Dredging & Flood Defence

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord has received the final award from the Limburg Water Board for the implementation of the Groene Rivier Well area development, a flood protection and landscape project in the north of…

13th March 2026

Van Oord secures Limburg project

13th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

 One of Europe’s historic maritime gateways is being transformed to accommodate larger vessels and growing cargo volumes.

9th March 2026

WATCH: €500 million works to transform ‘Gateway to the Mediterranean’

9th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A £5 billion (€5.8 billion) programme of flood defence, infrastructure and asset management works is to be launched across England by the UK Environment Agency over the next decade.

9th March 2026

UK prepares to launch £5 billion flood defence programme

9th March 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Harwich Haven Authority (HHA) has launched a sustainable dredging scheme to reinforce coastal defence in the Stour Estuary while maintaining navigation at one of the UK’s busiest ports.

23rd February 2026

Coastal defences boosted with sustainable dredging

23rd February 2026

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

More than €1 billion is being spent on flood defence projects in EU countries between 2021 and 2027, with 75% of it coming from the EU’s own coffers.

19th February 2026

€1 billion spending by EU states on flood defence

19th February 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The European Commission has approved an eighth payment request from Croatia for spending on flood defence, better water management and access to drinking water for 45,000 people.

16th February 2026

EU approves €10 billion handout for Croatian ‘resilience’

16th February 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

For more than three decades, Roger Smith has worked in developing solutions to coastal erosion and flood defence.

6th February 2026

INTERVIEW: In defence of coastlines – the asphalt answer

6th February 2026

VESSELS

VESSELS

Seatrium has completed the vessel build and vessel launch of Frederick Paup, the largest self-propelled hopper dredge in US history.

26th January 2026

Seatrium delivers record US dredger build

26th January 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

The UK waterways industry says axing a dredging tax exemption will increase emissions, stall clean-ups and directly contradict environmental ambitions.

21st January 2026

New dredging tax rule to destroy goals it aims to achieve

21st January 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Van Oord has been handed a contract for a major beach replenishment and coastal protection project in Portugal to restore and reinforce one of the country’s most prominent tourist beaches.

21st January 2026

Van Oord expands coastal replenishment portfolio

21st January 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Latvia is positioning a port at its capital of Riga as a Baltic regional hub for offshore wind in the region’s nascent industry.

8th January 2026

Latvia joins offshore tide with port hub plans

8th January 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Project leaders of by far the world’s longest immersed tunnel have told Maritime Journal that the 18km Fehmarnbelt tunnel linking Denmark with Germany will be delayed by 18 months.

7th January 2026

World’s longest immersed tunnel delayed 18 months

7th January 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Marine contractor DEME has won two contracts to help prepare Naples for the legendary America’s Cup sailing contest.

6th January 2026

DEME wins contracts for America’s Cup infrastructure

6th January 2026

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A Dutch consortium (WaterWerk) has been finalised to carry out extensive works on two Dutch rivers under the EU’s Water Framework Directive (WFD).

17th December 2025

Dutch consortium finalised to upgrade rivers before EU 2027 deadline

17th December 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Jan De Nul has unveiled its most advanced simulator technology yet, boosting marine construction, wind farm construction and dredging capabilities across its global operations.

8th December 2025

Next-gen wind farm construction and dredger training

8th December 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Works to turn Sweden’s largest port into one that can accept the world’s largest ships have been stalled because of dredging costs.

23rd October 2025

Skandia Gateway Project delayed by dredging costs

23rd October 2025

VESSELS

VESSELS

Thousands of people witnessed the launch of one of the biggest dredgers in the world this week as Seaway by Boskalis was christened.

10th October 2025

Boskalis 31,000m3 dredger launched by Royal IHC

10th October 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

As fears about rising sea levels grow, countries are protecting their coastlines with sand replenishment projects. Here is a taste of some of the ongoing works.

12th September 2025

Europe orders wave of beach restoration projects

12th September 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A key milestone has been reached in the Dutch Fish Migration River project, marking a step forward for marine construction and innovative nature restoration.

11th September 2025

Project milestone for Dutch fish migration river

11th September 2025

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

A Dutch engineering project is to be expanded following ‘an explosion of marine life’ that has been recorded in the four years since it started.

26th August 2025

Dutch combine flood defence with marine life

26th August 2025