Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 33
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NewsDredging International to Deepen Access to Bulgarian Port
Belgian contractor Dredging International has signed a ¢ 30m contract for the expansion and deepening of the access channels to Port of Bourgas, the second biggest port in Bulgaria. In a statement, Dredging International said the contract was awarded after ''very stiff competition'' from two other groups. Work on site ...
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New Contract
Belgian contractor Jan De Nul has won a 175m Euro contract from the Tourist Investment and Development Board of Abu Dhabi.
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NewsDredging International Confirms Al Raha Contract Extension
The Belgian operator Dredging International (DI) has obtained a contract extension for the Al Raha Beach development in Abu Dhabi, effectively more than doubling the initial scope of a major reclamation project started nine months ago to a total value of ¢ 110m. The supplementary contract value is estimated at ...
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Royal Haskoning Conducting Study for Holyhead Waterfront
A major new planning and regeneration study for the Holyhead Waterfront in the UK has been commissioned by the Isle of Anglesey County Council, with backing from the Welsh Assembly Government and Stena Ports Ltd. The study will ensure that future developments and improvement schemes are coordinated as part of ...
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NewsDredging Programme 'On Schedule' Says Broads Authority
The Broads Authority in the UK has started dredging South Walsham Fleet Dyke as part of its winter dredging programme. A total of 20,000m3 is to be taken out of the dyke over the next few months which will ensure the dyke is 2m deep at an average low tide.
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Eco-Friendly Dredging in Wales
Boaters using the picturesque Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal, in Wales in the UK will benefit from a major dredging programme along a popular section at Llanellen near Abergavenny as part of British Waterways'' continued commitment to improving the waterways of Wales. British Waterways Wales & Border Counties is targeting the ...
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News£100,000 Dredging Fund Extension for the Norfolk Broads
At the Broads Authority Navigation Committee on October 26th members and officers recommended that a further £ 100,000 should be spent on dredging the rivers and broads and the creation of suitable disposal sites for the sediment.
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NewsSecond PCA Contract for De Nul
Belgian dredging company Jan de Nul has announced that on October 24th the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) awarded a one year contract to a subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group for the excavation of rock alongside the Gaillard Cut.
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NewsUnusual 'Hol Blank' Takes Shape for Weser Ports
ContainerTerminal dredging in Bremerhaven. Hol Blank will ease the task.The dredger is urgently needed, officials said, particularly so because of the completion this year of Bremerhaven's new Container Terminal 4, which is adding 1,700m of new quayside and a new 100m wide basin on an eventual 16.2m of water.Hol Blank ...
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NewsDredging Delivers Denmark's New Container Terminal
Dredging contractor Rohde Nielsen A/S has moved more than 7m m3 of sand in helping to construct new container terminals at Aarhus Harbour in Denmark. The project''s origins date to 1998 when a 25 year plan for the development of what is Denmark''s largest and busiest port was published. Work ...
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NewsRotterdam Reduces Dredging Requirement
The Port of Rotterdam has awarded a contract to Stema Survey to deliver and implement the Silas acoustic data acquisition and processing system in combination with an OEM Odom Echotrac CV echo sounder for the purpose of monitoring siltation within the port. The equipment was ordered after the port''s hydrographic ...
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Busy Days for Jan De Nul
Belgium''s Jan De Nul Group continues it fleet renewal and expansion programme with an order for two newbuild trailing suction hopper dredgers which will be built by Heun Woo Steel Co Ltd in Busan, South Korea. Each vessel represents an investment of some ¢ 100m. The vessels are scheduled for ...
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NewsBelgians Flourish in South America
Belgium''s Jan De Nul Group, together with SAIPEM and Constructoro Norberto Odebrecht, won a contract last month from Peru LNG to build marine export facilities at the Pampa Melchorita LNG facility, located some 200km south of Lima. The total contract is valued at $247m, with Jan De Nul taking a ...
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NewsBeauDrain Speed Consolidates Bremerhaven Port Extension
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has undertaken a project extending a car terminal in the German port of Bremerhaven. The harbour project was executed by driving a sheet pile wall along new terrain created by dredging.
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NewsDredgers Make Beeline to ASRY
From its location on Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf, the Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) is well placed to win work on a wide variety of passing tonnage. The second quarter of 2006 was a busy time for ASRY, with high demand for all the docks and alongside repair ...
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News'Mega Trailer' Dredging for Shams Abu Dhabi
Royal Boskalis Westminster''s mega trailer Queen of the Netherlands has begun dredging and reclamation operations in the waters of Abu Dhabi for Sorouh Real Estate''s Shams Abu Dhabi project on Reem Island.
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NewsBoskalis Acquires Large Contracts in Russia
Dutch dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster has won two large contracts in Russia. In St Petersburg, Boskalis will dredge a new access channel from the sea. In Varandey, Boskalis is involved in the construction of two oil pipelines of 20km each in the Barents Sea. The total contract value of ...
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CEDA Unveils Technical Dictionary
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA), along with PIANC and other sister organizations IAPH, IALA and IHO, are working together to jointly release a ''Water Dictionary'' with an improved structure and content.
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NewsDredging Boulogne En Route to Seawork
Essex UK based Eco Dredging Ltd returned to Seawork this summer. Eco Dredging is a member of the Vis Group of companies in the Netherlands and specialises in the maintenance dredging of marinas and fishing ports, inland rural and urban waterways, canals and rivers, ponds and lakes.
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NewsShifting Sands for Marine Aggregates Dredging
Hanson Aggregates Marine, which dredges and delivers to 20 wharves around the UK, Holland, Belgium and France, has surrendered two areas of licensed seabed earmarked for aggregates dredging. The move reflects the company''s stated wish to reduce the sea space under its control whilst recognising the granting of new licenses ...
