Dredging & Flood Defence

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A pioneering research project that aims to strengthen the resilience of sea walls to coastal flooding has been launched by a UK and US collaboration.

15th November 2023

Pioneering sea wall project aims to stave off flooding

15th November 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord has won three new contracts worth around €200 million in total to reinforce the Romanian coastline.

10th November 2023

Van Oord wins three coastline projects

10th November 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As the so-called Storm Ciarán lashed southern England and northern France on November 1, Greenpeace said thousands of flood defences were woefully inadequate.

2nd November 2023

Flood defences inadequate to cope with Storm Ciarán

2nd November 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Dutch coastal towns and infrastructure have been protected ‘for the coming years’ after extensive sand replenishment works

1st November 2023

Dutch coast ‘stabilised’ with beach nourishment

1st November 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Boskalis has signed a contract with Dutch shipbuilding company Royal IHC to build a large state-of-the-art trailing suction hopper dredger.

30th October 2023

Boskalis inks Dutch TSHD deal

30th October 2023

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Port of Hamburg has released a video that shows the work it has to do to keep the port dredged enough to maintain operations.

24th October 2023

VIDEO: Dredging to keep Hamburg Port operational

24th October 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Concordia Damen recently delivered a special project for a Nigerian dredging company, the conversion of a Dutch barge into a dredger.

19th September 2023

A complex conversion from barge to dredger

19th September 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A third LNG dredger and a second cable-layer been christened in Rotterdam for Van Oord.

8th September 2023

Van Oord christens two vessels

8th September 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord’s Vox Apolonia has been contracted for dredging and maintenance work by one of the UK’s largest port operators.

15th August 2023

New LNG dredger contracted for Peel Ports

15th August 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

PD Ports has dug deep to buy a dredger for the River Tees to replace its 50-year-old workhorse.

25th July 2023

PSD Ports snaps up €27 million ‘future-proof’ dredger

25th July 2023