Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 15
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NewsDredged materials treatment centre opens
Envisan France, the French environmental subsidiary of Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group, has inaugurated its Eco-Materials Production Centre in La Seyne-sur-Mer, the first centre of its kind in the Mediterranean area.
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Boskalis lands home market contracts
Dutch dredging major Royal Boskalis Westminster has come first in the bidding for two major contacts in its home market.
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NewsWeed harvester heads for Lake Victoria
The lastest Italian-built Italdraghe acquatic weed harvester is now on its way to Kenya.
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NewsVan Oord goes dredging at home and abroad
The Dutch Highways and Waterways Agency (Rijkswaterstaat) has awarded the construction of the new IJmuiden sea lock, which is located at the entrance to the North Sea Canal, officially to the Consortium OpenIJ.
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NewsIHC launches Mahury and speeds strategy
The Netherlands’ Royal IHC has launched the 1,840m3 capacity twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredger’ Mahury’ at partner shipyard MTG Dolphin Shipyard in Varna, Bulgaria.
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NewsNew amphibious dredge from Dragflow
Italian dredging specialist Dragflow has introduced a dredge that they claim can easily work in every kind of conditions, even when the water level is minimum.
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CEDA Dredging Days 2015
The CEDA Dredging Days conference and exhibition returns to the Ahoy Rotterdam on 5-6 November 2015 in conjunction with Europort 2015.
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European Dredging Summit 2015
ACI’s European Dredging Summit 2015 will take place in Antwerp, Belgium on 7 and 8 October 2015.
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NewsDutch expertise begets Indonesian newbuild
Dutch expertise has contributed to Indonesia’s developing maritime industry in the shape of ''Barito Equator'', a Damen 2500 trailing suction hopper dredger built at the country’s Steadfast Marine shipyard.
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NewsLargest South African dredger launched
Royal IHC has launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Ilembe from its shipyard at Kinderdijk in the Netherlands. The dredger is being built for Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the national port authority of South Africa.
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NewsDEME in €1.67bn Singapore contract
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and the Dredging International Asia Pacific-Daelim Joint Venture (DDJV) have signed a contract for the Tuas Terminal Phase 1 reclamation, wharf construction and dredging project.
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NewsBoskalis maintains positive outlook
Royal Boskalis Westminster had a good first quarter of 2015, reporting increased revenue compared to the same period in 2014. Revenue was stable when adjusted for acquisitions, divestments and currency effects.
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NewsSand supply for Dutch motorway works
The Directorate General of Public Works (Rijkswaterstaat) in the Netherlands has awarded the project to improve the Hoevelaken motorway interchange to the A1/28 joint venture established by the Royal BAM Group and Van Oord.
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NewsGrangemouth dredging
In order to accommodate larger vessels the Scottish Port of Grangemouth has commissioned a feasibility study to assess the viability and cost of deepening the shipping channels within the port.
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NewsMore Italian dredgers destined for Iraq
Italy’s leading dredger builder, Italdraghe, and its consortium partner CPN Srl are currently building three dredgers for the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources.
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Dredge pumps for Suez Canal
Italy based dredging equipment manufacturer Dragflow has supplied two High Head dredging pumps and two excavators for works underway on the ''new'' Suez Canal.
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NewsDEME's dual fuel dredgers for Europe
Belgium''s DEME Group has confirmed an order for two new ''dual fuel'' trailing suction hopper dredgers designed specifically for operation in European waters.
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NewsSecond artificial island for Panama City
The Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has placed the first stone for an artificial island to be constructed by Royal Boskalis Westminster off the coast of the Punta Pacifica residential area on the densely populated shoreline of Panama City.
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NewsCEDA Environmental Monitoring Procedures
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has published its latest information paper, entitled: Environmental Monitoring Procedures.
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NewsDredging rings the Bell on Wall Street
In an event the global dredging community can be proud of, Jonathan Berger, CEO of America’s Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, rang the Opening Bell recently at the New York City Stock Exchange (Nasdaq).
