Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 19

  • The probe is extremely rugged and easy to transport to site
    News

    Mud density probe aids dredging surveys

    2013-07-08T07:30:00Z

    Accurate survey results in realms with abundant mud are not easily obtained.

  • An artist’s impression of the HaDarom terminal in Ashdod
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    Israel announces tenders for Med terminals

    2013-07-04T13:54:00Z

    Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced today that the Israel Ports Company has published the first stage of an international tender for the operations of new container terminals to be built in Haifa and Ashdod.

  • Boskalis will deploy trailer suction hopper dredgers for the €25m project
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    Boskalis wins Russian port project

    2013-07-04T07:30:00Z

    Dutch dredging giant Boskalis has won the contract for construction of the Bronka Port in St Petersburg, Russia.

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    Dredge Yard delivers custom components

    2013-07-02T07:30:00Z

    Dredging equipment supplier Dredge Yard is supplying customised dredging components to Bahrain, an Arabian Gulf country in which major dredging and land reclamation projects are underway.

  • Polite Laboyrie presents the WODA Principles
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    WODA agrees Principles of Sustainable Dredging

    2013-06-27T15:53:00Z

    The World Dredging Congress and Exhibition (WODCON) in Brussels saw the introduction of new principles for sustainable dredging by the chairman of the WODA and CEDA Environment Commissions, Polite Laboyrie.

  • The Elsflether Sand is one of four new Federal Waterways vessels to use the Prolec Digmaster system
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    German waterways choose Prolec

    2013-06-13T10:02:00Z

    Prolec’s ‘Digmaster Pro’ depth monitoring and guidance system has been selected by the German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration to support a significant fleet upgrade.

  • The Alberto Aleman Zubieta will initially be deployed for the expansion and then the maintenance of the Panama Canal
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    IHC delivers backhoe dredger for Panama Canal

    2013-06-13T10:01:00Z

    IHC Merwede has delivered the Albert Aleman Zubieta to Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) in Panama City.

  • The dredging bucket was installed on a CAT excavator that worked from a floating pontoon
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    An alternative approach to dredging

    2013-06-13T10:01:00Z

    Italian dredger and dredging equipment builder Italdraghe recently delivered another BDC 200 dredging bucket to a Genoa-based company specialising in dredging works and beach replenishment.

  • The Jean Ango is seen undergoing sea trials in Northern Spain
    News

    Dutch/Spanish teamwork begets French dredger

    2013-05-30T15:33:00Z

    The hopper dredger Jean Ango has been handed over to its French owner, Dragages-Ports, the major French publicly owned company which operates a large number of dredgers maintaining all major sea ports.

  • The first MarinaMaster 8000 is seen following commissioning in the UK earlier this month
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    Italy/UK dredger collaboration debuts at Seawork

    2013-04-11T09:05:00Z

    A collaboration which dates to an initial meeting at Seawork has led to Italian dredger manufacturer Italdraghe and UK workboat builder Goodchild Marine commissioning the first of a new range of dredgers in Essex UK earlier this month.

  • Participants will make a site visit to the dredging yard of IADC member Van Oord
    News

    42nd IADC Dredging Seminar in Delft

    2013-04-08T07:30:00Z

    The next IADC International Seminar on Dredging & Reclamation will take place on 24–28 June 2013 at Delft in the Netherlands.

  • Major works have extended the life of the dredger Kilmourne by at least 20 years
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    Redesign extends life of dredger Kilmourne

    2013-04-05T07:30:00Z

    A grant from the European Fisheries Fund has led to a major life extension project being undertaken on the dredger Kilmourne, built by James W. Cook of Wivenhoe in 1986 to the order of the Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority.

  • One of the technical visits will be to the AMORAS silt dewatering and storage plant in Antwerp
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    Dredging’s biggest event returns to Europe

    2013-04-05T07:30:00Z

    The World Dredging Congress XX (WODCON XX) will be held in the Square-Brussels Meeting Centre in Brussels, Belgium from 3 – 7 June 2013.

  • Pat M will be well placed to win additional contracts in places like Peru and Brazil
    News

    HWB wins Venezuela dredging contract

    2013-03-28T07:30:00Z

    Seawork exhibitor Humber Work Boats has dispatched its 1,000 tonne self-propelled dredger Pat M to Venezuela to help improve the country’s port infrastructure.

  • An aerial view of the Port of Southampton shows the approach channel
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    Dredging consent for Port of Southampton

    2013-02-21T16:52:00Z

    Associated British Ports (ABP) has received consent from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to improve the marine access to the UK Port of Southampton with an extensive programme of dredging.

  • The dredging activity posed a threat to Falmouth Harbour’s eco-system
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    Court rejects Falmouth dredging appeal

    2012-12-13T16:32:00Z

    Acting on behalf of the Marine Management Organization, Exeter UK based Michelmores partner Andrew Oldland QC successfully responded to an appeal against a landmark conviction at the Court of Appeal.

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    Rotterdam dredging enables boxship passage

    2012-12-12T07:30:00Z

    Large container ships can now pass each other when entering and leaving the port of Rotterdam.

  • Both of the larger dredges were delivered in mid-2012. Photo: Cummins Marine
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    European expertise for Bangladesh newbuilds

    2012-12-10T07:31:00Z

    In late 2008 a joint venture was formed between the Netherlands based VOSTA LMG and the Bangladesh Karnafuly Shipyard to build three CSD450 cutter suction dredgers for the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority.

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    New dredging software launched

    2012-12-10T07:30:00Z

    Unique System FZE launched HYPACK 2013 software at its recent HYPACK Training Workshop 2012.

  • An Italdraghe dredge pump and cutter haed are readied at the Italian factory
    News

    Italy – UK collaboration for marina dredger

    2012-12-10T07:30:00Z

    The UK will soon be home to an Italian built dredger designed by a British dredger operator specialising in marina dredging.