Dredging & Flood Defence – Page 7
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NewsRoyal IHC delivers 2000th dredge pump
Royal IHC of the Netherlands has celebrated the delivery of its 2000th dredge pump with a Royal IHC Pump Experience for customers and partners at its Kinderdijk headquarters.
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NewsFirst port with sand bypass system
South Africa’s Port of Ngqura is the first in the world to have a fixed jet sand bypass system, which is meeting its stringent dredging targets of 240,000 tonnes of sand per year.
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NewsBoskalis adds Adelaide to bright order book
Dutch dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster has won a contract for the widening of the Port Adelaide Outer Harbour shipping channel in Australia.
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NewsIHC installations for Van Oord trailers
Netherlands based vessel builder and dredging equipment manufacturer Royal IHC has won a contract to design and deliver complete dredging installations for two new LNG powered trailing suction hopper dredgers for Van Oord.
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NewsNew generation water injection dredgers
Dutch dredging and marine construction major Van Oord has ordered two of a new generation of water injection dredgers from the Kooiman Marine Group.
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NewsJan de Nul dredging works at Port Hedland
Australia’s Pilbara Ports Authority (PPA) has contracted Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group to dredge the channel and further enhance the safe and sustainable access to Port Hedland.
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Record submissions for CEDA Dredging Days
The Call for Papers deadline has passed for CEDA Dredging Days 2019 and the final abstracts have been chosen from a record number of submissions.
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NewsTidal friendly amphibious excavators
An amphibious excavator fitted with a submersible dredging pump enables precise harbour dredging operations to be undertaken at all states of the tide, Watson & Hillhouse has said.
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NewsJan De Nul to dredge Ecuador port access
Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group has signed a 25 year concession agreement with the Ecuadorian Municipality of Guayaquil for deepening and maintenance of the 95 km long access channel to the port of Guayaquil.
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NewsDutch Queen christens Vox Amalia
Dutch dredging giant Van Oord closed out celebrations marking its 150th anniversary year with the christening last month of the trailing suction hopper dredger ''Vox Amalia'' in Rotterdam.
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NewsWODCON XXII set for Shanghai
WODCON XXII, the 22nd World Dredging Congress, will take place in Shanghai, China on 22-26 April 2019.
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NewsWMS adds dredge pipe floaters
Wardle Marine Services has been appointed the sole UK distributor for PMS Dock Marine, increasing their focus on the commercial marine sector.
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NewsIHC launches world’s largest CSD
Netherlands based shipbuilder Royal IHC has launched the world’s largest self propelled cutter suction dredger from its yard in Krimpen aan den IJssel.
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NewsElbe deepening tipped to boost dredging business
Long-urged deepening of the Elbe River in Hamburg, now expected to begin in 2019, is tipped to provide a long-term stimulus to Germany’s dredging industry, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsIHC lands four vessel order from DEME
Netherlands based Royal IHC has secured a contract from Belgium based DEME for the design and build of four new vessels.
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NewsDredging works reinforce Texel dunes
Belgium based dredging major Jan De Nul has commenced works to reinforce some 3km of the Prince Hendrik Sand Dike on the Dutch Wadden Island of Texel.
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NewsDredge Yard adds adaptive auger head
Rotterdam based Dredge Yard has introduced an innovative dredging solution to its range in the form of the adaptive auger head.
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NewsVan Oord scoops IADC Safety Award
Rotterdam based Van Oord has won the International Association of Dredging Companies’ 2018 IADC Safety Award with an in-house developed Debris Removal Platform.
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CEDA turbidity limits working group
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) Working Group on Turbidity Limits (WGETL) has begun its research.
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News50th anniversary for 'Cherry Sand'
UK Dredging (UKD), an operating division of Associated British Ports (ABP), has celebrated the 50th anniversary of one of its key dredging vessels, the ''Cherry Sand''.
