Dredging & Flood Defence

Rotterdam based Dredge Yard has introduced an innovative dredging solution to its range in the form of the adaptive auger head.

Rotterdam based Van Oord has won the International Association of Dredging Companies’ 2018 IADC Safety Award with an in-house developed Debris Removal Platform.

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.

Jan De Nul’s latest Ultra-Low Emission Vessel, the trailing suction hopper dredger Diogo Cao, was launched last month at the Keppel Nantong Shipyard in China.

As one of the major hubs for ferry services to Corsica and Sardinia, the Port of Vado Ligure in northern Italy is in the process of significantly expanding its capacities.

The trailing suction hopper dredger DC Brugge has been delivered by Scheepswerf Gebr. Kooiman of Zwijndredcht in the Netherlands to Group de Cloedt.

Dredge Yard has delivered a multi-purpose ECO 200 cutter suction dredger to a real estate developer in the United Arab Emirates for the reshaping and maintenance of existing islands.

The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association’s CEDA Environment Commission (CEC) has set up a Working Group specifically to prepare a CEDA information paper on energy efficiency in relation to sustainability.

The Belgium based Jan De Nul Group has reported an annual turnover for 2017 below €2 billion for the first time in seven years but has nonetheless increased profitability through diversification.

Dutch Dredging (Baggerbedrijf de Boer) can claim to have the world’s ‘greenest’ bed leveler following the addition of the newbuild Peter to its fleet last month.

Rotterdam based Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors has ordered two trailing suction hopper dredgers, both of 10,500m3 capacity.

Dutch dredging major Van Oord has celebrated its 150th anniversary with the launch of its first LNG powered vessel, the crane dredger Werkendam.

Netherlands based Damen Dredging Equipment has launched a new DOP Dredging Series following the success of the versatile DOP submersible dredge pump.

The Belgian DEME Group’s latest trailing suction hopper dredger Bonny River has been successfully launched at Royal IHC’s partner yard COSCO Guangdong Shipyard in China.

The Dredging for Sustainable Infrastructure Conference, hosted by CEDA and the IADC, will take place in Amsterdam on 19-20 November 2018.