iron Ore operations in Port Hedland. The work is part of BHP Billiton’ s Rapid Growth Project 5 (RGP5), designed to increase the capacity of the ...
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NewsDredging consultancy defies the downturn
Despite the economic climate the work load at specialist dredging and coastal consultants Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) remain buoyant. The Somerset UK based company is undertaking a wide variety of projects in the UK, Ireland and overseas at the start of what looks like being another very busy year.
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NewsPanama rendezvous for dredging associations
‘ Connecting the World through Dredging’ was the theme when sister associations the Central Dredging Association (CEDA), which serves Africa, Europe and the Middle East joined the Western Dredging Association (WEDA), which serves all of the Americas, organised their first joint international seminar on sustainable dredging and maritime construction last ...
