Dredging & Flood Defence

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Construction is set to begin on a £19.8 million scheme to protect the UK's Torcross in Devon after devastating storms in January and February stripped away protective shingle, flooded homes and damaged coastal infrastructure. Almost 90,000 tonnes of rock armour…

15th October 2026

Europe battens down the hatches ahead of storm season

15th October 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Nauplius Workboats has launched its new DMC1450 multi-purpose workboat, built for strategic partner Royal IHC and destined for dredging operations in the Middle East.

25th August 2026

Nauplius launches workboat for Middle East dredging support

25th August 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Boskalis has put its new 31,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Seaway into commercial service, with the vessel undertaking its first project off Den Helder on a Dutch coastal-defence programme.

24th August 2026

Boskalis’ largest Dutch-built dredger enters commercial service

24th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Construction has started on Associated British Ports and Stena Line’s new £200 million (€233 million) ro-ro terminal.

20th August 2026

Steel signed for £200m Ro-Ro terminal transformation

20th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Beach replenishment has begun on a major coastal defence scheme between the UK coastal city of Brighton and the River Adur, marking the latest stage of a project designed to protect a…

19th August 2026

WATCH: Beach building begins on Brighton coastal defence

19th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Almost two decades after Lerwick Harbour finished a major dredging project, the port is once again digging deep with the return of vessels engaged in the 2008 works.

19th August 2026

Lerwick Harbour digs deeper for 2nd time in a generation

19th August 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Marine battery firm AYK Energy is supplying battery systems for two workboat projects including a new diesel-electric dredger and the conversion of a port patrol vessel to fully electric propulsion.

17th August 2026

Two workboats line up for battery power

17th August 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

While ports around the world prepare for rising sea levels, those on the shores of the Caspian Sea face precisely the opposite challenge.

30th July 2026

Shrinking sea: Europe’s marine engineers called in to save Caspian ports

30th July 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

As flood and water infrastructure must increasingly deliver biodiversity net gains alongside flood and supply resilience, engineers are finding new ways to design for wildlife without compromising the assets people depend on.…

22nd July 2026

Finding the balance: A spotlight on ecological engineering

22nd July 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A £101 million (€117 million) contracted has been awarded to contractors for the next stage of one the UK’s most significant flood-defence projects.

22nd June 2026

Jack-ups, cofferdams and a race against the tide

22nd June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

One of the biggest marine infrastructure projects in northern Europe, also Sweden’s largest dredging project, has finally been awarded to a contractor.

17th June 2026

Contractor hired for largest dredging project in N Europe

17th June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Environment Agency has appointed Van Oord UK and VBA Joint Venture (comprising VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and AtkinsRéalis) to a major framework that will deliver beach maintenance and coastal protection works across…

11th June 2026

Environment Agency awards £1bn beach framework deal

11th June 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Ancora Group has made its first purchase since being formed last year, adding marine engineering specialist Red7Marine in a move that expands the group’s offshore capability.

1st June 2026

Ancora expands marine civils reach with Red7Marine buy

1st June 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A major flood protection scheme in the Dutch province of Zeeland has been completed a year ahead of schedule, following extensive reinforcement work on a 5.2km stretch of dyke.

18th May 2026

Major dyke strengthening completed after flood defence works

18th May 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A wave of construction is reshaping both shores of the Adriatic, as ports across Italy and Croatia undergo their most ambitious overhaul in decades.

8th May 2026

Historic Adriatic sea ports face large-scale transformation

8th May 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A major beach nourishment and dredging campaign is under way along the Garrão-Forte Novo coastline in Portugal’s Algarve ahead of the tourist season.

1st May 2026

Major dredging works under way to restore Algarve flagship beaches

1st May 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with UK Dredging (UKD), a subsidiary of Associated British Ports (ABP), to build a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD). 

24th April 2026

Damen agrees TSHD build for Associated British Ports

24th April 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Port of Gothenburg has contracted Boskalis Sweden to blast and dredge part of the Skandia Gateway project to increase capacity at the port for larger vessels.

20th April 2026

€18 million dredging contract for Boskalis in Gothenburg

20th April 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The Port of Esbjerg is turning dredged seabed material into a building blocks that brings circularity to flood defence. 

16th April 2026

Dredged clay transformed into coastal protection blocks

16th April 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Europe is accelerating land reclamation projects to support offshore wind expansion, with DEME at the centre of a growing pipeline of port developments across the region.

13th April 2026

Europe creates port land to accommodate wind boom

13th April 2026