Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 37
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NewsOuter Bristol Channel Could be New Aggregates Source
A three-year study which is due to be completed in March 2006 is being used to determine whether the waters of the Outer Bristol Channel in the UK are an area that may have marine aggregate resource potential in the future, Maritime Journal has learned.
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NewsInput Now on Water Framework Directive
The recently implemented EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) applies to all water bodies, including rivers, lakes, coasts and estuaries, and hence anyone who earns their living within these catchments needs to know about its implementation.
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NewsIADC Award Winner 'Dredging in a Sensitive Environment'
Dr Elijah Ohimain, a biologist working in Nigeria, has won this year''s IADC Award at the World Dredging Congress (WODCON), held in Hamburg in late September.
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NewsWork on The World 'On Schedule'
Nakheel , developers of Dubai''s luxury offshore project TheWorld , has provided an update of its progress - less than a year after construction first began on the 300 islands.
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Dredging Demand Slows
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has posted a modest net profit of ? 7.4m for the first half of 2004, reflecting both a global slowdown for the industry and Boskalis'' own re-organisational process which has cost ? 10.7m and some 450 jobs.
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NewsNew Software for Hard Cutting
Sliedrecht based dredging systems specialist IHC Systems BV has won an order from Belgian contractor Vlaamse Baggermaatschappiij NV toprovide an operational face lift for its 25 year old cutter suction dredger Vesalius . The vessel has been operating on the Spanish coast near Valencia but will be docked in the ...
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NewsVOSTA LMG's Iranian Success
Amsterdam based VOSTA LMG has had a recent run of success supplying the engineering and dredging equipment packages for cutter suction dredgers which will be or have been built in Iran.
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NewsIHC Caland to Sell Shipbuilding
Holland''s IHC Caland group is divesting from its shipbuilding activities by proceeding with the sale of its IHC Holland and Merwede shipyards. The yards have been responsible for producing the majority of the world''s dredgers over recent decades.
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NewsSpill Responsibility for Iran's New Dredger
The launch and naming ceremony took place last month at IHC Holland ''sKinderdijk yard of the 1,000m 3trailing suction hopper dredger Yasin for Ports & Shipping Organisation (PSO), the port authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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NewsNew Projects for to Jan De Nul
Following on from projects recently awarded to Jan De Nul in the Sakhalin area of Russia, the Middle East, and Mauritius, the company has announced that it has also won new projects in the North Sea and Argentina recently.
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Many Dams Likely to Need Dredging Says Dutch Firm
Hydroconsult in The Netherlands has drawn attention to the fact that 20 per cent of the world''s electricity is generated by dams, and that many of the dams in question are silting up and will require dredging.
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NewsInnovative Dredging Project Improves Access
Chichester Marina in the UK has confirmed that it has completed an innovative dredging project designed to improve access to the marina by deeper drafted boats.
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UK Dredging Achieves Early ISPS Compliance
UK Dredging (UKD) , Associated British Ports '' dredging arm, was one of the first companies with UK flagged vessels to conform to the new maritime security laws which come into force on 1st July. UKD''s fleet was awarded full ISPS Code certification by the UK''s Maritime & Coastguard Agency.
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NewsSmaller Newbuild from IHC Holland Grabs Attention
Recent newbuild dredger deliveries from the various Dutch specialist shipyards that comprise IHC Holland include the world''s most powerful cutter suction dredger for Belgium''s Jan De Nul and twin 16,000m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredgers for Royal Boskalis Westminster .
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Cautious Optimism at Boskalis
At its shareholder AGM in the Netherlands last month, dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster reported that incoming orders and turnover thus far in 2004 were lagging behind last year but were not out of line with expectations.
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Dredge Deeper for 'Queen Mary 2'
Ever since its maiden voyage in January, Cunard ''s new flagship liner Queen Mary 2 has been challenging the dredged depths of many ports where it has been scheduled to call.
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NewsVOSTA LMG Delivers On Eastern Promise
The largest trailing suction hopper dredger ever built in China was launched last month at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Built for client Huanghua Port , the 5,000m 3dredger Shenhua benefited from a complete engineering package and dredging components supplied by Amsterdam based VOSTA LMG , which also had ...
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NewsDamen Launches Standardised CSDs
Until it recently became Damen Dredging Equipment , the operation formerly known as De Groot Nijkerk had built well over 100 ''one-off'' stationary cutter suction dredgers over a period of 60 years. Now within the Damen Group , the company has launched a series of standard cutter suction dredgers which ...
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News'JFJ De Nul' is Ship of the Year
The seagoing, self-propelled cutter suction dredger JFJ De Nul , built by IHC Holland ''sKinderdijk yard for Belgian contractor Jan De Nul , has won the Netherlands'' prestigious Ship of the Year Award of the Royal Dutch Union of Technicians in Shipbuilding (KNVTS). Now the most powerful vessel of its ...
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NewsAggregates industry hits back at 'misleading' Marinet claims
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has hit back at what it calls ''inaccurate and irresponsible claims'' made by environmental pressure group Marinet over the industry''s impact on the environment.
