Dredging & Flood Defence

VESSELS

VESSELS

Marine civil engineering giant Van Oord has named the second dredger of three triplets due to come online in the next couple of years.

17th March 2023

2nd LNG-powered dredger named by Van Oord

17th March 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

UK marine civils engineering firm Land & Water’s subsidiary Land & Water Plant has bought the first long reach excavator of its kind in the UK.

23rd January 2023

Land & Water Plant buys first long-reach excavator in the UK

23rd January 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Damen’s 3D model-based designs for a dredger have been approved by Bureau Veritas (BV) instead of 2D sketches for the first time.

12th January 2023

Damen designs first dredger concept with 3D model

12th January 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK Government has announced two flood defence projects in the last week for the south of England.

15th December 2022

UK announces coastal flood defence works

15th December 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Jan De Nul has sent its two trailing suction hopper dredgers to the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge to work on simultaneous dredging projects.

14th December 2022

Belgian ports simultaneously dredged

14th December 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A £2.5 billion project to provide an offshore deepwater container terminal powered entirely by tidal turbines that will also act as a flood defence barrier is being planned for eastern England.

25th November 2022

£2.5 billion three-in-one project drawn up

25th November 2022

VESSELS

VESSELS

Svitzer is to modernise and expand its fleet in the Americas with two new ASD tugboats and one workboat.

28th October 2022

Svitzer expands Americas fleet

28th October 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Jan De Nul has added a water injection to its large fleet of equipment, bringing its total of these smaller dredging vessels to five.

13th October 2022

Jan De Nul launches water injection dredger

13th October 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

US Ambassador Dr Amy Gutmann attended the launch of Chicago, a hybrid backhoe dredger with full electric capability, in the Port of Hamburg.

5th October 2022

VIDEO: Dredger launched at Port of Hamburg

5th October 2022

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Bidding for dredging is likely to be offered in 12 areas around the UK next year as the building industry demands more marine aggregates.

4th October 2022

Seabed dredging potential revealed in tender round

4th October 2022